Wall Street Journal Crossword January 23 2024 Clues and Answers

ACROSS

• Schools of whales
  GAMS
• Rating component often
  STAR
• Compact Volkswagen model
  JETTA
• Pronto!
  ASAP
• Destiny
  FATE
• Constellation with a belt
  ORION
• Letter after epsilon
  ZETA
• Awkwardly tiny house slangily
  CRACKERBOX
• Wealthy outlying community
  EXURB
• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes writer Anita
  LOOS
• Student from Yale
  ELI
• Alternative to a BLT
  TURKEYCLUB
• Draw
  TIE
• ___ kwon do
  TAE
• Homer’s lament
  DOH
• Dangler from a necklace
  PENDANT
• Frozen queen
  ELSA
• Shaggy ox
  YAK
• Like some barbecue sauces
  TANGY
• What could cause a mess in a mess and a hint to 18- 24- 57- and 63-Across
  FOODFIGHT
• Throw away
  SCRAP
• CBS series with Miami and NY spinoffs
  CSI
• Subj. for a business major
  ECON
• Religious leaders
  CLERICS
• JFK’s successor
  LBJ
• Gasteyer of American Auto
  ANA
• Opposite of ’neath
  OER
• Mix up in the kitchen?
  CAKEBATTER
• ___ Schwarz (toy store)
  FAO
• Pinnacle
  ACME
• Likely offensive
  NOTPC
• It might be spiked in a school gym
  FRUITPUNCH
• 401(k) alternatives
  IRAS
• Insurer owned by CVS
  AETNA
• Surname in a Brontë title
  EYRE
• Brand in the National Toy Hall of Fame
  LEGO
• Blow up on X say
  TREND
• Puts down
  LAYS
• Spotted
  SEEN

DOWN

• Name of many a newspaper
  GAZETTE
• Like bacteria reproduction
  ASEXUAL
• Comes of age
  MATURES
• Flint product
  SPARK
• Army’s equivalent of Navy’s CPO
  SFC
• Sealing goo
  TAR
• In the slightest
  ATALL
• Gain back as money
  RECOUP
• Trader ___
  JOES
• Blunder
  ERR
• Like the Dalai Lama
  TIBETAN
• Designs on a leather book cover
  TOOLING
• Breeder of butterflies perhaps
  ANXIETY
• Japanese city known for its beef
  KOBE
• Part of a stream or garden
  BED
• It has its ups and downs
  YOYO
• Landlocked African nation
  CHAD
• High degree
  NTH
• Cornerstone feature
  DATE
• Miles away
  AFAR
• Chain with buckets
  KFC
• Nail polish brand
  OPI
• Spot of land
  ISLE
• Family name of the Bee Gees
  GIBB
• Deride
  SCOFFAT
• Easier to comprehend
  CLEARER
• Divert perhaps
  REROUTE
• Something to scratch climb and sleep on
  CATTREE
• Ideal length of a résumé
  ONEPAGE
• Rats out
  NARCSON
• Letters on Soviet rockets
  CCCP
• Colleague of John Clarence Sonia Elena Neil Brett Amy and Ketanji
  SAMUEL
• Warmest mo. in the Southern Hemisphere
  JAN
• African nation on the Indian Ocean
  KENYA
• Slogs away
  TOILS
• Slightly
  ATAD
• Stop on a road trip
  INN
• Tear up
  CRY
• Brooks & Dunn hit ___ Got You
  HES