Wall Street Journal - Crossword Answers | 2022 09 19

crossword answers
Clue Answer
“Aw, shucks!” RATS
“Far out!” in dated slang RAD
Abuja replaced it as Nigeria’s capital LAGOS
BAR STAPLE ICE
BEFORE NOW AGO
Boom’s opposite BUST
Coarse-haired hunting dog ELKHOUND
Cunning creature FOX
FIT INSHAPE
HIGH CARD ACE
MOURNFUL POEM ELEGY
MINE FIND ORE
LEASE SIGNER TENANT
PASTORAL POEM IDYLL
PLAY FOR A SAP USE
HISTORICAL PERIOD ERA
NOT AT HOME AWAY
FIRST-RATE AONE
FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT LADDERS
FIERY FELONY ARSON
Feds GMEN
Flex muscles in a pirate gym? ARRAYGUNS
Gift on “The Bachelor” ROSE
Indefinite article, in Arles UNE
Jolly Roger, for example FLAG
Make ready for sailing RIG
Nobleman above a viscount EARL
Overdraft protections for a pirate checking account? ARREARGUARDS
Painter who did portraits of Washington and Jefferson PEALE
Sculptor’s field ART
STICKY STUFF GOO
EXPLOSIVE LETTERS TNT
EAR PART COB
WACKY LOCO
UNTRUE FALSE
SLACK-JAWED AGAPE
CUTTING EDGE BLADE
CAVALRY BASE FORT
MILAN OPERA HOUSE LASCALA
PART OF SOME EMAIL ADDRESSES AOL
FRONTIERSMAN DANIEL BOONE
MAKE BLANK ERASE
UNPROVEN ABILITY ESP
SANTA ___, CALIFORNIA ANA
FLYING PEST GNAT
Solid foundation BEDROCK
Warning at closing time LASTCALL
Welcoming committees where pirates dock? ARRIVALGANGS
___ willing (translation of 58-Across) GOD
LIKE CAPITAL GAINS TAXED
HYDROGEN OR HELIUM GAS
RESPONSIVE TO TREATMENT CURABLE
PHONE DOWNLOAD APP
MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FIG
Make roads PAVE
OPPOSITION VOTE NAY
Midsize Oldsmobiles ALEROS
WIFE OF ZEUS HERA
TWISTY CURVE ESS
START ONSET
WITNESSED SEEN
SOAK UP SOP
SWEAT SOURCE PORE
___ VOLENTE DEO
Winner’s take POT
Start for dynamic or nautical AERO
Old-fashioned cleaner LYESOAP
Relatives of Inc.’s LLCS
Oscar winner, for example AWARDEE
Holding cells on a pirate ship? ARRESTROOMS
PROD EGGON
1921 robot drama RUR
WINNING ONAROLL