Wall Street Journal – May 11 2023 – Showing Bad Form Crossword Answers
Wall Street Journal – May 11 2023 – Showing Bad Form
Clues | Answers |
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“A barge with ___-coloured hay dropt from the wharf”: Oscar Wilde | OCHRE |
“Are you sure about that?” | ISIT |
“High Hopes” lyricist Sammy | CAHN |
“It will be long ___ the marshes resume”: Robert Frost | ERE |
“Just as I thought!” | AHA |
“Not on ___!” (“Forget it!”) | ADARE |
“The pot is legally mine!” | IWONFAIRANDSQUA |
“___ I can help it!” | NOTIF |
Acidic in German, like some kraut | SAUER |
Albuquerque-to-Denver dir | NNE |
Apple’s answer to Microsoft Word | PAGES |
Battery, e.g | CRIME |
Bibliography abbr | ETAL |
Bide ___ (don’t rush off, in Scotland) | AWEE |
Blow a gasket, and a clue to making sense of some answers in this puzzle | GETBENTOUTOFSHA |
Bobby Bowden Field sch | FSU |
Canny | WISE |
Cat call | MEW |
Celery, in a peanut butter and raisins snack | LOG |
Chandler creation | NOVEL |
Chaplin’s last wife | OONA |
Chef’s chapeau | TOQUE |
Chiwere-speaking people | IOWAS |
Co-star of Betty, Rue and Estelle | BEA |
Cold brew coffee variety | NITRO |
Comic unit | PANEL |
Creative sort | LIAR |
Dawdlers | SLOWPOKES |
Diamond ring? | ONDECKCIRC |
Dr. with Grammys | DRE |
Drops a liner | ERRS |
Equivalent of 100 paise | RUPEE |
Fig. on some city limits signs | ELEV |
Focused | ALERT |
Former Fords | LTDS |
G-rated | CLEAN |
Gaping mouth | MAW |
Gold standard? | KARAT |
Half a fl. oz | TBSP |
Clues | Answers |
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Held | OWNED |
High-end camera | DSLR |
It launched a month before GMA | SNL |
It’s usu. 36,524 days | CEN |
James with three Grammys | ETTA |
Lady’s man | LORD |
Lose it | GOAPE |
Make | EARN |
Maker of Catalyst network switches | CISCO |
Maximum amount | ALL |
Mayo, e.g | CLINIC |
Medium strength? | ESP |
More constant | TRUER |
Mortensen’s “Green Book” co-star | ALI |
Nickname of the caravel Santa Clara | NINA |
Org. with a code of ethics | AMA |
Pain in the butt, ironically | HEADACHE |
Personnel chief, at times | FIRER |
Piper with horns | PAN |
Plaintive wind | OBOE |
Prefix for tourism or terrorism | ECO |
Pricey brand with a crown logo | ROLEX |
Rating that takes an ace to get an albatross | PARFOUR |
React to red | STOP |
Response to “You were kidding, right?” | IMEANTIT |
Roberts swore him in in 2006 | ALITO |
Seller of HunkerDown sleeping bags | REI |
Sister in “Olaf’s Frozen Adventure” | ELSA |
Sister who may have no siblings | NUN |
Snarls | TANGLESUP |
Soap opera staple | LOVETRIANG |
Some lace-ups | OXFORDS |
Speedy sharks | MAKOS |
Stead | LIEU |
Suffix for the wealthy | AIRE |
Tea ceremony, e.g | RITUAL |
Tel Be’er Sheva Natl. Pk. setting | ISR |
Top pick, informally | FAVE |
Wrest | USURP |