Wall Street Journal - Sep 5 2020 - Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Wall Street Journal Puzzle - September 5 2020 - "Daffy Derby" Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
"And now Window of Opportunity is ___..."	CLOSINGFAST
"At the halfway point, Adam's Apple and Bottle Throat are ___..."	NECKANDNECK
"But at the wire, Pinocchio ___!"	WINSBYANOSE
"But now Mudslinger is ___..."	LOSINGGROUND
"Fab!"	MARV
"Gearshift is in second, with Tailgater ___..."	RIGHTBEHIND
"Heading for home, I've Been Transferred is ___..."	MAKINGHISMOVE
"In your dreams!"	ASIF
"Magic" fungus	SHROOM
"Marquee Actor stumbles badly, and now Understudy ___..."	Takesthelead
"Same here!"	IDOTOO
"So is that ___?"	ANO
"The horses are at the gate...and they're off! Pushy Linejumper quickly ___..."	CUTSINFRONT
"Tidal Wave suddenly ___..."	SURGESFORWARD
2019 World Series champ	NAT
554, in letters	DLIV
A masseur might be a wizard of these	AHS
Abbr. in a return address?	IRS
Act the informant	SING
Admiral's org	USN
Alternatives to woods, for Woods	IRONS
Angry feeling	IRE
Assigns to, as blame	PINSON
Bank deposit?	SILT
Beverage served with crumpets	TEA
Bounded	FINITE
BP checkers	RNS
Brand that once had a Blue Creme flavor	NEHI
Brewery founded in 1870	AMSTEL
Catcher's stance	CROUCH
Chemical suffix	IDE
College class dealing with human societies, for short	ANTHRO
Common anti-inflammatory	ASPIRIN
Complaint from the parched	IMTHIRSTY
Conciliatory gift	SOP
Country whose 500-kwacha note features a water faucet	MALAWI
Crazy Horse, e.g	CHIEF
Creator of Perry and Della	ERLE
Cricket clubs	BATS
Crooner Tormé	MEL
Cruz and Hughes	TEDS
Current, as a weather forecast	TODAYS
Czech tennis player Korda	PETR
Depend	RELY
Did some kvetching	MOANED
Dismayed cry	ACK
Drop off	NAP
DVR button	REC
End for peek or bug	ABOO
English potter Josiah	SPODE
Farm bleater	EWE
Favorite	PET
Feature of Hulu's cheaper tier	ADS
Female hip-hopper	BGIRL
Filly, e.g	SHE
Fly in the face of	DEFY
Foil alternative	EPEE
Force from office	OUST
Ford slogan introduced in 2012	GOFURTHER
Forte seller	KIA
From the start	ANEW
Fruit flaw	BRUISE
Future J.D.'s exam	LSAT
Geologist's time period	EON
Gives a keynote, e.g	ORATES
Greets the villain	HISSES
Hepta- plus one	OCTA
Hitchers hope for them	LIFTS
Hither's partner	YON
Horticultural pest	APHID
Hospital section	WARD
Icy quaff	SLUSH
Ill-fated slugger	CASEY
Implored	BEGGED
Internet shorthand before summing up a wordy post	TLDR
Kilmer of "Top Gun"	VAL
Lacking tread	BALD
Least principled	BASEST
Leb. neighbor	ISR
Lena of "The Reader"	OLIN
Less kind	MEANER
Like Keats's "To Autumn"	ODIC
Loose tunic	CAMISE
Lowly laborer	PEON
Missing people?	LONESOME
Moderate	EASEUP
Mounts, as a horse	GETSON
Neighbor of China on a Risk board	URAL
Oliver's lover in "Call Me by Your Name"	ELIO
Olympic runner Zátopek	EMIL
PDQ in the ER	STAT
Pickable, perhaps	RIPE
Portugal's capital, to the locals	LISBOA
Pound sounds	ARFS
Prettify	DOUP
Provided an excuse for	ALIBIED
Puts in the running for a prize	LONGLISTS
React like a spooked horse	REAR
Really small	MINI
Riding a racehorse, e.g	SKILL
Rise to a position of importance	ASCENSION
River to the Gulf of Finland	NEVA
Rotten to the Corps?	AWOL
Roulette bet	EVEN
Running mates?	ELOPERS
Sand dollar cousin	SEASTAR
Sasha's sis	MALIA
Sausage skin	CASING
Sci-fi collection featuring the "Three Laws"	IROBOT
Skeptic's specialty	DOUBTING
Slezak of "One Life to Live"	ERIKA
So-called happy neurotransmitter	SEROTONIN
Soap ingredient	GLYCERIN
Speed	HASTE
Speed reader?	RADAR
Squid eater	ORCA
Start of three John Wayne movie titles	RIO
Stick	TWIG
Street fleet	CABS
Strokes of luck	FLUKES
Strong feeling of connection	KINSHIP
Surroundings of la Città del Vaticano	ROMA
Switch on a radio	AMFM
Taj Mahal feature	ONIONDOME
Technical caller	REF
Threat ender	ORELSE
Tied up	INAKNOT
Touched down	ALIT
Toy for one who loves being at the track?	TRAINSET
Travelocity mascot	GNOME
Used swine language	OINKED
USMC bigwig	GEN
Visiting the Staples Ctr., say	INLA
Warm welcome?	ALOHA
White source	EGG
Without foundation	IDLE
Word repeated in a Doris Day hit	SERA
Words while dropping one's hand	IFOLD
Wrap up	CLINCH
___ rock (genre for Yes)	PROG