Wall Street Journal - Crossword Answers | 2021 09 23

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Assume illegally USURP
CLOVERLEAF PART ONRAMP
LESS RACY TAMER
CANDID OPEN
BEST BUY BUYS PCS
Arabian peninsula resident YEMENI
ALTERNATIVE OTHER
Afro-Caribbean sound SKA
Achieve recognition ARRIVE
A POP EACH
24 heures JOUR
12-time WNBA All-Star Bird SUE
“Toward Freedom” autobiographer NEHRU
“Top Gun” target MIG
Centurion protector ARMOR
Cole Porter’s “___ Sensational” YOURE
Dev of “Lion” PATEL
Enabler, of a sort PERMIT
Exclamation after a personal victory IRULE
GM’s Mary Barra, e.g CEO
Grown-up grps PTAS
Hartsfield, Jackson or La Guardia MAYOR
Heckling holler BOO
Holstein chew CUD
Knowing, as a private joke INON
Letter-shaped groove TSLOT
Lexington sch. founded in 1839 VMI
Like many a motto LATIN
Michelangelo masterwork in St. Peter’s PIETA
“Helpful hardware folks” brand ACE
“American Pie” singer Don MCLEAN
MUSICAL ENDINGS CODAS
HARDLY PLENTIFUL MEAGER
IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT ASONE
Source of Real ID cards DMV
State house person, for short REP
Taiko instruments DRUMS
Workers who make lots of calls UMPS
EVALUATE ASSAY
LIST-ENDING ABBR ETC
RAIDERS QUARTERBACK DEREK CARR
COMPOSER WEBERN ANTON
SHADOWS UMBRAE
HELLION BRAT
Hush-hush org NSA
MLK Day, e.g MON
Knowledgeable sort GURU
Place de la Bastille location PARIS
Firm focus LAW
Program listing? CODE
WEAKEN EBB
UNDERSTANDS GETS
SWERVES VEERS
SPLEEN IRE
SOUNDS OF REBUKE TSKS
WEDGE-DRIVING HAMMER MAUL
“Bohemian Rhapsody” Oscar winner MALEK
“I wanna try!” LEMME
Logan of TV news LARA
Key of Mozart’s “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” GMAJOR
Gymnastics star Simone BILES
Grew more severe STEEPENED
Average citizen COMMONMAN
Beverage powder marketed as a coffee alternative POSTUM
TOPS ATMOST