Wall Street Journal 2020 05 05 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
SHARP NAIL	CLAW
Gum masses	WADS
Good fighter?	EVIL
CRUSADE	MOVEMENT
Voters since 1920	WOMEN
PIG OUT	GORGE
Chamber within a glacier	ICECAVE
CLIMBING PLANT WITH FRAGRANT FLOWERS	SWEETPEA
EMMY WINNER THOMPSON	SADA
EARTH DAY MONTH	APRIL
TRICKSTER OF NORSE MYTH	LOKI
Soccer setting	ARENA
PLOYS	STRATAGEMS
It rings in the new year in London	BIGBEN
RADIATE	EMIT
ALWAYS	EVER
Hook henchman	SMEE
IS A PARTNER IN CRIME	ABETS
HAD BEEN	WERE
PUT ON THE PAYROLL	HIRE
IN A FRENZY	AMOK
FOOTNOTE ABBR	IBID
Spaniel breed	COCKER
Bro’s sib	SIS
TRUTH TWISTER	LIAR
Pam Tillis’s pop	MEL
NINCOMPOOP	SCHMO
SOCK END	TOE
Gambling figures	ODDS
SPOT BUYER	SPONSOR
Source of an orchestra’s tuning note	OBOE
They never need to renew	LIFETIMEMEMBERS
MOREOVER	ALSO
CHAPLIN PROP	CANE
From, in Frankfurt	VON
GENDER-SPECIFIC PRONOUN	HER
Greetings to new subscribers	WELCOMEMESSAGES
Texter’s “Wow!”	OMG
PIZZA SEASONING	OREGANO
CORDIAL	WARM
Grains used in baking	SALT
RUDIMENTS OF A SUBJECT	ABCS
CERISE KIN	ROSE
RBI or ERA, e.g	STAT
INCITE	GOAD
Restoration-era actress Gwyn	NELL
Carpenter’s collection	SAWS
GIVE AN ADDRESS	SPEAK
RAN A TAB	OWED
RECIPE DIRECTION	STIR
1979 SIGOURNEY WEAVER FILM	ALIEN
SECOND SON	ABEL
Georgia senator Loeffler	KELLY
SCARE OFF	DETER
DEUCE TOPPER	TREY
What desperate situations call for	EXTREMEMEASURES
LUNAR DISAPPEARANCE	MOONSET
Wall cover	IVY
EMULATE LINDSEY VONN	SKI
FLOOD PREVENTER	DIKE
BINARY BASE	TWO
SHIP-TO-SHIP CALL	AHOY
“Ditto!” (and a hint to what’s in the grid-spanning answers)	METOO
The Cavaliers’ sch	UVA
Moore of “Ghost”	DEMI
ORG. FOR DOCTORS	AMA
GAME WITH A 32-CARD DECK	SKAT
“No Scrubs” girl group	TLC
Police dispatcher’s acronym	BOLO
Professional grp	ASSN
Angus and Wagyu, e.g	BEEFCATTLE
Factor of a prime number	ONE
SIDESTEP	EVADE
Photographer’s request	SMILE
SUIT	EXEC
EXORCISM TARGET	DEMON

SHARP NAIL

CLAW

Gum masses

WADS

Good fighter?

EVIL

CRUSADE

MOVEMENT

Voters since 1920

WOMEN

PIG OUT

GORGE