Wall Street Journal - Crossword Answers | 2021 12 18

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Awesomely exciting, slangily LIT
Ball team in red, white and blue uniforms NATIONALS
BORDER EDGE
BANKRUPTCY FILER OF 2001 ENRON
BALL-BEARING ITEM TEE
Aurora’s counterpart EOS
Attendee of a My Chemical Romance concert, perhaps EMOFAN
ATI computer chipset brand XPRESS
ANXIOUS FEELING NERVES
Anti-harassment hashtag METOO
ANATOMICAL POUCH SAC
Affectionate gift ROSE
1960s arena, briefly NAM
“___ luego” (Spanish farewell) HASTA
“Two, two, two mints in one” brand CERTS
“So Sick” singer NEYO
“Cat on ___ Tin Roof” AHOT
“Appalachian Spring” composer COPLAND
CRICKET, FOR ONE INSECT
HOLD TIGHT CLING
BRIGHT RED CERISE
FLY CATCHER MITT
BLUE SAD
COMPLETE UTTER
Biden senior adviser Richmond CEDRIC
Bikini wearer’s giveaway TANLINE
Delphi temple attendant PRIESTESS
First-hand, as intelligence EYESON
Five-time NBA MVP JORDAN
French wine grape ALTESSE
Good one to wager on THEFAVORITE
Insubstantial writing PAP
DRIVE AWAY SHOO
CHARACTERISTIC FACET
CAJOLE WHEEDLE
WAGER BET
CONTRACTED SHRUNK
BRIEF TIME, BRIEFLY SEC
FLIGHT PART STEP
CLAMP SHAPE CEE
Bear abode DEN
COLLAPSE INWARD IMPLODE
December 24 and 31, e.g EVES
Dagger alternative ASTERISK
Daft, in Derby BARMY
PASSES OVER OMITS
POLITE REQUEST MAYI
SPANISH FAREWELL ADIOS
STOCK HOLDER PEN
SINGER PERRY COMO
ZAGREB NATIVE CROAT
SOME CRIME SCENE EVIDENCE HAIRS
___ AVIS RARA
INTERN, OFTEN GOFER
PUTS OUT EMITS
British sovereignty in India RAJ
Disappearing sea ARAL
PITCHED CAREENED
TOOK IN MISLED
CAR AD LETTERS MSRP
“Rhyme Pays” rapper ICET
Market business STAND
Mosque of Ibn Tulun setting CAIRO
Name on “King Kong” posters WRAY
Game division HALF
HOPPY BREWS IPAS
Former U.S. women’s soccer team coach Sundhage PIA
City near Dortmund ESSEN
Paris’s abductee HELEN
Patel of “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” DEV
Penguins great Lemieux MARIO
QB’s mistake INT
Quarterback’s group OFFENSE
FOOT BONES TARSALS
MORE CHARMING WINSOMER
WORE HADON
Rook’s output CAW
Intro to a forum view IMHO
Shay’s country music partner DAN
INXS song “I ___ Message” SENDA
Signal of desperation SOS
Small African parrots LOVEBIRDS
Snow clouds NIMBI
Sound from carolers? HARDC
Tool in school RULER
Noted name in shock rock ALICECOOPER
Unopposed shots FREETHROWS
Unseen title character of 1953 GODOT
Pair in a king BEDMATES
Williamsburg tavern owner Campbell Christiana
Romeo’s cousin BENVOLIO
PLAYED AGAIN RERAN
SIGNIFICANT SPAN ERA
SIX FOR A TD PTS
Tough tests ORALS
SITE OF CHICAGO TOUCHDOWNS OHARE
NO LONGER ANONYMOUS IDED
SHELTERED INLETS COVES
Sgt.’s superior LIEUT
Like carbonara sauce BACONY
Powerful group INS
Polo in China MARCO
She plays Chani in “Dune” ZENDAYA
Many a Mauritanian ARAB
Mom’s mom, informally GRAN
MAKES BLANK ERASES
Retainer, e.g FEE
Service component TEACUP
Scot’s topper TAM
Tribe’s home, informally REZ
Young Yorkie WHELP
Org. whose seal features an eagle clutching a key NSA
Panasonic audio brand TECHNICS
Queen Latifah album “Nature of a ___” SISTA
Rome’s Fontana di ___ TREVI
PATIENT PEOPLE BIDERS
Rockefeller in NYC, e.g CTR
Visual effects co. founded by George Lucas ILM
Words following a yawn IMTIRED
Tyler of “Armageddon” LIV
Youngster in a holt OTTERPUP