Wall Street Journal - December 31 2019 Crossword Puzzle Solution

Wall Street Journal - Dec 31 2019 - A Sign of the Times (Square)

Clues	Answers
"Auld Lang Syne" trigger, and a hint to this puzzle's theme	BALLDROP
"Bro!"	DUDE
"Don Giovanni" composer	MOZART
"___ Fideles"	ADESTE
"___ Haw"	HEE
"___ Miserables"	LES
1-Down member	REP
Approximate	BALLPARK
Arcade game with a ramp	SKEEBALL
Armada action	SEAWAR
Assay specimen	ORE
Auctioned auto, often	REPO
Before the buzzer	INTIME
Beyond belief	UNREAL
Big name in the fruit and vegetable business	DOLE
Brazilian soccer superstar	PELE
Carry a balance	OWE
Catchphrase	SLOGAN
Cooks for crews, say	CATERS
Copied	APED
Dems.' foes	GOP
Down	SAD
Emotional request	PLEA
Entices	LURES
Excessively	TOO
Exercise wheel runner	HAMSTER
Expressed disapproval	TSKED
Flamenco star Jose	GRECO
Former 1-Down chair Michael	STEELE
Gains back	REWINS
Gin fizz holder	HIGHB
Grub	EATS
Hosp. workers	DRS
Houdini feats	ESCAPES
Icy	ALOOF
Inst. holding "Campbell's Soup Cans"	MOMA
Island garland	LEI
Japanese floor covering	TATAMI
Jimmy's "Harvey" role	ELWOOD
Laudatory verse	ODE
Leaves to steep	TEA
Lentil or lima bean	LEGUME
Like some bobsleds and saws	TWOMAN
Line from a con artist	TRUSTME
Lord's lackey	SERF
Lose it	GOB
Material for a film editor	FOOTAGE
Nor. neighbor	SWED
Owned	HAD
Qualifying exam	ORAL
Quick bursts	SPURTS
Recipe verb	ADD
Remove from active service	MOTHBALL
Sag	DROOP
Scam	HUSTLE
School of Buddhism	ZEN
Sculler's implement	OAR
Shade	HUE
Social inferiors	LESSERS
Softer part of hard rock	POWERB
Sports group	LEAGUE
Streamlined	SLEEK
Summer projectiles	WATERB
Ticklish Muppet	ELMO
Tightening muscle	TENSOR
Title matchmaker in an 1815 novel	EMMA
Was in first place	LED
Way off	AFAR
Without charge	FORFREE
Wolfgang Puck's first restaurant	SPAGO
Yoga surface	MAT
[CLUED ELSEWHERE]	LAD, LOONS, LGLASS, LISTIC
___ Rico	PUERTO