Wall Street Journal - Crossword Answers | 2022 12 31

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