Wall Street Journal – Mar 9 2020 – Pick Up the Pace Crossword Solution
Wall Street Journal – Mar 9 2020 – Pick Up the Pace Crossword Solution
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| “Don’t be ridiculous!” | GETREAL |
| “Famous” cookie baker | AMOS |
| “Lawrence of Arabia” star | OTOOLE |
| “Star Wars” character Kylo ___ | REN |
| “Wake Up Little ___” | SUSIE |
| “___ Well That Ends Well” | ALLS |
| *Blimp | AIRSHIP |
| *Comment accompanying an eye roll | SPAREME |
| *Like an optimist’s glass | HALFFULL |
| *Look of determination | GAMEFACE |
| *Size for a petite person | EXTRASMALL |
| 43,560 square feet | ACRE |
| Annoying folks at the theater | LATECOMERS |
| Aspiration | HOPE |
| At an angle | BENT |
| Big name in food wrap | SARAN |
| Bogus | SHAM |
| Brewer’s grain | BARLEY |
| Brewer’s products | ALES |
| Brooks of comedy | MEL |
| Capture | TRAP |
| Clues heading | ACROSS |
| CNN anchor Burnett | ERIN |
| Coat rack part | PEG |
| Comedy with much door-slamming | FARCE |
| Company whose products often include Allen wrenches | IKEA |
| Corp. tech head | CIO |
| Cuts some canines | TEETHES |
| Deep cut | GASH |
| Egyptian emblem | SCARAB |
| Egyptian emblems | ASPS |
| Fancy-schmancy | LUXE |
| Flexible worker | FLOATER |
| Flippered mammal | SEAL |
| Fly ball caught by the catcher, e.g | POPOUT |
| Gosling of “First Man” | RYAN |
| Graffiti artist’s signatures | TAGS |
| Guess to be true | SURMISE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Hawaii, on many U.S. maps | INSET |
| Hawaiian beach bash | LUAU |
| High-speed Amtrak offering | ACELA |
| Holiday pay rate, perhaps, and a hint to what can follow each word of each starred answer | DOUBLETIME |
| Ill will | MALICE |
| In good taste | SEEMLY |
| Landlords | LEASERS |
| Look after | TEND |
| Miner matter | ORE |
| Mongolian desert | GOBI |
| Museum-funding org | NEA |
| Not shiny | MATTE |
| Not terrible, but not great | SOSO |
| Oceanic predator | ORCA |
| One of Alcott’s “Little Women” | AMY |
| Put into service | USE |
| Quick side dish | MINUTERICE |
| Relieves (of) | RIDS |
| Reverberating sound | ECHO |
| Rover’s fuel? | ALPO |
| Sleeper’s breathing problem | APNEA |
| Smooth sailing | EASY |
| Standoffish | ALOOF |
| Still life fruit | PEAR |
| Storage spot | BIN |
| Supply-and-demand study, for short | ECON |
| Sushi roll topping | ROE |
| Tach measure, for short | RPM |
| Take a break | REST |
| Terrier named for a Scottish island | SKYE |
| Two of four “Monday, Monday” singers | MAMAS |
| Utah ski resort | ALTA |
| Winter glider | SLED |
| Without, in France | SANS |
| Words before word, whirl or way | INA |
| Wrestler’s hold | NELSON |
| Write on glass, say | ETCH |
| ___ mater | ALMA |