Wall Street Journal – May 9 2016 – Tense Situations Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘A Death in the Family’ writer James |
AGEE |
| ‘Hold on!’ |
WAIT |
| ‘Hold your horses!’ |
INASECOND |
| ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ setting |
VEGAS |
| ‘The Sound of Music’ song about an Alpine flower |
EDELWEISS |
| 1945 conference site |
YALTA |
| Ad section in a Sunday paper |
INSERT |
| Algebra or trig |
MATH |
| Alpha male |
TOPDOG |
| Apartment part |
ROOM |
| Baghdad resident |
IRAQI |
| Blubber |
SOB |
| Buck’s mate |
DOE |
| Burger add-on |
BACON |
| Bygone vehicle known for its bad fuel economy |
HUMMER |
| County adjacent to London |
ESSEX |
| Cowboy of the pampas |
GAUCHO |
| Did laps in the pool |
SWAM |
| Easy gait |
TROT |
| Faithful sidekick of old TV |
TONTO |
| Forearm bone |
ULNA |
| Gather from the fields |
REAP |
| Get naked |
STRIP |
| Give an edge to |
HONE |
| Grain used for pumpernickel |
RYE |
| Harry Truman’s wife |
BESS |
| Have trouble focusing, from intoxication, say |
SEEDOUBLE |
| High-ranking USN officer |
ADM |
| Hightail it |
FLEE |
| Hubby’s brother, for one |
INLAW |
| Identical |
SAME |
| Impressionist artist Claude |
MONET |
| In addition |
ELSE |
| It’s shared by family members |
LASTNAME |
| Joint with a cap |
KNEE |
| Mercantile exchange offerings |
ENERGYFUTURES |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Not at home |
AWAY |
| Number after deux |
TROIS |
| One not to be believed |
LIAR |
| Orangutan, for one |
APE |
| Parisian’s ‘thank you’ |
MERCI |
| Periods of lessened hostilities |
DETENTES |
| Pint in a pub |
ALE |
| Pop art’s Warhol |
ANDY |
| Post-shower need |
TOWEL |
| Potential oak tree |
ACORN |
| Prefix for mania or chrome |
MONO |
| Problems for some job applicants |
CRIMINALPASTS |
| Proof for a printer |
REPRO |
| Rock used in cameos |
ONYX |
| Rocker Kravitz |
LENNY |
| Sandy brown color |
ECRU |
| Scotch tape unit |
ROLL |
| Sign of boredom |
YAWN |
| Silences |
QUIETS |
| Sing like Bing |
CROON |
| Sound from a contented cat |
PURR |
| Sound of horror |
SHRIEK |
| Source of wise answers |
ORACLE |
| Spider’s creation |
WEB |
| Succulent plants |
ALOES |
| Swindles |
CONS |
| The scenter of your face? |
NOSE |
| They’re often purchased from a registry |
WEDDINGPRESENTS |
| Toothbrush brand |
ORALB |
| Two cubed |
EIGHT |
| Understand intuitively, informally |
GROK |
| Used a broom |
SWEPT |
| Weapons in a colorful war game |
PAINTGUNS |
| Wide street: Abbr |
AVE |
| Wild parties |
RAGERS |
| Women’s hybrid golf garment |
SKORT |