Wall Street Journal - Jul 7 2022 - "In Scale" Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Wall Street Journal - Jul 7 2022 - "In Scale" Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
"Halt!" from a salt	AVAST
"To my surprise..."	ODDLY
"Weird Al" hit of 1984	EATIT
A different one "unlocks" seven answers in this puzzle	KEYNOTE
A lot of	MUCH
Absolut rival, familiarly	STOLI
Achieved victory	WON
Acknowledged a superior	SALUTED
Allow to flow again	UNDAM
Andean empire member	INCA
ATM co	NCR
Bad news for a QB	INT
Beach big shot?	SURFACE
Before, in verse	ERE
Booker T. & the M.G.'s and Otis Redding's record label	STAX
Caesar's eggs	OVA
Cannes coast	RIVIERA
Cause of grocery aisle conflict?	CARTIRE
Celebrity charity auction, maybe?	PREVENT
Checkout device	SCANNER
Clan identifier	TARTAN
Cloying sentiment	GOO
Compact disc reader	LASER
Concession speech giver	ALSORAN
Concession speech giver	LOSER
Does some mineral assaying?	EYESORE
Element of change	COIN
Fielder's glove part	LACE
Fight back	RESIST
Friday describer	DEFOE
Frosh's drink chiller?	DORMICE
Grave marker, say	ACCENT
Green start	ECO
Grows enraged	SEESRED
Hit for Derek and the Dominos	LAYLA
Hosp. areas	ORS
Indian exports	TEAS
Indian title of respect	SRI
Ingenious	CLEVER
IRS employee, perhaps	CPA
Its business is picking up	CAB
Juilliard major	DANCE
La Scala highlight	ARIA
Like lemonade unsuitable for kids	HARD
Load-bearing item, in a way	HAMPER
Mantra of ennui?	BOREDOM
Nation south of the Gulf of Finland	ESTONIA
Neuter	DESEX
Not fatty	LEAN
One who's up on all the latest social insect trends?	COOLANT
Parisian preposition	AVEC
Poke	PROD
Popular count	CENSUS
Practice whose name is Japanese for "empty hand"	KARATE
Printed matter	TYPE
Punishment, figuratively	THEROD
Purple rival	SERTA
Rain result	PUDDLE
Schooner alternative	MUG
Scratch (out)	EKE
Secret system	CODE
Seized	TOOK
Silent communication system, briefly	ASL
Sing sweetly	CROON
Soak	DOUSE
Son of Aphrodite	EROS
Spine-straightening muscle	ERECTOR
The 1955 Fireflite, for one	DESOTO
They may be pressed in PC emergencies	ESCS
Unedited	RAW
Vacuum cleaner brand	ORECK
Vietnamese New Year	TET
Washington tribe, historically	YAKIMAS
Worrying indications	OMENS