Wall Street Journal - October 19 2019 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

Wall Street Journal - Oct 19 2019 - Date Night

Clues	Answers
“All right, how about poultry with a huge hairy ape?”	CHICKENALAKINGKONG
“Bye now!”	TATA
“Git!”	SHOO
“Or seafood with some Daniel Craig?”	CLAMSCASINOROYALE
“Rats!”	DANG
“Rosanna” band	TOTO
“So, to conclude...”	INSUM
“Some runny yolks with a side of Peter Fonda then?”	EGGSOVEREASYRIDER
“Well, then maybe a frank with Al Pacino?”	HOTDOGDAYAFTERNOON
“You feel like Creole fare with some Patricia Arquette?”	SHRIMPPOBOYHOOD
401(k) cousins	IRAS
Agcy. imitated in many phone scams	IRS
Angel dust, briefly	PCP
Axe	CAN
Band at a wedding	RING
Beast that bugles	ELK
Best	OUTDO
Billboards, essentially	ADS
Boat propeller	OAR
Burst	POPPED
Calm	SOOTHE
Capital of Bangladesh	DHAKA
Chip, in Chelsea	CRISP
Classic British sports cars	MGS
Clinches, as a win	ICES
Common pairing for an evening out, and a hint to this puzzle’s theme	DINNERANDAMOVIE
Country of more than 170 islands	TONGA
Country singer McBryde	ASHLEY
Cupboard stack	PLATES
Deck quartet	SUITS
Defendant in a 1925 case	SCOPES
Designer of a famous pyramid	IMPEI
Distinctive vibe	AURA
Distrustful sort	CYNIC
Downloadable think piece	TEDTALK
Driving force	MOTOR
Excessive	UNDUE
Extra zip	OOMPH
Fashion	MODE
Figure skating jump	TOELOOP
Fishing locale	PIER
Flag	TIRE
Fleece feature	NAP
Flies, e.g	BAIT
Follow a pattern, perhaps	SEW
Gender-specific possessive	HERS
Get into the pool	WAGER
Getting to the gate	TAXIING
Glossary unit	TERM
Golf’s Els	ERNIE
Good guide, maybe	NATIVE
Handful for Hendrix	GUITAR
Harry Potter’s Quidditch position	SEEKER
Heartthrob, maybe	IDOL
Hopeless cases	GONERS
In multitudes	GALORE
Intersection	NODE
It’s free of charge	NEUTRON
It’s sought by a collector	DEBT
Its border runs across the summit of Everest	NEPAL
Leave a little extra	TIP
Like cutoffs, often	FRAYED
Lip	SASS
Lucy’s landlady	ETHEL
Many an Etsy seller	ARTISAN
Martini garnish	LEMON
Martini garnish	OLIVE
McShane of “American Gods”	IAN
Merchants’ association	GUILD
Mocks without mercy	SKEWERS
Mom-and-pop org	PTA
Monopoly token choice	SCOTTIE
Muscle man?	GOON
Needs for long drives?	TEES
Number before quattro	TRE
Nursery school, for short	PREK
Offer an address	ORATE
Olympian Midori	ITO
On the edge of one’s seat	AGOG
Once called	NEE
Option at the pump	DIESEL
Otherworldly	UNCANNY
Perch parts	FINS
Person hitting the trail	HIKER
Pickle, maybe	SPEAR
Pictures on the small screen?	ICONS
Player at Minute Maid Park	ASTRO
Playful bites	NIPS
Playing field makeup	SOD
Playoff sites	ARENAS
Plug away	TOIL
Poem of praise	ODE
Provide with English dialogue, say	DUB
Quite respectable	PROPER
Radius setting	FOREARM
Really pull out all the stops	GOBIG
Recover	HEAL
Rip to pieces	SHRED
River through Orléans	LOIRE
Rock’s Jethro ___	TULL
Rough	INEXACT
Run	TROT
Sandwich roll option	KAISER
Scurrier in the dark	ROACH
Second-tier govt. lawyer	ASSTDA
Senator Sam of the Watergate hearings	ERVIN
Sightseeing aid	MAP
Skeevy look	LEER
Slow-witted sort	LUNK
Solitary sorts	HERMITS
Some police protection	VESTS
Sound before a blessing	ACHOO
Sound of disapproval	HISS
Soup flavorer from a tree	BAYLEAF
Speaker that answers to “Alexa”	ECHO
Stir	ADO
Strike zone boundary	KNEES
Subjects of tariffs	IMPORTS
Sweeping	VAST
Symbol of Louisiana	PELICAN
Tablet with a mini option	IPAD
Take a stab at	TRY
Tar	SALT
Tar	SAILOR
Teachers’ org	NEA
Teller’s stack	ONES
Their milk is used for pecorino	EWES
Throws in	ADDS
Times long past	YORE
Toon collectible	CEL
Vague quantity	ANY
Vanishing sound	POOF
Whine like a baby	SNIVEL
With more care	KINDER
Without purpose	IDLY
Work on a grand scale	OPUS
Worthless	NOHELP
___ de la Cité	ILE
___ Kippur	YOM
___ Moines	DES