Wall Street Journal – Apr 20 2020 – Topographical Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| #1 hit, or a hint to 3-, 8-, 11- and 24-Down |
CHARTTOPPER |
| “Chandelier” singer |
SIA |
| “This is great!” |
ILIKEIT |
| “Who am ___ judge?” |
ITO |
| “___ be my pleasure” |
ITD |
| Ability inhibited by closing one eye |
DEPTHPERCEPTION |
| Ace up a lawyer’s sleeve, maybe |
STARWITNESS |
| Acetic or ascorbic, e.g |
ACID |
| As yet undecided, on a sched |
TBA |
| Auto frame |
CHASSIS |
| Baton Rouge sch |
LSU |
| Bitter conflict |
STRIFE |
| Bro or 26-Across, informally |
SIB |
| Brosnahan of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” |
RACHEL |
| Bumbling |
INEPT |
| Censor of ancient Rome |
CATO |
| Changed platforms, perhaps |
FLIPFLOPPED |
| Church fixture |
ALTAR |
| Composer Charles |
IVES |
| Contract to protect secrets: Abbr |
NDA |
| Cowboy nickname |
TEX |
| Degs. for many profs |
PHDS |
| Deliberately mislead |
LIETO |
| Dog that may be ornamentally clipped |
POODLE |
| Drive a getaway car, e.g |
ABET |
| Each O of “XOXO” |
HUG |
| Earth’s orbit around the sun, for example |
ELLIPSE |
| Energetic for one’s age |
SPRY |
| Fashionable Lauren |
RALPH |
| Flavor |
TASTE |
| Frozen treat |
ICEPOP |
| Ginger’s dancing partner |
FRED |
| Go to |
ATTEND |
| Govt. pollution watchdog |
EPA |
| Half of bi- |
UNI |
| Helicopter landing site |
PAD |
| Is unable to |
CANT |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Island off the coast of Long Beach, California |
CATALINA |
| It may be alarmed |
FIREEXIT |
| Lawyers join them |
BARASSOCIATIONS |
| LeBron James, since 2018 |
LAKER |
| Like most sandals |
OPENTOED |
| Like older audiobooks |
ONTAPE |
| Like some chefs and driveways |
APRONED |
| Mass of chewing gum |
WAD |
| Misbehave |
ACTUP |
| Nabokov novel |
ADA |
| Newspaper makeup |
PAGES |
| Ones giving pointers about pointers |
VETS |
| Overly permissive |
LAX |
| Part of Walt Disney World |
EPCOT |
| Pass easily |
SAILBY |
| Pen for pigs |
STY |
| Perfect place |
UTOPIA |
| Philosopher Immanuel |
KANT |
| Philosopher/mathematician Blaise |
PASCAL |
| Puts into words |
SAYS |
| Reason for a phone notification |
TEXT |
| Reduced amount |
LESS |
| Ref. work with over 45,000 obsolete words |
OED |
| Scrape (by) |
EKE |
| See 1-Across |
SIS |
| Set down |
LAY |
| Shaker sprinkle |
SALT |
| Some preppy pants |
CHINOS |
| Strong and healthy |
ROBUST |
| Sunblock letters |
SPF |
| Superior sorts |
SNOBS |
| Too late for the hosp |
DOA |
| Umpire’s starting call |
PLAYBALL |
| Urges |
YENS |
| Winking, maybe |
FLIRTY |
| ___ for tat |
TIT |
| ___ Romeo (Italian automaker) |
ALFA |