Wall Street Journal – Feb 24 2020 – Hold It! Crossword Solution
Wall Street Journal – Feb 24 2020 – Hold It! Crossword Solution
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| “I do” sayer | GROOM |
| “Trinity” writer Leon | URIS |
| *Jamaican sprinter with eight Olympic gold medals | USAINBOLT |
| *Left jab counterpunch | RIGHTHOOK |
| *Pea variety | SUGARSNAP |
| *YouTube upload | VIDEOCLIP |
| 1960s English group ___ and the Pacemakers | GERRY |
| Academic measure at a univ | GPA |
| Agreeable answer | YES |
| Ancient Italy’s ___ Way | APPIAN |
| Bactrian camel’s pair | HUMPS |
| Baked potato or green beans, say | SIDEDISH |
| Blows up | BURSTS |
| Bobby of Boston Bruins fame | ORR |
| Burglar or bootlegger | CRIMINAL |
| Carve into glass | ETCH |
| Congregants’ bench | PEW |
| Costume party headwear | WIG |
| Days gone by | PAST |
| Denounces angrily | RAILSAT |
| Disapproving look | SCOWL |
| Disregard | IGNORE |
| Even the score | TIE |
| Famed London art institution | TATE |
| FBI agent, informally | GMAN |
| Female French friend | AMIE |
| Fill for a phone inbox | EMAILS |
| Frilly, as lingerie | LACY |
| Got rid of, in a way | ERASED |
| Hauler’s cargo | FREIGHT |
| Hit the ceiling | SEERED |
| Jr. naval rank | ENS |
| Judge’s request | ORDER |
| Land in the sea: Abbr | ISL |
| Large number | SLEW |
| Lingerie item | BRA |
| Liverpudlian or Londoner, for example | BRIT |
| Lobster claw | PINCER |
| Made a choice | OPTED |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Many a time | OFTEN |
| Marginally | ATAD |
| Metal source | ORE |
| Oktoberfest sausage | BRAT |
| Old Italian currency | LIRA |
| Painter Hals | FRANS |
| Participant in an exodus | EMIGRANT |
| Particularly impressive | EPIC |
| Picture’s perimeter | FRAME |
| Pinkish hue | ROSE |
| Place for a milk bath | SPA |
| Potentially embarrassing stadium feature | KISSCAM |
| Pronto, for short | ASAP |
| Pungent flavor | BITE |
| Restroom, informally | LAV |
| Riffraff | DREGS |
| Risk | PERIL |
| Run ___ (lose control) | AMOK |
| Scathing review | PAN |
| Seasoned vet | PRO |
| See 34-Across | ACATCH |
| Shudder-inducing | EERIE |
| Similar to | LIKE |
| Singer Orbison | ROY |
| Skin picture | TATTOO |
| Smaller amount | LESS |
| Some Sunday entrees | ROASTS |
| Sum | TOTAL |
| Tabletop cooker | HOTPLATE |
| Take out | DELETE |
| There are 192 in a qt | TSPS |
| Unicycle part | SEAT |
| Unnamed woman | HER |
| Vice squad action | RAID |
| What things should be put to | GOODUSE |
| With 36-Across, “This has strings attached,” and a hint to the ends of the starred answers | THERES |
| Yarns | TALES |
| ___ Arbor, Michigan | ANN |
| ___ chi (martial art) | TAI |