Wall Street Journal 2022 12 31 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Band’s playlist	SET
Battle of Britain org	RAF
AUDITION AWARD	PART
“Two, two, two mints in one!” brand	CERTS
“The Pearl Fishers” composer	BIZET
“The Horse Whisperer” director	REDFORD
“The Cocktail Party” playwright	ELIOT
“Shiny Happy People” band	REM
BLOW AWAY	AMAZE
EXPRESSION OF CONTEMPT	SNEER
CODE NAME	MORSE
CRUISE STOP	ISLE
Bat-making need	LATHE
Board, to boarders	MEALS
Center’s job	SNAP
Club hit, often	REMIX
1977 Ted Nugent song	CATSCRATCHFEVER
Corned-beef-and-sauerkraut sandwiches	REUBENS
Crayola color renamed “peach” in 1962	FLESH
1989 Broadway play set in a writer’s Manhattan apartment	TRU
210-square-mile U.S. territory	GUAM
Anarchic, say	INCHAOS
Basic girder	IBEAM
Dr. Jekyll’s forename	HENRY
Forbidden pitch	SPITTER
Connection for 71-Across	AMP
FOLLOW	ENSUE
ATTEMPT	STAB
Boston Beer Company’s flagship brand	SAMUELADAMS
BEFORE, POETICALLY	ERE
A matter of degrees?	HEAT
CAMDEN YARDS TEAM	ORIOLES
EXTRA	ADDED
“Ish”	SORTA
CRUEL ONE	SADIST
WIMPLE WEARER	NUN
UNMATCHED	ODD
Co-star of Gene, Peter, Marty, Cloris and Madeline	TERI
Dragster booster	NITRO
Fender offering	BASSGUITAR
Contract composition	TERMS
SPADES, IN SPADES	TRUMP
FULLY COOKED	DONE
COLLAR	NAB
DISORDERED	INAMESS
Bunny boss, familiarly	HEF
CHIDING SOUND	TUT
DIVERSE ASSORTMENT	MELANGE
SUIT	EXEC
POLICE TRAP	STING
Director of “If....” and “O Lucky Man!”	LINDSAYANDERSON
Diva Jenny	LIND
WEIGH STATION UNIT	TON
NEIGHBORHOOD	AREA
UNDERMINE	ERODE
Divas’ deliveries	ARIAS
SURGICAL INSTRUMENT	PROBE
Does some gamboling	PRANCES
LUSH	SOT
Had lofty plans	ASPIRED
UNESCORTED	LONE
SWAMPY SPOT	MIRE
Aquaman’s home	ATLANTIS
DISORIENTED	OUTOFIT
Number before quattro	TRE
NOT NEW	USED
BLUE, IN BOLIVIA	AZUL
STARTING POINT OF A PHONE TREE	MAINMENU
MYSTERIOUS GLOW	AURA
WELL-MUSCLED	BUILT
Hem’s partner	HAW
Hermana de la madre o del padre	TIA
Leisure activity, briefly	REC
Like John Wayne as Genghis Khan in “The Conqueror”	MISCAST
Buff buff	NUDIST
Manhattan’s 14,600	ACRES
PALE GREEN COLOR	SEAMIST
PATERNITY PROVER	DNA
Name-dropping abbr	ETAL
Hors d’oeuvre topping	ROE
LONG SENTENCE	RUNON
SCATTERED	STREWN
TORMENT ONESELF	STEW
REPAIR SHOP COURTESY	LOANER
Notable span	ERA
Inspired by	BASEDON
Sports sites	STADIA
Was incoherent	BABBLED
Nick and Nora’s dog	ASTA
Kings, on NBA scoreboards	SAC
PLACE	STEAD
Wide boot letters	EEE
Word of appreciation from Apollinaire	MERCI
HIGH SPIRITS	CHEERINESS
INC. KIN	LTD
Successful pitcher	SELLER
Ruby on screen	DEE
Historical artifact	RELIC
Like some wine and cider	MULLED
Prevented from scoring	DENIED
Raunchy reading	SMUT
Nautically-named newspaper feature	MASTHEAD
Rehnquist’s successor	ROBERTS
TEMPT	LUREON
Surname on orange wrappers	REESE
Thread component	EMAIL
LIKE SOME KITCHENS	EATIN
MAR. HONOREE	STPAT
PUTS OUT	SEDATES
Oscar nominee for “Lawrence of Arabia”	OMARSHARIF
Shakespeare’s “tricksy spirit”	ARIEL
UP ___ GOOD	TONO
Rep. opposer	DEM
Outstanding Drama Series Emmy winner in 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1991	LALAW
Singer nicknamed “The Velvet Fog”	MELTORME
Noted baseball routine	WHOSONFIRST
Writers Radcliffe and Beattie	ANNS
Performing particularly well	INRAREFORM
Hittite in David’s army	URIAH
Venezuelan piranha	CARIBE
___ in “apple”	AAS

Band’s playlist

SET

Battle of Britain org

RAF

AUDITION AWARD

PART

“Two, two, two mints in one!” brand

CERTS

“The Pearl Fishers” composer

BIZET

“The Horse Whisperer” director

REDFORD