Wall Street Journal - Mar 26 2022 - "First Strike" Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Wall Street Journal - Mar 26 2022 - "First Strike" Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
"Cobra ___" (show on 90-Down)	KAI
"Let me consider that..."	HMM
"Oh my!"	YIPE
2000 Home Run Derby winner	SOSA
A cowboy may sport a big one	BELTBUCKLE
Activity for bored students and office drudges	CLOCKWATCHING
Adopt	TAKEUP
Adored one	IDOL
African language group	BANTU
Allen Ginsberg's oeuvre	BEATPOETRY
Ancient viper	ASP
Apt. coolers	ACS
Archaeological find	RELIC
Artist Magritte	RENE
Avian chatterboxes	MYNAHS
Berkshire Hathaway's headquarters	OMAHA
Big crowds	THRONGS
Billionth, in metric prefixes	NANO
Bluesy James	ETTA
Born yesterday, so to speak	NAIVE
Bow counterpart	CURTSY
Brand with a Precisionist line	BULOVA
Bros	DUDES
Built with buttresses	BRACED
Bun ingredients?	TRESSES
Call off	ABORT
Candy maker H.B	REESE
Caravan stop	OASIS
City southeast of 19-Across	PISA
City that rings in the New Year by dropping a huge potato	BOISE
Columbus's birthplace	GENOA
Comic Boosler	ELAYNE
Cricket, for one	SPORT
Crisp red apple	BRAEBURN
Croaks	RASPS
Delighted cry	OOH
Desktop folder, e.g	ICON
Determination	RESOLVE
Diatribe	RANT
Did galley work	OARED
Disorderly sorts	ANARCHISTS
Down	SAD
Dr. Phil's field	POPPSYCHOLOGY
Economy, e.g	CLASS
Eddie's "Coming to America" co-star	ARSENIO
Entered digitally	TYPEDIN
Eschews chow	FASTS
Farrah of TV's "Charlie's Angels"	FAWCETT
Female surfer	WAHINE
Formal address	ORATION
Friend of Ralph, Potsie and Fonzie	RICHIE
Galveston Bay, e.g	ESTUARY
Game shockers	UPSETS
Gather with old schoolmates	REUNE
Gibson's "Lethal Weapon" co-star	GLOVER
Gift on the seventh day	SWANS
Going rate?	TOLL
Govt. org	AGCY
Griddle-baked Indian bread	ROTI
Handed (out)	METED
Hawaiian goose	NENE
ICE is part of it	DHS
Icicle formers	DRIPS
Inductor, generally	COIL
Intl. commerce regulator	WTO
It erupted more than 50 times in 2021	ETNA
Kids' song refrain	EIEIO
Lager alternatives	PALEALES
Leaning	ATILT
Letter before Zulu	YANKEE
Low-carb regimen	KETO
Make a case	ARGUE
Make a lasting impression on	ETCH
Makes haste	HIES
Manor worker	MAID
Mint family plant	CHIA
Monk's title	FRA
Musical including the song "Funky Monkeys," with "The"	WIZ
Netanyahu, familiarly	BIBI
Newsroom standout	CRACKREPORTER
NFL scores	TDS
Norse equivalent of Mars	TYR
Not eliminated	INIT
Only player to play 1,000 games with the Knicks	EWING
Oomph	VIM
Oozes	SEEPS
Opposite of 123-Across	EATS
Org. with a Kid Power division	UNICEF
Outdo	BEST
Place to make a case	COURT
Plus	ASSET
Prepare for action	GIRD
Prepares to cross a speed bump	SLOWS
Purple competitor	SERTA
Put one's feet up	REST
Put your faith in	RELYON
Put ___ appearance	INAN
Ranch in "Giant"	REATA
Remy or Templeton, e.g	RAT
Rugged	CRAGGY
Rust	OXIDIZE
Sap	DUPE
See 114-Down	NETFLIX
Service cost	FEE
Service whose business is picking up	UBER
Sews up	ASSURES
SFO screeners	TSA
Shake off	ELUDE
Shari Lewis's Lamb Chop, e.g	SOCKPUPPET
Shoo-in	LOCK
Short cut?	SNIP
Skeptics may raise one	EYEBROW
Some OLED TVs	LGS
Source of most of a typical casino's profit	SLOTS
Started the bidding	OPENED
Sticky syrup	TREACLE
Strikers' foes	SCABS
Suffix with lemon or lime	ADE
Tachometer abbr	RPM
Target for a spiker	PUNCHBOWL

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