Wall Street Journal 2022 12 21 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Vatican’s surroundings	ROME
SEIZE	GRAB
CROW	BOAST
CHECK FOR FRESHNESS, IN A WAY	SNIFF
SIGN OF A SPRAINED ANKLE	LIMP
Baby in a barn, maybe	OWLET
Hieroglyphic creatures	ASPS
CIVIL RIGHTS ICON PARKS	ROSA
COMMON ARTICLE	THE
DUDS	DRESS
FLIP OUT	GOAPE
CUBAN COIN	PESO
FRILLY WRAP	BOA
RESTAURANT CRITIC GREENE	GAEL
Home of Hoover’s presidential library	IOWA
Navigator’s aid	CHART
MUST	HASTO
PRACTICAL	OFUSE
Ability to endure criticism	TOUGHSKIN
Low-energy types	SLOTHS
“R” term meaning “what a sane brain demonstrates”?	RHYMEORREASON
Heavily promotes	HYPES
“Caddyshack” director Harold	RAMIS
Yes and no, e.g	RSVPS
Retinoid target	ACNE
SURPASS	TOP
TABLET DOWNLOAD	APP
All-encompassing prefix	OMNI
Fivers, informally	ABES
Frappuccino option	VENTI
“S” term meaning “to take a dip”?	SINKORSWIM
Balls in gyms, sometimes	PROMS
Alternative to net or gov	COM
Made noises on a ledge, perhaps	COOED
Warriors in 2022, e.g	NBACHAMPS
BURNS OUT OF CONTROL	RAGES
LET UP	EASED
Parts for assembling	KIT
Baseball’s Bambino	RUTH
Believer’s suffix	IST
BITTER	SORE
EXTREME AVERSION	HATRED
One in a class of her own	TUTEE
CHEW OVER	MULL
SUSHI GARNISH	ROE
BUDS	PALS
CELLAR STOCK	WINES
FIRE PROOF	ASH
SNOOPS (AROUND)	NOSES
SHAMPOOING STEP	RINSE
Start of a Caesar claim	ICAME
Banking tool	CUE
Red Skull, to Captain America	FOE
Shot-taking Shaq	ONEAL
“Dynamite” boy band	BTS
London-based multinational bank	HSBC
Tiny brain, metaphorically	PEA
Site for trivia night	BAR
DOSIMETER UNITS	RADS
Politico’s concern	IMAGE
High deg	PHD
AVIATION-RELATED PREFIX	AERO
Quick commercial break, e.g	BRIEFWORD
PAYMENT BEFORE A DEAL IS MADE	ANTE
Coop feature	ROOST
Broadcast legend Arledge	ROONE
“P” term meaning “to drop, so to speak”?	PUBLISHORPERISH
Guesses at JFK	ETDS
Crash someone’s selfie	PHOTOBOMB
“F” term meaning “a way to rise up”?	FIGHTORFLIGHT

Vatican’s surroundings

ROME

SEIZE

GRAB

CROW

BOAST

CHECK FOR FRESHNESS, IN A WAY

SNIFF

SIGN OF A SPRAINED ANKLE

LIMP

Baby in a barn, maybe

OWLET