Wall Street Journal - May 3 2022 - "Wildlife of Crime" Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Wall Street Journal - May 3 2022 - "Wildlife of Crime" Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
"Father ___" (Mark Wahlberg movie)	STU
"I'm telling you, that's who!"	SAYSME
"Let me rephrase"	IMEAN
"Please stay!"	DONTGO
"Spider-Man" director Sam	RAIMI
...a clowder of ___..	CATBURGLARS
...a shiver of ___..	LOANSHARKS
...and a scold of ___	JAYWALKERS
Absolute riot	YUKFEST
After all the animals were captured, they turned into ___	JAILBIRDS
Antiracist movement, for short	BLM
Apostle whose feast day is June 29	PAUL
Appetizers	STARTERS
Assails	SETSAT
Auction action	BID
Backdrop for Road Runner cartoons	MESAS
Banshee's sound	WAIL
Boredom	ENNUI
Bottom-row PC key	CTRL
Break down	FAIL
Bright	SMART
Calico's coat	FUR
Chandler's roommate on "Friends"	JOEY
Classical wreath source	LAUREL
College figures	DEANS
Cousteau's study	OCEAN
Cure-all	PANACEA
Cute, cutely	ADORBS
Down Under marsupials	KOALAS
Easter treat	CANDYEGG
First part of many rap monikers	LIL
Funny Brooks	MEL
Genuine	LEGIT
Glittery rock genre	GLAM
Hawaiian port	HILO
Humorist Bombeck	ERMA
Hydrogen or helium	GAS
It has only one eye	NEEDLE
Journalist Curry	ANN
Ladybug's prey	APHID
Lay eyes on	SEE
Leading in the polls	AHEAD
Made chiding sounds	TSKED
Madre's hermana	TIA
Make after expenses	NET
Mardi Gras city, familiarly	NOLA
Neither Dem. nor Rep	IND
Parent of Marvel, Pixar and Lucasfilm	DISNEY
Plus	AND
Poker payment	ANTE
Printer variety	INKJET
Radius location	ARM
Romantic gesture in long-distance relationships?	AIRKISS
Sell with duplicity	PALMOFF
Sharers' possessive	OURS
Shaw with a clarinet	ARTIE
Singer Kitt	EARTHA
Skating site	RINK
Sound from a pound	ARF
Sudden twinge	PANG
Sweet-talk	CAJOLE
Target of some vaccines	FLU
The hit on a hit record, usually	SIDEA
The local zoo has reported that some of their most unscrupulous animals have escaped, including a pack of ____..	DRUGMULES
Treelike corals	SEAFANS
Tubular Italian pastry	CANNOLI
Turn to pulp	MASH
Turn violently	SLUE
Two-under-par golf score	EAGLE
Type of battery, or who to call if you have a dead battery	AAA
Untruth	LIE
Water brand from an island nation	FIJI
Wearable chain	FOB
Zany	MADCAP