Wall Street Journal - May 29 2018 - Crossword Puzzle Answers

Wall Street Journal Crossword Puzzle Solutions - May 29 2018 - Chopping Spree 

Clues	Answers
'It's ___!' (crook's cry)	ATRAP
'Vive ___!'	LEROI
According to	PER
Aid for a maid	DUSTPAN
Alan of 'Argo'	ARKIN
Allude	REFER
Alternative to plastic	CASH
Back, on a battleship	AFT
Baltimore newspaper	SUN
Became firmer	TONEDUP
Biscotti flavoring	ANISE
Cafeteria aid	TRAY
Choppers	AXMURDERERS,HELICOPTERS, MOTORCYCLES, TEETH, GROUNDBALLS
Christian with clothing	DIOR
Classroom fixtures	DESKS
Close-fitting	SNUG
Country music?	ANTHEM
Crackleware coating	GLAZE
Daily rise and fall	TIDE
Did a shoe store task	LACED
Disagreeable	NASTY
Gives a hoot	CARES
Gradient	SLOPE
Hardly stringent	LAX
High-end camera	SLR
In the style of	ALA
Informed	TOLD
Intelligence pro	SPY
James in both the Rock and Roll and Blues halls of fame	ETTA
Landlord's collections	RENTS
Last letter	ZEE
Leisurely	EASY
Lennon's love	ONO
Like some warships	ARMORCLAD
Lone Star State capital	AUSTIN
Lunchbox closure	CLASP
Make blank	ERASE
Mine extraction	ORE
Mint family herb	BASIL
Music's Lena	HORNE
Night spot	BED
On this spot	HERE
Paparazzi target	CELEB
Perfumery product	SCENT
Pioneering automaker Ransom	OLDS
Pitcher's stat	ERA
Racing's Earnhardt	DALE
Reached a peak, with 'out'	MAXED
Sax type	ALTO
Scoffing sound	SNORT
Simple question type	YESNO
Slip up	ERR
Slow and stately	LARGO
Smoked salmon	LOX
Some museum workers	RESTORERS
Speckled horse	ROAN
Sprang	LEAPT
Stage comment	ASIDE
Steer clear of	ELUDE
Stoolie	RAT
Student's papers	ESSAYS
Swedes' neighbors	DANES
Synthetic fabric	ORLON
Talk idly	NATTER
Tea in China	CHA
They may be weighed against pros	CONS
Thick juice	NECTAR
Violin great Itzhak	PERLMAN
Western, facetiously	OATER
Wheat whackers	SCYTHES
Wolfish activity	OGLING
Work whose second edition contains 59 million wds	OED