Wall Street Journal - Sep 4 2021 - "Labor Pains" Crossword Puzzle Solution

Wall Street Journal - Sep 4 2021 - "Labor Pains" Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
"Cheap Imitation" composer	JOHNCAGE
"Slainte!" is one	IRISHTOAST
"Tomb Raider" relic	URN
"Water Under the Bridge" singer	ADELE
1999 JT Money hit "Who ___"	DAT
Advanced with stealth	CREPT
Alpha ___ Minoris (Polaris)	URSAE
Ankle shackle	LEGIRON
Annual report VIP	CEO
Approving exclamation, in texts	RAWR
Arboreal ape	ORANG
Argentine aunts	TIAS
Atlanta Hawks coach McMillan	NATE
Avoids	DUCKS
Babybel option	EDAM
Backtrack	RENEGE
Be jubilant	DANCEONAIR
Before	AHEADOF
Bit of fun	LARK
Bolivian boy	NINO
Brief bylaw	REG
Cashmere kin	ANGORA
Casino figures	ODDS
Cavorts	ROMPS
Chapel part	APSE
Cheddar	DOREMI
Cherry center	PIT
Coffee option	ICED
Colorful fish	OPAH
Contribution of advice or opinions	INPUT
Core parts	ABS
Crib call	MAMA
Cry of accomplishment, or admission of guilt	IDIDIT
Different	ELSE
Disappearing sounds	POOFS
Dives in	STARTS
Dragonfly habitat	POND
Drama with masks	NOH
Earth, in combination	GEO
Easy gait	TROT, LOPE
Emcee's offering	INTRO
Evening wear	PJS
Familiarize, in a way	ORIENT
Fish-catching flier	OSPREY
Four-time Tony nominee Esparza	RAUL
Future prof's test	GRE
Gain by force	WREST
Garden pest?	SERPENT
Gimlet or screwdriver	TOOL
Give an ___ effort	AFOR
Given a knighthood, say	HONORED
God with a broken tusk	GANESH
Got past the caulking	SEEPEDIN
Grand affair	FETE
He collaborated with Ozzy on "Ordinary Man"	ELTON
Herb Alpert School of Music inst	UCLA
Hersey's "A Bell for ___"	ADANO
Humorous author Lebowitz	FRAN
Hunters on the Allegheny Plateau	ERIE
Hydrant attachment	HOSE
Issue	EMIT
Item made to measure	RULER
Joins, as a feature	ACTSIN
Jubilant cry	HOORAY
Just-appointed manager who's eager to shake things up	NEWBROOM
Lake Volta setting	GHANA
Least noble	BASEST
Less likely to work	FAULTIER
Libation	QUAFF
Clues	Answers
Like 1950s LPs	MONO
Like lobs	ARCED
Like most Gallaudet students	DEAF
Luminary	CELEB
Maastricht Treaty subject	EUROPE
Mason's transporter	HOD
Middle Eastern nabob	EMIR
Molding shape	OGEE
More unctuous	OILIER
Nantes noggin	TETE
NBA All-Star Luol ___	DENG
Neckline shape	VEE
Offer as proof	ADDUCE
One may be forgiven	LOAN
Org. with annual Humane Awards	ASPCA
Originally called	NEE
Ouzo kin	ANISETTE
Overly excite	HOPUP
Patchy	SPARSE
Picker's guideline	FRET
Practice group, for short	MDS
Prospect Park plantings	ELMS
Quechua speaker	INCA
Recapper's unit	EPISODE
Red state?	ANGER
Release from one's clutches	UNHAND
Retailer that sells 100 million rotisserie chickens annually	COSTCO
Rich kid in the "Nancy" comic	ROLLO
Rich pasta sauce	ALFREDO
Rx amt., at times	TSP
Sal of "Giant"	MINEO
Setting stuff	CHINA
Standing, briefly	REP
Stock collection	HERD
Storied Pony Express rider	CODY
Strength	FORTE
Strike zone boundary	KNEES
Strike! Blackjack dealers, ___!	CLEARTHEDECKS
Strike! Carpenters, ___!	DROPTHEHAMMER
Strike! Dispensary workers, ___!	CUTTHEGRASS
Strike! Elevator operators, ___!	HOLDTHEFLOOR
Strike! Game wardens, ___!	CLOSETHEBLINDS
Strike! Sandwich makers, ___!	STOPTHEPRESSES
Strike! Thespians, ___!	QUITTHESCENE
Strong dislike	AVERSION
Tapped image	ICON
Tavern enticement	FREEBEER
The Baths of Caracalla site	ROME
The H in WFH	HOME
Tibia setting	SHIN
Title character of whom it's said "Vex not his ghost"	LEAR
Tony-winning musical of 1982	NINE
Total	RUNTO
Trailblazing Civil War nurse	BARTON
Two-time loser to Dwight	ADLAI
Uninspiring	ARID
Upset	GETTO
URL separator	SLASH
Vein yields	ORES
Visit to the plate	ATBAT
Voice quality	TONE
Watch spot	WRIST
Wee	ITTY
Westernmost U.S. territory	GUAM
William, to Lilibet	UNCLE
Windows antecedent	MSDOS
Without a break	ONEND
Word from the Dutch for "salad"	SLAW
Words of consolation	THERENOW
Yoga practice	HATHA