Wall Street Journal Crossword Answer - Oct 31, 2014

 Wall Street Journal Crossword Solutions - Oct 31, 2014

Clue	Answer
'A fate ___ than death'	WORSE
'All systems go'	AOK
'Damn Yankees' temptress	LOLA
'Don't touch my kibbles!'	GRR
'Give up the ghost,' e.g	IDIOM
'Give ___ rest!'	ITA
'Monsters, Inc.' studio	PIXAR
'Raiders of the Lost Ark' slitherers	ASPS
'Stalking the Nightmare' writer Harlan	ELLISON
'Survivor' sides	TRIBES
'The Audacity of Hope' author	OBAMA
'The Devil's Disciple' dramatist	SHAW
'The Mysterious Island' author	VERNE
Abbr. on many cheques	LTD
Abominable	HATED
Address	TALKTO
Altar spot	APSE
Appropriate chocolate choice for Halloween	DARK
Athletic conf. members	SCHS
Bairn-sized	WEE
Ballpark figures	UMPS
Ballpark figures	STATS
Bandmate of John, Denny and Michelle	CASS
Bicycle built for two	TANDEM
Blood-filtering organs	SPLEENS
Bodyguard	ESCORT
Bond rating	AAA
Boyer who played with Maris, Mantle and Berra	CLETE
Bring to bear	EXERT
Brittany brothers	FRERES
Brought to bear	USED
Bud	PAL
Calvin Coolidge's alma mater	AMHERST
Candy bar for one costumed as a Garden athlete?	KNICKSTWIX
Candy bars for one costumed as a baboon?	MONKEYSCHUNKYS
Candy bars for one costumed as a parish priest?	VICARSSNICKERS
Candy bars for one costumed as a Roman emperor?	NEROSZEROS
Candy bars for one costumed as a tusked beast?	BOARSSKORS
Candy bars for one costumed as football player?	TACKLESKRACKELS
Caramel candies for one costumed as a 'Star Wars' rogue?	SOLOSROLOS
Cassidy of 'The Addams Family'	TED
Caveman costume accessory	SPEAR
Character who says 'Sometimes I have a temper fit'	ELOISE
Charlotte cager	HORNET
Coating of frost	HOAR
Colonial legislator	BURGESS
Commuting choice	BUS
Copenhagen language, to natives	DANSK
Crown colony from 1937 to 1963	ADEN
Curiosity creator	NASA
D.C.'s lobbying biz, figuratively	KSTREET
Deal with the Devil, e.g	PACT
Deo ___ (thanks to God)	GRATIAS
Depressing words?	SAYAH
Disposable plate brand	CHINET
Ditch	LOSE
DNA segment	STRAND
Dover soul	BRIT
Early Atari rival	COLECO
Emotional influence, to astrologers	MOONSIGN
Ending for meteor of phosphor	ITIC
Excessively	TOO
Fertile spots	OASES
Fills the minivan	PILESIN
Film in which Matt Damon and Ben Affleck play fallen angels	DOGMA
First man to circumnavigate Australia	TASMAN
Fitting	MEET
Fox's 'X-Files' partner	DANA
Frat party costume	TOGA
Gangster costume component	FEDORA
Go downhill fast	SKI
Good buy, one hopes	STOCKTIP
Goodbye, in Gaeta	CIAO
Gremlin, e.g	CAR
Gummy candies for one costumed in a kilt?	SCOTSDOTS
Halloween costume choice	MAID
Holst's '___ to Death'	ODE
Howlin' Wolf's specialty	BLUES
Illicit affairs	AMOURS
Insipid entertainment	PABLUM
Interest rate abbr	PCT
Jargon	CANT
Jennifer of 'Leprechaun'	ANISTON
Just ___ in the bucket	ADROP
Key of Sibelius's Symphony No. 4	AMINOR
Laboratory class, for short	CHEM
Layers of dark green eggs	EMUS
Like many a trick-or-treater	MASKED
Like politics, to Machiavelli	AMORAL
Like skeletons	BONEY
Like some players' wrists	TAPEDUP
Lizard seen in insurance ads	GECKO
Lover of order	NEATNIK
Make clear	ERASE
Malted candies for one costumed as a policeman?	COPPERSWHOPPERS
Many-stringed instrument	HARP
Media-compressing algorithm	ENCODER
Melville's second book	OMOO
Mishandle	MUFF
MS accompaniers	SASES
New PC of 1985	AMIGA
Old-fashioned denial	TISNT
One of 150 songs	PSALM
Only work Michelangelo ever signed	PIETA
Perfect place	UTOPIA
Pitchfork-shaped letter	PSI
Place to take the plunge	DEEPEND
Place you might see legs in a bucket	KFC
Political science course	CIVICS
Prepare for takeoff, in a way	DEICE
Property-based security option	REIT
Red state	IRE
Releases from duty	EXEMPTS
Sesame paste	TAHINI
Shooting locale	SET
Short and sweet	TERSE
Silly folks	GEESE
Silver nitrate, e.g	REAGENT
Site of the presidential Mariyinsky Palace	KIEV
Slip site	PIER
Strong acid, in 15-Across	HCL
Sufficiently skilled	ABLE
Suggest	POSIT
Sweat lodge fill	STEAM
They have needs for reeds	OBOISTS
Tic follower	TAC
Tick follower	TOCK
Tiresome talker	BORE
Tom who played Luke Duke	WOPAT
Traffic-stopping org	DEA
Tree with leathery leaves	LIVEOAK
Turn sharply	ZAG
Ulrich of Metallica	LARS
USPS delivery	PKG
Victoria's Secret purchase	BRA
Vocalist's effect	VIBRATO
Without commitments	FREE
Wolf, say	EAT
Words of approximation	ORSO
___ Islas Canarias	LAS