Wall Street Journal 2020 12 23 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Fudge, perhaps	MISSTATE
SCHOLARSHIP BASIS	NEED
LASH OUT AT	ASSAIL
In a situation of entanglement	AFOUL
Bit of balm	DAB
CASES FOR DERMATOLOGISTS	RASHES
ONE SOUGHT FOR ADVICE	ELDER
Evolution gone wrong?	FLAWOFNATURE
WHISKEY CHOICE	BLEND
OBJECTS	AIMS
WING	ELL
WHITE WADERS	EGRETS
ROUTINELY	OFTEN
METER MAID OF SONG	RITA
INVOLVED ACCOUNT	SAGA
CUT LINE	SCAR
Largest of a group of seven	ASIA
Second-largest of a group of seven	AFRICA
Belarusian, for one	SLAV
GOES BALLISTIC	RANTS
VOYAGE SEGMENT	LEG
SLIP BY	ELAPSE
OBSIDIAN, ORIGINALLY	LAVA
CARRY ON	WAGE
Favored La-Z-Boy setting	DEN
Squalid tenements	RATTRAPS
Parisian preposition	AVEC
Site of big deposits	DELTA
“Pretty please?”	CANI
Sound blocker	EARPLUG
FACILITATE	EASE
SECONDHAND	USED
PROPERTY CHARGE	LIEN
TILL COMPARTMENT	TENS
DO A SLOW BURN	SEETHE
GROOVES	RUTS
First to die	ABEL
LONG-NECKED INSTRUMENTS	SITARS
Squeeze past	EDGE
The chicken dance as a touchdown celebration?	VICTORYFLAPS
Super Bowl prize	RING
Plane trip whose carbon emissions are offset?	GREENFLIGHT
DISTURBINGLY DIFFERENT	ALIEN
Location of Potala Palace	LHASA
EMS service	CPR
10-Down figure	LAMA
STICK	GLUE
GIVES A HAND	AIDS
Hwys	RDS
ABSORB, AS A COST	EAT
Group by size, e.g	ASSORT
“Jingle Bells” preposition	OER
PERIPHERY	FRINGES
Hwys	RTES
BEFORE, POETICALLY	ERE
PROFICIENT	ABLE
Pairs-diving practice?	FLIPSYNCING
401(k) cousin	IRA
REMOTE OPTION	MUTE
Big Dipper, to Brits	PLOUGH
COURSE ACTIVITY	GOLF
Plot units	ACRES
They’re capable of swimming backward	EELS
ON TENTERHOOKS	AGOG
Polygraph exciter	LIE
Felipe, Matty, Jesús or Moisés	ALOU
“No ___!” (“Don’t sweat it!”)	PROB
LINGERING LOOK	OGLE
BIG NAME IN ELEVATORS	OTIS
Flowery wear	GARLAND

Fudge, perhaps

MISSTATE

SCHOLARSHIP BASIS

NEED

LASH OUT AT

ASSAIL

In a situation of entanglement

AFOUL

Bit of balm

DAB

CASES FOR DERMATOLOGISTS

RASHES