Wall Street Journal - August 5 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Wall Street Journal Crossword Puzzle Solutions - Aug 5 2017

Clue	Solution
Morticia’s uncle	FESTER
Crunch targets	ABS
Opportunity to swing	ATBAT
Pendulum weight	BOB
Skiing specialty	ALPINE
Bubbly choice	MOET
Fluffy-eared tree dweller	KOALA
"Rockaria!" band	ELO
Loyalty slogan for a metrosexual accessory company?	STANDBYYOURMANBAG
Campaign components	ADS
Theater statuettes	TONYS
Assisi’s region	UMBRIA
Ant.’s ant.	SYN
Nullify	UNDO
Haughty sort	SNOB
Portuguese greeting	OLA
Routing letters	ATTN
Talking point?	SOAPBOX
Get stuck, via bequest, with a big talker?	INHERITTHEWINDBAG
"___ Tok" (2010 #1 hit for Kesha)	TIK
Email dupes	CCS
Like a fresh coat	WET
Meat accompanier, to a Brit	VEG
Justice Dept. raiders	ATF
Triangular snack	NACHO
Fail at a comedy club	BOMB
Quiet partner?	PEACE
Minnesota’s state fish	WALLEYE
Bill Withers hit of 1972	USEME
Jazz legend Stan	KENTON
"…in ___ tree"	APEAR
Thin down	DILUTE
Limo window feature	TINT
Intrepid initials	USS
Thailand, once	SIAM
Selfish hoarders of flood-prevention units?	SANDBAGHOGS
Pulitzer-winning novelist Tyler	ANNE
Mischievous elf	HOB
Kirkuk native	KURD
Stressful event	TRAUMA
Tennessee footballer	TITAN
Dental woe	CARIES
Liquid part of blood	PLASM
Ronald and Estee	LAUDERS
Ecstasy’s opposite	AGONY
Rocker Glenn	FREY
Female hip-hop dancer	BGIRL
Riddle-me-___	REE
"Scorpion" network	CBS
Tic-tac-toe win	OOO
Prompt	CUE
Hard-rock bridge	ASA
Food Network show hosted by a loudmouth?	COOKINGWITHGASBAG
Unsurpassed	ALLTIME
Angelina’s raider role	LARA
IV adjusters, often	RNS
"Look at me, ___ helpless…" ("Misty" start)	IMAS
Applications for spiky hair	GELS
Economic fig.	GNP
Gourd-shaped rattle	MARACA
IHOP serving	STACK
"13th" director DuVernay	AVA
Makeup artist’s advice for glamorous campers?	SLEEPINGBAGBEAUTY
Apiece	PER
Many a reggae fan	RASTA
Short moments	SECS
Capture	ENTRAP
Busy hosp. areas	ERS
"My guess is…"	IDSAY
Compass dir.	SSE
Comfortable	ATEASE
Eats nothing	FASTS
Knighted John	ELTON
Joe of "NCIS"	SPANO
Smidgen	TINYBIT
Goals	ENDS
Yank’s foe	REB
Youngest sister in "Little Women"	AMYMARCH
Knucklehead	BOOB
Some Musee d’Orsay art	SEURATS
Letters before an alias	AKA
A bunch	TONS
Tend tots	BABYSIT
Support group formed in 1951	ALANON
Bearer of a cost	TAG
Comeback bid for squishy seating?	BEANBAGCOUNTER
Proverbial nonlearner	OLDDOG
Yanks’ foes	BOSOX
Travis of country music	TRITT
Present period?	YULE
Course for problem solvers	MATH
Cheery	UPBEAT
Gershwin musical	OHKAY
"It’s the ___" ("I’ve changed")	NEWME
Coming into being	ADVENT
San Francisco gridder	NINER
"___ Go On Singing" (Judy Garland song)	ICOULD
Charlotte setting	WEB
Under water	AWASH
Bubble tea ingredient	TAPIOCA
Arrests made in flophouses?	FLEABAGCOLLARS
Lebanese trees	CEDARS
Electron stream	BETARAY
Greek vowels	OMEGAS
Cross pieces	PENS
Capture	ENSNARE
Felon’s flight	LAM
Nuanced	SUBTLE
Rwanda’s capital	KIGALI
Neither Rep. nor Dem.	IND
Jerry’s pursuer	TOM
Nitwit’s lack	SENSE
Chop ___	SUEY
Bunk	HUMBUG
Red Cross offering	AID
"Tess" star	KINSKI
Tornado Alley city	TULSA
Some factory workers	ROBOTS
Go on the hunt	PROWL
Ishmael’s descendants	ARABS
London covering	FOG
Utility bicycle part	GEARCASE
Meditation goal	ONENESS
Discover things?	CHARGES
Disturb	AGITATE
Ingenious	CLEVER
"That makes me happy!"	IMGLAD
Diamond’s "___ Said"	IAMI
Like some Pride Parade participants	TRANS
Capture	SNAG
Open with incredulity	AGAPE
Tierney of "The Affair"	MAURA
Take the part of	ACTAS
Video chat choice	SKYPE
Antifur org.	PETA
Grade school basics	ABCS
Dispatched	SENT
Indian honorific	SRI
Stub info	PAY
She played Maude	BEA