Wall Street Journal - Aug 31 2021 - "Top Pair" Crossword Puzzle Solution

 Wall Street Journal - Aug 31 2021 - Top Pair Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
"About the author" paragraphs	BIOS
"Come Fly With Me" lyricist Sammy	CAHN
"Despacito" singer Fonsi	LUIS
"Everybody wins!"	ITSATIE
"Okay, you win"	IGIVEIN
"Sadly, that's not the case"	ALASNO
Al Capp's "___ Abner"	LIL
Annual theater awards	OBIES
Ant. of ant	SYN
Bankruptcy	RUIN
Basic material	ALKALI
Beltway batter	NAT
Bluegrass singer ___ Vincent	RHONDA
Brazilian berry	ACAI
Cracked	AJAR
Cricket necessity	BALL
Cruelly criticize	TRASH
Dallas sch	SMU
Darth Vader's domain	DARKSIDE
Doja Cat's music	RAP
Five carats	GRAM
Force divided by acceleration	MASS
Former grad	ALUM
Go to black	FADE
Golf's Palmer, casually	ARNIE
Graduation distinction	MAGNACUMLAUDE
Greeting for a general	SALUTE
Inexplicable flier	UFO
Island 100 miles south of Key West	CUBA
Kidney-related	RENAL
Kind of council or sovereignty	TRIBAL
Latvia's capital	RIGA
Letter-shaped girders	IBEAMS
Light-sensitive retinal cells	RODS
Like the Grinch	MEAN
Like unripe bananas	FIRM
Line at the bottom of a bill	TAX
Linguistically loose	SLANGY
Looks over	EYES
Major or Minor constellation	URSA
Many a craft brew, for short	IPA
Notions	IDEAS
Once more	ANEW
Pack animal	ASS
Pages to fill out	FORMS
Paper quantity	REAM
Park on the Maine coast	ACADIA
Piece of punditry	OPED
Piles	ALOT
Pixar protagonist with a lucky fin	NEMO
Pound, pint or peck	UNIT
Prepped with worms	BAITED
Prez on pennies	ABE
Primatology subject	APE
Prisms and cubes, e.g	SOLIDS
Purchase at the pump	GAS
Red splatter on a shirt, perhaps	SPAGHETTISAUCE
Reduced amount	LESS
Revitalizing break	NAP
Scarab beetles that emerge in late spring	JUNEBUGS
Seasonal Burl Ives song, and a hint to the circled letters	SILVERANDGOLD
Seehorn of "Better Call Saul"	RHEA
Stir up	ROIL
Stone with a play of color	OPAL
Stubbable digit	TOE
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's country	IRAN
Surname in a Brontë book	EYRE
Texting expression of gratitude	THX
Their trucks play music in Japan and Taiwan	GARBAGEHAULERS
Total at the checkout	RINGUP
Traditional attire for an Indian bride	SARI
Unprocessed	RAW
When many diners serve breakfast	ALLDAY
When tripled, "you get the picture"	YADDA
Without any changes	ASIS
___ polloi	HOI