Wall Street Journal - Jan 18 2020 - Singular Songsters

Wall Street Journal - Jan 18 2020 - Singular Songsters
Clues Answers
“Ain’t that the truth!” AMEN
“East of Eden” brother CAL
“Great retort!” NICEONE
“Lowdown” singer Boz SCAGGS
“Rumor has it...” IHEAR
“The cow is of the bovine ilk” poet NASH
“___ petit placidam sub libertate quietem” (Massachusetts motto) ENSE
403(b) cousin IRA
Accept, as a policy EMBRACE
Access co ISP
Advocates for a U2 singer? PROBONOLAWYERS
Aid for online shoppers EWALLET
Amused a colorful pop-rock singer? TICKLEDPINK
Apache or Comanche COPTER
Approx. fig EST
As of now TODATE
Bag bearer BELLHOP
Barracks array COTS
Basics ABCS
Batting coach concern STANCE
Big foot indication EEE
Blood type abbr NEG
Bob Cousy specialty SETSHOT
Bop on the bean CONK
Brazilian resort RIO
Brief time MOMENT
Bring up to speed CUEIN
Businessman for whom Kmart is named KRESGE
Candidate’s goal SEAT
Cause to blush ABASH
Caustic chemical LYE
Comedic Conan OBRIEN
Corp. money managers CFOS
Court divider NET
Cow-feteria? LEA
Coy communications WINKS
D.C. debater SEN
Degs. for attys LLDS
Diner choices SOUPS
Do some metalwork ARCWELD
Dr. Jones, to his friends INDY
Dull drills ROTES
Early times DAWNS
Enthusiastically gonna EAGERTO
Equal ARE
Fails to DOESNOT
Faith based in Haifa BAHAI
Fashion name LABEL
Fights that take seconds DUELS
Fire CAN
Flock member RAM
Food item VIAND
Forceful TELLING
Frisbees, e.g DISKS
Go bad ROT
Good sign for producers SRO
Grafton’s “___ for Malice” MIS
Guitar legend Paul LES
Gymnastics feats VAULTS
Hall of Famer Wade BOGGS
Health, to un docteur SANTE
Hero’s tale SAGA
His tag line was “And that’s the way it is” CRONKITE
Hybrid utensils SPORKS
Insult DIS
Irish brew REDALE
It’s going around ROTATION
Its motto is “North to the Future” ALASKA
Junior’s junior III
Justice Dept. branch DEA
Lanai loop LEI
Landlords LESSORS
LBJ beagle HER
Least cockamamie SANEST
Lennon’s love ONO
Like a grandfather clock ANALOG
Longtime 11-Down from Mass EMK
München misters HERRS
Major maker of 44-Across NCR
Make it into the Hot 100 SCOREAHIT
Mariano Rivera and others CLOSERS
Market-overseeing org SEC
Medical procedure for the Police’s lead singer? STINGOPERATION
Medium skill ESP
Moisten while roasting BASTE
Moody music EMO
More fastidious NEATER
New Zealand parrots KEAS
None-too-generous R&B singer? CHEAPBRANDY
Not truant INCLASS
Orbital extremes APOGEES
Out-of-the-park homers, e.g CLOUTS
Painter’s tool SCRAPER
Papeete’s place TAHITI
Paroxysm THROE
Pastrami purveyor DELI
Pentane derivative AMYL
Pinochle cousin SKAT
Poetic paean ODE
Pollen-bearing part ANTHER
Princely initials HRH
Put the kibosh on END
Reacts to a drill sergeant’s order SNAPSTO
Reserved DEMURE
Rouse again REWAKE
Rubs the wrong way ANNOYS
Saudi neighbors OMANIS
Sicilian spouter ETNA
Six, in Sicilia SEI
Smell ___ (detect wrongdoing) ARAT
Soda bottle capacity ONELITER
Some GPS lines STS
Some new parents ADOPTERS
Something to hang your hat on PEG
Speeder’s undoing RADAR
Stars of the publishing world ASTERISKS
Start for muscular or mural INTRA
Stock units STEERS
Stress, e.g AGER
Support a Guns N’ Roses guitarist? BACKSLASH
Sushi side EDAMAME
Swedish author Larsson STIEG
Tag info SIZE
Taiwanese PC maker ACER
Takes ten RESTS
Taught exercises to a soulful singer? TRAINEDSEAL
The Material Girl and Lourdes? MADONNAANDCHILD
Treats for a Canadian rapper? DRAKESCAKES
Twenties providers ATMS
Use a taser on ZAP
Very upset INTEARS
Weaknesses in an argument HOLES
Where an R&B singer lives? THEHOUSEOFUSHER
Where the College World Series is played OMAHA
Wine holder CASK
Wise guys SAGES
Wooden projection TENON
Word on a Paris stop sign ARRET