Wall Street Journal - Crossword Answers | 2022 12 19

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Neat freak’s bane MESS
SEMIAQUATIC AMPHIBIAN NEWT
Capable of meeting, as a challenge UPTO
“___ Como Va” (Santana hit) OYE
Jazz legend Vaughan SARAH
BAR ORDER SHOT
CHECKED OUT EYED
Form 1040 org IRS
INVENTOR WHITNEY ELI
Cauldron’s kin KETTLE
Like some drugs and stock trades: Abbr OTC
OPUS ___ DEI
BASIC BELIEFS TENETS
STORYBOOK BRUTE OGRE
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM COMPONENTS NODES
HEAT UNIT THERM
BEFORE LONG, TO SHAKESPEARE ANON
Be attracted (toward) GRAVITATE
FISH FEATURE FIN
TV’s “___ Lasso” TED
Lack enough resources RUNSHORT
NASA astronaut Jemison MAE
COMIC CARVEY DANA
Many a winning soccer score TWOONE
STANDING STRAIGHT ERECT
SICILIAN PEAK ETNA
RIVAL ENEMY
HAVE DEBTS OWE
Yeoman’s “yes” AYE
JABS POKES
SOME JAPANESE WATCHES SEIKOS
CROONER VIC DAMONE
“___ Want for Christmas Is You” ALLI
*Meeting building code, in a way FIRERESISTANT
Lauder of beauty wares ESTEE
SLIPPERY ELUSIVE
Drag laboriously HAUL
Origin for ideas MIND
BULLFIGHT CRY OLE
*Take advantage of a profitable period RIDETHEWAVE
FROM ___ Z ATO
Sandy color TAN
CITI FIELD PLAYER MET
VIETNAMESE NOODLE SOUP PHO
Allay, as worries EASE
STAYS OUT OF SIGHT LIESLOW
LEVELS TIERS
FLAT-TOPPED HILL MESA
Disney’s “little mermaid” ARIEL
Pony, to a preschooler HORSY
Downloadable greetings ECARDS
1002, IN OLD ROME MII
Release, as a canary UNCAGE
DRONE HUM
Feature of an incandescent bulb FILAMENT
CENTRAL POSITION MIDST
*Common bedside table item CLOCKRADIO
Team strategy GAMEPLAN
SUGAR SUFFIX OSE
LUXURY HOTEL CHAIN OMNI
Most careless SLOPPIEST
RUB OUT ERASE