Wall Street Journal - Crossword Answers | 2022 12 31

crossword answers
Clue Answer
EXPRESSION OF CONTEMPT SNEER
Band’s playlist SET
STARTING POINT OF A PHONE TREE MAINMENU
Battle of Britain org RAF
NEIGHBORHOOD AREA
Rehnquist’s successor ROBERTS
UNESCORTED LONE
Fender offering BASSGUITAR
A matter of degrees? HEAT
Was incoherent BABBLED
SWAMPY SPOT MIRE
NOT NEW USED
Corned-beef-and-sauerkraut sandwiches REUBENS
HIGH SPIRITS CHEERINESS
CODE NAME MORSE
Like some wine and cider MULLED
Nick and Nora’s dog ASTA
Aquaman’s home ATLANTIS
Leisure activity, briefly REC
Director of “If....” and “O Lucky Man!” LINDSAYANDERSON
Inspired by BASEDON
210-square-mile U.S. territory GUAM
BLOW AWAY AMAZE
Shakespeare’s “tricksy spirit” ARIEL
Name-dropping abbr ETAL
Sports sites STADIA
INC. KIN LTD
Historical artifact RELIC
Successful pitcher SELLER
ATTEMPT STAB
SUIT EXEC
SCATTERED STREWN
Nautically-named newspaper feature MASTHEAD
REPAIR SHOP COURTESY LOANER
MAR. HONOREE STPAT
Number before quattro TRE
TEMPT LUREON
1977 Ted Nugent song CATSCRATCHFEVER
___ in “apple” AAS
Notable span ERA
Connection for 71-Across AMP
LIKE SOME KITCHENS EATIN
PUTS OUT SEDATES
Dragster booster NITRO
“The Horse Whisperer” director REDFORD
1989 Broadway play set in a writer’s Manhattan apartment TRU
Center’s job SNAP
Surname on orange wrappers REESE
Oscar nominee for “Lawrence of Arabia” OMARSHARIF
Thread component EMAIL
CHIDING SOUND TUT
UP ___ GOOD TONO
LONG SENTENCE RUNON
DIVERSE ASSORTMENT MELANGE
“Two, two, two mints in one!” brand CERTS
Dr. Jekyll’s forename HENRY
CAMDEN YARDS TEAM ORIOLES
“The Pearl Fishers” composer BIZET
SURGICAL INSTRUMENT PROBE
Bunny boss, familiarly HEF
Forbidden pitch SPITTER
SPADES, IN SPADES TRUMP
UNMATCHED ODD
LUSH SOT
TORMENT ONESELF STEW
Outstanding Drama Series Emmy winner in 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1991 LALAW
Venezuelan piranha CARIBE
AUDITION AWARD PART
Basic girder IBEAM
Raunchy reading SMUT
PLACE STEAD
POLICE TRAP STING
Hors d’oeuvre topping ROE
FOLLOW ENSUE
Hermana de la madre o del padre TIA
BEFORE, POETICALLY ERE
WELL-MUSCLED BUILT
Singer nicknamed “The Velvet Fog” MELTORME
UNDERMINE ERODE
Manhattan’s 14,600 ACRES
Writers Radcliffe and Beattie ANNS
Diva Jenny LIND
“Ish” SORTA
Hem’s partner HAW
COLLAR NAB
BLUE, IN BOLIVIA AZUL
FULLY COOKED DONE
Divas’ deliveries ARIAS
Co-star of Gene, Peter, Marty, Cloris and Madeline TERI
Wide boot letters EEE
Board, to boarders MEALS
Word of appreciation from Apollinaire MERCI
Prevented from scoring DENIED
Contract composition TERMS
“Shiny Happy People” band REM
DISORIENTED OUTOFIT
“The Cocktail Party” playwright ELIOT
Had lofty plans ASPIRED
Performing particularly well INRAREFORM
Boston Beer Company’s flagship brand SAMUELADAMS
EXTRA ADDED
WIMPLE WEARER NUN
Club hit, often REMIX
Kings, on NBA scoreboards SAC
Does some gamboling PRANCES
WEIGH STATION UNIT TON
Buff buff NUDIST
MYSTERIOUS GLOW AURA
Ruby on screen DEE
Bat-making need LATHE
Hittite in David’s army URIAH
PALE GREEN COLOR SEAMIST
CRUISE STOP ISLE
CRUEL ONE SADIST
PATERNITY PROVER DNA
Crayola color renamed “peach” in 1962 FLESH
Like John Wayne as Genghis Khan in “The Conqueror” MISCAST
Rep. opposer DEM
Anarchic, say INCHAOS
Noted baseball routine WHOSONFIRST
DISORDERED INAMESS