Wall Street Journal 2022 12 19 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
CHECKED OUT	EYED
COMIC CARVEY	DANA
FROM ___ Z	ATO
Capable of meeting, as a challenge	UPTO
CITI FIELD PLAYER	MET
HAVE DEBTS	OWE
FISH FEATURE	FIN
1002, IN OLD ROME	MII
BULLFIGHT CRY	OLE
CENTRAL POSITION	MIDST
BAR ORDER	SHOT
Be attracted (toward)	GRAVITATE
BEFORE LONG, TO SHAKESPEARE	ANON
Disney’s “little mermaid”	ARIEL
Cauldron’s kin	KETTLE
Drag laboriously	HAUL
FLAT-TOPPED HILL	MESA
BASIC BELIEFS	TENETS
Feature of an incandescent bulb	FILAMENT
Allay, as worries	EASE
Lauder of beauty wares	ESTEE
“___ Como Va” (Santana hit)	OYE
Neat freak’s bane	MESS
Origin for ideas	MIND
*Meeting building code, in a way	FIRERESISTANT
*Common bedside table item	CLOCKRADIO
“___ Want for Christmas Is You”	ALLI
*Take advantage of a profitable period	RIDETHEWAVE
DRONE	HUM
Lack enough resources	RUNSHORT
NASA astronaut Jemison	MAE
Pony, to a preschooler	HORSY
LUXURY HOTEL CHAIN	OMNI
Downloadable greetings	ECARDS
Sandy color	TAN
Release, as a canary	UNCAGE
SEMIAQUATIC AMPHIBIAN	NEWT
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM COMPONENTS	NODES
Like some drugs and stock trades: Abbr	OTC
Form 1040 org	IRS
Jazz legend Vaughan	SARAH
STANDING STRAIGHT	ERECT
JABS	POKES
Many a winning soccer score	TWOONE
STORYBOOK BRUTE	OGRE
HEAT UNIT	THERM
VIETNAMESE NOODLE SOUP	PHO
RUB OUT	ERASE
LEVELS	TIERS
SICILIAN PEAK	ETNA
Team strategy	GAMEPLAN
INVENTOR WHITNEY	ELI
Yeoman’s “yes”	AYE
RIVAL	ENEMY
SOME JAPANESE WATCHES	SEIKOS
Most careless	SLOPPIEST
CROONER VIC	DAMONE
OPUS ___	DEI
SLIPPERY	ELUSIVE
SUGAR SUFFIX	OSE
TV’s “___ Lasso”	TED
STAYS OUT OF SIGHT	LIESLOW

CHECKED OUT

EYED

COMIC CARVEY

DANA

FROM ___ Z

ATO

Capable of meeting, as a challenge

UPTO

CITI FIELD PLAYER

MET

HAVE DEBTS

OWE