Wall Street Journal Puzzle Clues and Answers January 9, 2024,

ACROSS

• Muscle
  BRAWN
• Treat for chickadees and juncos
  SUET
• Petty argument
  SPAT
• Sound portion of a broadcast
  AUDIO
• Razor brand introduced in 1977
  ATRA
• Jason’s ship
  ARGO
• Propensity to be malicious
  MEANSTREAK
• Singer-songwriter Redbone
  LEON
• Condescend
  DEIGN
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar author Carle
  ERIC
• Sufficient informally
  ENUF
• American Beauty and American Pie co-star
  MENASUVARI
• Such a shame
  SOSAD
• Well that’s expensive!
  ITSALOT
• Darling in Dijon
  CHERI
• Helen Mirren and Judi Dench for two
  DAMES
• Pigeon call
  COO
• Equine shampoo brand now also sold for humans
  MANENTAIL
• Believer’s suffix
  IST
• Game with numbered balls
  LOTTO
• Man with morals
  AESOP
• Bishop’s territory
  DIOCESE
• Mystery writer Marsh
  NGAIO
• Church area for the most fervent parishioners
  AMENCORNER
• Bar on a car
  AXLE
• ___-Rooter
  ROTO
• NBA Rookie of the Year in 1993
  ONEAL
• Arguing
  ATIT
• Possible result of a marriage or gender transition and a hint to this puzzle’s theme
  NAMECHANGE
• Port e.g.
  WINE
• Wax-coated cheese
  EDAM
• Come to terms
  AGREE
• Doesn’t keep pace
  LAGS
• Flushed
  ROSY
• Most important thing
  BEALL

DOWN

• Adebayo of the Miami Heat
  BAM
• Regret
  RUE
• Org. on toothpaste tubes
  ADA
• Green energy source
  WINDFARM
• Scenter of the face so to speak
  NOSE
• Looie’s subordinate
  SARGE
• The Vols’ school
  UTENN
• Stat for an ace
  ERA
• Drinks in the afternoon say
  TAKESTEA
• Swifts glue their nests together with it
  SALIVA
• Course involving elements of algebra and trig
  PRECALC
• Before now
  AGO
• Hauler’s unit
  TON
• Music’s McGraw
  TIM
• Thousand Island alternative
  RUSSIAN
• Exit key
  ESC
• Classical Japanese drama
  NOH
• Call upon
  USE
• We ___ please
  AIMTO
• Aussie critter
  ROO
• Skater Midori
  ITO
• Cockney e.g.
  DIALECT
• Inhibit
  DETER
• Member of a social colony
  ANT
• At the earliest
  NOSOONER
• 21 in many cases
  LEGALAGE
• Nev. neighbor
  IDA
• Kind of card in a phone
  SIM
• Digital ornament
  TOERING
• Lisa Simpson’s instrument
  SAX
• It’s well-produced
  OIL
• The Premature Burial writer
  POE
• Benjamins
  CNOTES
• Famous Roberto Durán appeal
  NOMAS
• The other guys
  ENEMY
• Kind of center
  REC
• Starbuck’s boss
  AHAB
• Tool for a cobbler
  AWL
• Aunt in Argentina
  TIA
• Stir
  ADO
• Org. with many arms
  NRA
• Salon application
  GEL
• Slender swimmer
  EEL