Wall Street Journal 2023 01 25 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
One who better not miss a beat	POLICEMAN
Dance instructor’s call	STEP
PERFECT	IDEAL
AREA BETWEEN OUTFIELDERS	GAP
Learned to crawl, maybe	SWAM
Happily ever afters, e.g	EPILOGUES
Hypotenuse, e.g	SIDE
Ventilation system components	DUCTS
Pack of plotters	CABAL
Divine doings	MIRACLE
Detailed account	SAGA
ROLE FOR RONNY HOWARD	OPIE
Landscape item used for hiding a spare key?	SHAMROCK
Orgs	ASSNS
CLASSIC FORD	TBIRD
Origin of “whiskey” and “trousers”	GAELIC
CLEAR TABLES	BUS
Quarrel stoppers, at times	APOLOGIES
OVERHEAD TRAINS	ELS
SHE, IN LISBON	ELA
CONCESSION STAND BUYS	SODAS
DISGRACE	SULLY
Tee, e.g	TOP
HARVEST GODDESS	OPS
XMAS FIGURE	STNICK
INDIGENOUS CANADIAN	INUIT
Lincoln or Ford, e.g	MAKE
CHANNEL MARKER	BUOY
Western omelet chunk	HAM
WORDS OF AGREEMENT	AMENS
Möbius strip’s lack	END
THEY MAY PROVIDE RELIEF	MAPS
Bring into service	DEPLOY
Far from fetching	UGLY
OPIUM SOURCE	POPPY
Scampers off	SCOOTS
UNBROKEN	WHOLE
DARK	UNLIT
“Ah, I understand”	GOTCHA
It’s spineless	EBOOK
POINTS OF VIEW	ANGLES
DOWNED A SUB, SAY	ATE
BUNK	HOOEY
Spotify genre	POP
WALL ST. DEBUT	IPO
BIG CHEESE	BOSS
Fake grip used in a professional wrestling match?	PUTONHOLD
BASH	FETE
Draft container	STEIN
BLUE SHADE	SKY
Plaints from puppies	YAPS
TINY SPOT	SPECK
OLD STEREOS	HIFIS
Statue of Sitting Bull?	COPYCHIEF
GOOD, TO GARIBALDI	BUONO
Dr.’s orders	RXS
Substance sold by a duplicitous drug dealer?	CROCKPOT
Langley-based org	CIA
Trunk notch	KERF
Channel based in Atlanta	TNT
Aggressive ungulate	HIPPO
TESTS BY LIFTING	HEFTS
Often lied-about number	AGE
NOT SO MUCH	LESS
Taken as much as one is willing to	HADIT
Visit quickly	NIPIN

One who better not miss a beat

POLICEMAN

Dance instructor’s call

STEP

PERFECT

IDEAL

AREA BETWEEN OUTFIELDERS

GAP

Learned to crawl, maybe

SWAM

Happily ever afters, e.g

EPILOGUES