Wall Street Journal - Crossword Answers | 2020 09 05

crossword answers
Clue Answer
GREETS THE VILLAIN HISSES
BANK DEPOSIT? SILT
Act the informant SING
Running mates? ELOPERS
Kilmer of “Top Gun” VAL
Filly, e.g SHE
Icy quaff SLUSH
MOUNTS, AS A HORSE GETSON
SWITCH ON A RADIO AMFM
Portugal’s capital, to the locals LISBOA
“So is that ___?” ANO
So-called happy neurotransmitter SEROTONIN
FROM THE START ANEW
STREET FLEET CABS
Least principled BASEST
College class dealing with human societies, for short ANTHRO
Slezak of “One Life to Live” ERIKA
“But now Mudslinger is ___...” LOSINGGROUND
___ rock (genre for Yes) PROG
STICK TWIG
“At the halfway point, Adam’s Apple and Bottle Throat are ___...” NECKANDNECK
A masseur might be a wizard of these AHS
“Tidal Wave suddenly ___...” SURGESFORWARD
Brewery founded in 1870 AMSTEL
ROULETTE BET EVEN
Common anti-inflammatory ASPIRIN
Riding a racehorse, e.g SKILL
CHEMICAL SUFFIX IDE
Oliver’s lover in “Call Me by Your Name” ELIO
FOIL ALTERNATIVE EPEE
CONCILIATORY GIFT SOP
LOWLY LABORER PEON
Gives a keynote, e.g ORATES
TRAVELOCITY MASCOT GNOME
“But at the wire, Pinocchio ___!” WINSBYANOSE
THREAT ENDER ORELSE
554, in letters DLIV
REACT LIKE A SPOOKED HORSE REAR
USMC bigwig GEN
Crazy Horse, e.g CHIEF
“Heading for home, I’ve Been Transferred is ___...” MAKINGHISMOVE
TAJ MAHAL FEATURE ONIONDOME
Fruit flaw BRUISE
POUND SOUNDS ARFS
Geologist’s time period EON
Used swine language OINKED
Cruz and Hughes TEDS
MODERATE EASEUP
Czech tennis player Korda PETR
“In your dreams!” ASIF
WRAP UP CLINCH
Rise to a position of importance ASCENSION
“Magic” fungus SHROOM
SOAP INGREDIENT GLYCERIN
Assigns to, as blame PINSON
Sand dollar cousin SEASTAR
Alternatives to woods, for Woods IRONS
HORTICULTURAL PEST APHID
“Marquee Actor stumbles badly, and now Understudy ___...” Takesthelead
DROP OFF NAP
Beverage served with crumpets TEA
Skeptic’s specialty DOUBTING
CRICKET CLUBS BATS
Crooner Tormé MEL
Hitchers hope for them LIFTS
LACKING TREAD BALD
IMPLORED BEGGED
Farm bleater EWE
Less kind MEANER
Olympic runner Zátopek EMIL
“Fab!” MARV
Words while dropping one’s hand IFOLD
Toy for one who loves being at the track? TRAINSET
Hither’s partner YON
BOUNDED FINITE
End for peek or bug ABOO
Provided an excuse for ALIBIED
Puts in the running for a prize LONGLISTS
“The horses are at the gate...and they’re off! Pushy Linejumper quickly ___...” CUTSINFRONT
Strong feeling of connection KINSHIP
Squid eater ORCA
Country whose 500-kwacha note features a water faucet MALAWI
“And now Window of Opportunity is ___...” CLOSINGFAST
FAVORITE PET
PDQ in the ER STAT
Hepta- plus one OCTA
TOUCHED DOWN ALIT
Abbr. in a return address? IRS
Missing people? LONESOME
DVR BUTTON REC
Future J.D.’s exam LSAT
Word repeated in a Doris Day hit SERA
DEPEND RELY
Internet shorthand before summing up a wordy post TLDR
BP CHECKERS RNS
Prettify DOUP
2019 World Series champ NAT
Visiting the Staples Ctr., say INLA
Female hip-hopper BGIRL
Sci-fi collection featuring the “Three Laws” IROBOT
Catcher’s stance CROUCH
START OF THREE JOHN WAYNE MOVIE TITLES RIO
Feature of Hulu’s cheaper tier ADS
Pickable, perhaps RIPE
HOSPITAL SECTION WARD
White source EGG
Ill-fated slugger CASEY
LEB. NEIGHBOR ISR
WARM WELCOME? ALOHA
Fly in the face of DEFY
Surroundings of la Città del Vaticano ROMA
SPEED HASTE
Sasha’s sis MALIA
Ford slogan introduced in 2012 GOFURTHER
CREATOR OF PERRY AND DELLA ERLE
ANGRY FEELING IRE
“Same here!” IDOTOO
RIVER TO THE GULF OF FINLAND NEVA
WITHOUT FOUNDATION IDLE
Lena of “The Reader” OLIN
English potter Josiah SPODE
SAUSAGE SKIN CASING
Brand that once had a Blue Creme flavor NEHI
FORCE FROM OFFICE OUST
SPEED READER? RADAR
Admiral’s org USN
Like Keats’s “To Autumn” ODIC
TIED UP INAKNOT
“Gearshift is in second, with Tailgater ___...” RIGHTBEHIND
Dismayed cry ACK
Did some kvetching MOANED
LOOSE TUNIC CAMISE
STROKES OF LUCK FLUKES
Forte seller KIA
Neighbor of China on a Risk board URAL
Technical caller REF
REALLY SMALL MINI
Complaint from the parched IMTHIRSTY
Rotten to the Corps? AWOL
Current, as a weather forecast TODAYS