Wall Street Journal 2023 04 20 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
CLASSICO COMPETITOR	RAGU
Close enough to be picked up	WITHINEAR
Cup, in Cannes	TASSE
Debut, in Variety-speak	BOW
OFF TARGET	WRONG
MONASTIC HOOD	COWL
POPS	DAD
IN NEED OF A GOOD SCRUBBING	GRUNGY
Cones’ counterparts	RODS
Chipotle extra, for short	GUAC
CHILL	VEG
Cause to race	GUN
Carrier of protein-building instructions	RNA
CAMELOT LADY	ENID
Brit’s undershirt	VEST
BIT OF RESISTANCE	OHM
Port closer	CORK
Basic diet, for diabetics	ANAGRAM
Pioneering computer programmer Lovelace	ADA
Dennings of “Thor: Love and Thunder”	KAT
Drink Gatorade during a timeout, say	HYDRATE
Elite group of wildfire fighters	HOT
It holds about 1.5 ounces	GLASS
Italy’s busiest port	GENOA
Japanese dish served on skewers	YAKITORI
Jefferson’s secretary of state	MADISON
Make one’s disdain plain	SNEER
Narcissist’s love	SELF
Prepare to drop, maybe	DRAG
Roswell crashers, for short	ETS
Skipper’s spot	HELM
“Como Ama ___ Mujer” (Jennifer Lopez album)	UNA
REDUCED	ONSALE
NUMB	DEADEN
MAXIMUM AMOUNT	ALL
HAND HOLDER?	ARM
SCULLS	OARS
DEEP RED	WINE
Superhero’s secret	ALTEREGO
Therapy session topics	FEARS
They’re yet to be paid	DEBTS
Trophy bearing an atom	EMMY
Unconvincing argument, informally	WEAKTEA
Unseemly outburst	SCENE
Years, in Poitiers	ANS
SORRY STATE	WOE
DEBUNKED	DOWN
Cornerstone abbr	ESTD
RIVER SPORT	CREW
GOLD, IN GUADALAJARA	ORO
Plane, e.g	TOOL
Political ideology	ISM
Go for a run	SKI
Hardly a favorite	LONG
Schoolyard scrape	OWIE
Merger acquisition?	INLAW
JFK’s predecessor	DDE
Y-SHAPED WEAPON	SLING
TRAFFIC COP?	NARC
YET TO BE PAID	OWING
TRAUMATIZE	SCAR
Tapioca sources	CASSAVAS
The Golden State, familiarly	CALI
THIRD-STRINGERS	CTEAM
TALKED AND TALKED AND TALKED	DRONEDON
Taking hits	TOKING
“You betcha!”	DARNTOOTIN
Ref’s decision	TKO
Obstacles in many a heist movie	LASERBEAMS
Audio file format	WAV

CLASSICO COMPETITOR

RAGU

Close enough to be picked up

WITHINEAR

Cup, in Cannes

TASSE

Debut, in Variety-speak

BOW

OFF TARGET

WRONG

MONASTIC HOOD

COWL