Wall Street Journal Crossword Clues and Answers December 27 2023

ACROSS

• ___ run!
  GOTTA
• Archipelago unit
  ISLE
• Worker’s weekly cry of relief
  TGIF
• Decorate
  ADORN
• Subsequently
  THEN
• Distinctive feeling
  VIBE
• Thesaurus creator
  ROGET
• Beach cover
  SAND
• One was Terrible
  IVAN
• Result of a bad bike accident maybe
  BROKENSHOULDER
• Singer Lipa
  DUA
• Before you know it
  SOON
• 24/7
  ROUNDTHECLOCK
• Fore-and-aft rigged vessel
  SLOOP
• Old-fashioned Listen!
  HARK
• Pivot for a pirouette
  TOE
• Born a Crime memoirist Trevor
  NOAH
• Banana throwaways
  PEELS
• Prepare for action
  GIRD
• Tack on
  ADD
• Cut with a beam
  LASE
• Parts of banjos and bottles
  NECKS
• Argument over whose turn it is to wash the dishes e.g.
  PETTYSQUABBLE
• Clumsy fellows
  OAFS
• Flock sound
  BAA
• Firmly fixed and a hint to the answers with circles
  WRITTENINSTONE
• Lustful mythological being
  FAUN
• From the same source in a bibliog.
  IBID
• Slender candle
  TAPER
• Make more readable
  EDIT
• Filly feature
  MANE
• Place for vows
  ALTAR
• Quarters for cubs
  DENS
• Potato parts
  EYES
• Puts one’s feet up
  RESTS

DOWN

• Attire
  GARB
• Strong trigger of memories
  ODOR
• Restaurant order choice
  TOGO
• Wearying walk
  TREK
• Joined a poker game say
  ANTEDUP
• What a shame
  ITSSAD
• Old Persian ruler
  SHAH
• Fallon’s predecessor
  LENO
• Ultimate consumers
  ENDUSERS
• Miley Cyrus or Zac Efron once
  TVIDOL
• Trigger a search for a replacement
  GIVENOTICE
• Skyscraper support
  IBAR
• Marshy area
  FEN
• One who’s in the habit?
  NUN
• Sure thing
  LOCK
• Destructive habit figuratively
  ROADTORUIN
• That’s so cool!
  OOH
• Group that Britain exited for short
  THEEU
• Yankees owner Steinbrenner
  HAL
• New Year’s Eve popper
  CORK
• Converse competitor
  KEDS
• Two-finger sound
  SNAP
• Valuable deposit
  LODE
• Keep occupied
  PASSTIME
• Abbr. after a lawyer’s name
  ESQ
• Hair product
  GEL
• Cab alternative
  LYFT
• Kawhi Steph or LeBron e.g.
  NBASTAR
• Sullies
  TAINTS
• Tolerates
  ABIDES
• Declare illegal
  BAN
• Walk in water
  WADE
• Online auction site
  EBAY
• Low card in a pinochle deck
  NINE
• Yarn
  TALE
• Makes a choice
  OPTS
• Desirable roommate descriptor
  NEAT
• Makes mistakes
  ERRS
• Flowed into
  FED