Wall Street Journal - Crossword Answers | 2022 10 24

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Arsonist or mugger, e.g FELON
Beloved celeb IDOL
Ares or Apollo GREEKGOD
Calm interlude LULL
CUSTARDY DESSERT FLAN
Deceptive statement, of a sort HALFTRUTH
ELEMENTAL PARTICLE ATOM
LOVE TO PIECES ADORE
GIVE UP SURRENDER
PIGEON SOUNDS COOS
EXCLUSIVELY ONLY
NONEXISTENT NIL
Endearingly attractive CUTE
DECLARE ASSERT
Gestation spot WOMB
DIPLOMACY TACT
DISSENTING VOTES NAYS
Aristocratic bunch NOBLES
LINGERIE ITEM BRA
DUTCH CHEESE EDAM
Mashed taro dish POI
POPPY PRODUCT OPIUM
NOT WORKING IDLE
PERSIST KEEPON
Falls as freezing precipitation SLEETS
Prince’s counterpart in a Twain novel PAUPER
CRIBBAGE MARKER PEG
PICKET LINE CROSSER SCAB
UNIT OF WORK ERG
BOORISH CRASS
LUNCH HOUR, FOR SOME ONE
APPREHEND NAB
Alaska senator Murkowski LISA
It’s between Africa and Arabia REDSEA
Restraint for a retriever LEASH
Shady hiking spot WOODS
Norway’s most populous city OSLO
Some fountain shakes MALTS
Mumbai’s nation INDIA
Overt intimacy, briefly PDA
Precursor to a transfusion BLOODTYPING
ADDITION RESULT SUM
“Shop ___ You Drop” TIL
EXPERT ON IRS FORMS CPA
HANDEL WORK MESSIAH
LONG-STANDING QUARREL FEUD
FRONT PAGE MATERIAL NEWS
Issue a verdict RULE
Genetics pioneer Gregor MENDEL
HAWKED SOLD
Falco of “The Sopranos” EDIE
SACRED BIRD OF ANCIENT EGYPT IBIS
STOOD UP ROSE
Pride symbol RAINBOW
SMALL SINGING GROUP TRIO
SKIN PIC TAT
PARSLEY SERVING SPRIG
MEAN MONGREL CUR
LARGE COFFEE SERVER URN
___ off (angered) TEED
Magnetic bit in a physics lab IRONFILING
Many humanitarian groups: Abbr NGOS
Nation west of Nigeria BENIN
Star’s promotional position TOPBILLING
Tomato and split pea, for two SOUPS
Verbal abuse of a sort NAMECALLING
Resin used in jewelry AMBER
Shiny trim on a car CHROME
TEAR TO SHREDS RIPUP