Wall Street Journal 2022 01 31 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
“Pygmalion” playwright	SHAW
BECKONED	CALLED
Did some grousing	MOANED
FLOURISHED	BOOMED
Follows commands	OBEYS
FOOT FEATURE	TOE
NIKE COMPETITOR	AVIA
POWER PROBLEM	OUTAGE
SHADE TREE	ELM
IF NOT	ELSE
SOME CRIME SCENE EVIDENCE	FIBERS
MAG. STAFFERS	EDS
LADDIE	BOYO
KISMET	FATE
HANDLES SKILLFULLY	FINESSES
PUBLISHER NAST	CONDE
HAS TO HAVE	NEEDS
PEN TIP	NIB
Frying vat fill	CORNOIL
EXTREMELY	ULTRA
Greedy cache	HOARD
Jumped a gap, as a spark	ARCED
Lang. of Liverpool	ENG
Like styling mousse	FROTHY
Lion’s bellow	ROAR
Mined deposit	ORE
Paris sidewalk eatery	CAFE
Play date for grown-ups	GAMENIGHT
Ram in football	STRAIGHTARM
Secure, as a ship to shore	MOOR
Showgirl in Manilow’s “Copacabana”	LOLA
Steak marbling	FAT
Sub groups?	FLEETS
Sun burst?	NOVA
CURTAIN HANGER	ROD
___ MOINES	DES
WINTER GLIDER	SLED
COUPLE	PAIR
CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR NEWSOM	GAVIN
TWO-UNDER-PAR SCORE	EAGLE
Toronto’s prov	ONT
Trips, for example	POKERHAND
Vaccine approval agcy	FDA
___ down (prepared to sleep)	BEDDED
BAR GARNISH	OLIVE
BACKED (AWAY)	SHIED
Adjective in a battery ad	LONGLASTING
1950s auto flop	EDSEL
“___ never work”	ITLL
“Wait a sec!”	HOLDON
“I see!”	AHA
STAY IN HIDING	LIELOW
NOT HOMOGENEOUS	DIVERSE
STEERED CLEAR OF	AVOIDED
STAND UP TO	OPPOSE
HOME DEPOT RIVAL	LOWES
LIGHT SWITCH POSITION	OFF
SPOT FOR A YACHT	SEA
Get news of	HEAR
Suburban shopping center	MINIMALL
Large Japanese dogs	AKITAS
___ ALAMOS	LOS
SUPPLEMENTS	ADDSTO
WEB PAGE ADDRESS	URL

“Pygmalion” playwright

SHAW

BECKONED

CALLED

Did some grousing

MOANED

FLOURISHED

BOOMED

Follows commands

OBEYS

FOOT FEATURE

TOE