Wall Street Journal - Crossword Answers | 2021 08 23

crossword answers
Clue Answer
POP DAD
SOCCER STAR RAPINOE MEGAN
Widescreen movie format IMAX
Madonna’s “La ___ Bonita” ISLA
*Best Western alternative DAYSINN
“Stand” band REM
PUT IN A SOLID EFFORT TRYHARD
INFAMOUS ROMAN EMPEROR NERO
Coils around TWINES
Hydrochloric, e.g ACID
IMMENSELY IMPRESSED AWED
PENCIL ENDS ERASERS
Witty Coward NOEL
Unspoken agreements NODS
*Beetle larva used in some science projects MEALWORM
DEGRADE CHEAPEN
Misleading maneuver RUSE
Goree who played Cassius Clay in “One Night in Miami...” ELI
“Didn’t I tell you?” SEE
*Nonverbal alternative to “How embarrassing!” FACEPALM
language akin to Indonesian MALAY
MUSCLE TWITCH SPASM
NASA or NATO, e.g ACRONYM
BANISH EXILE
Under-blouse undergarment BRA
Season 1 summary, e.g RECAP
PLENTIFUL AMPLE
Gives up, as control CEDES
Frigid forecast TEENS
TV JOURNALIST CURRY ANN
WOOD-CHOPPING TOOL AXE
Peru’s capital LIMA
“My treat” ILLPAY
VICINITY AREA
HAVE HIGH HOPES ASPIRE
It’s between Can. and Mex USA
TESTS EXAMS
STOPS CEASES
“Rumor ___ it...” HAS
CAREER CAMPAIGNER, FOR SHORT POL
Do what a surgeon does OPERATE
SMART BRAINY
JUSTICE KAGAN ELENA
Decide one’s had enough time outdoors HEADIN
GREAT DELIGHT GLEE
Pro Football Hall of Famer Long HOWIE
Lovelace who programmed an early computer ADA
MAKE AMENDS ATONE
“I did it!” YAYME
LUSTER SHEEN
A mic might plug into one AMP
USE, AS A COUPON REDEEM
VERY, IN SLANG HELLA
Plateau’s kin MESA
Vocal ability, informally PIPES
REEF MATERIALS CORALS
Title-transferring meeting CLOSING
TAX FORM ID SSN
Frank who recorded a 1954 version of 63-Across SINATRA
Some UFOs and Frisbees SAUCERS
WASTES TIME DALLIES
Gemma of “Crazy Rich Asians” CHAN
GIN-FLAVORING FRUIT SLOE
*Table protector under a plate PLACEMAT
FINAL LAST
“I totally agree!” OHYES