Wall Street Journal - Crossword Answers | 2020 05 18

crossword answers
Clue Answer
COERCION FORCE
Boxing legend born in Kentucky ALI
MENTAL SPARK IDEA
Title for Richard Branson SIR
“Get it?” SEE
Last year before the A.D. years ONEBC
Male-bonding outing BRODATE
CATHEDRAL BENCH PEW
PIECE OF CORN EAR
Placed a tag on LABELED
REALLY SMALL ITSY
Makes, but barely EKESOUT
WAGER BET
Lee with an Oscar for “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” ANG
McGregor of “Doctor Sleep” EWAN
$5 BILLS, SLANGILY ABES
Negating conjunction NOR
“You’re on!” DEAL
TWO BAGS OF GROCERIES, SAY ARMLOAD
*Helper at an intersection TRAFFICCOP
SMELL ODOR
BREWED BEVERAGE ALE
“Eww, enough already!” TMI
Big name in tongue scrapers ORALB
*School exercise leader GYMTEACHER
Top seller HIT
BRING TO A HALT END
Senators Kennedy and Cruz TEDS
Parent company of Converse NIKE
TIMBER WOLF LOBO
Something spread rapidly online MEME
GO OUT OF BUSINESS FAIL
TURN TO COMPOST ROT
CINCINNATI SLUGGERS REDS
Follower of Thurs FRI
AIRLINE WITH KOSHER MEALS ELAL
Broncos Hall of Famer John ELWAY
Phone bill additions FEES
“Jupiter Ascending” star Kunis MILA
Many a Bahrain native ARAB
LAZY SORT IDLER
HOMAGES IN VERSE ODES
*Beach attendant LIFEGUARD
River mouth feature DELTA
Throw ___ loop FORA
SENSE OF SELF EGO
Queen’s self-reference ROYALWE
“The Thin Man” pooch ASTA
Member of an elite Navy group SEAL
Doc on the battlefield MEDIC
Exposes wrongdoing, and what each starred answer frequently does BLOWSTHEWHISTLE
LIKE SOME WAVES TIDAL
“Yay, team!” RAH
Exciting, in slang LIT
MICROWAVE COMPONENT TIMER
Takes the helm of a movie production DIRECTS
Track shape for a toy train OVAL
NEON ___ (AQUARIUM FISH) TETRA
BUILDING EXTENSION ELL
MOTRIN ALTERNATIVE ADVIL
RECEDE EBB
“So long!” CIAO
FUNDRAISING SCH. GROUP PTA
Hinterlands BOONIES
King known for his opulent tomb TUT
DOTS ON A STATE MAP TOWNS
HAVE AN IMPACT ON AFFECT
*Gridiron official FOOTBALLREFEREE
Pet shelter sign ADOPTME
PALINDROMIC POP GROUP ABBA
BRINGS DOWN LOWERS
THIGHBONE FEMUR
TAKE THE STAGE ACT
SOOTHING INGREDIENT ALOE
Dressy shoes HEELS
Wee hopper FLEA
Michelangelo’s field ART
“The Luck of Roaring Camp” writer Harte BRET