Wall Street Journal - June 11 2020 - Crossword Puzzle Solutions

Wall Street Journal - Jun 11 2020 - Damn Crooked - Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
“I’m drawing a blank”	NOIDEA
“Kidnapped” monogram	RLS
“The Art of Arousal” author	DRRUTH
“You win”	ICONCEDE
23-Down, at a sushi bar	AHI
Adventurous Nickelodeon Latina	DORA
Appends	ADDSON
Apply with a trowel	LAYON
Athlete with a notable 2019 comeback	TIGERWOODS
Bit of paparazzo gear	LENS
Broadband choice	DSL
Bugler in the wild	ELK
Burns creations	POEMS
Call at home	OUT
Capital on the Mississippi	STPAUL
Certify as true	AFFIRM
Champagne pop	PERE
Chatterbox’s “gift”	GAB
Chopin piece	ETUDE
Claim to be true	ALLEGE
Coats with juices	BASTES
Copying	ALA
Cry upon bankruptcy	IMRUINED
Cut off	SHEAR
Cut off	END
Duels on the ice	FACEOFFS
Earth goddess	GAIA
Exhibit bad posture	SLOUCH
Famed NYC music club	CBGB
Fancy wraps	STOLES
Farriers’ tools	RASPS
Fiona of “Killing Eve”	SHAW
Fixed	NEUTERED
Florist’s offering	FERN
Forgo modesty	BRAG
Game with Wild Draw 4 cards	UNO
Graffiti ID	TAG
Groundbreaking tools	HOES
He overthrew Fulgencio’s government	FIDEL
It’s in, until it’s not	FAD
Just a number, reportedly	AGE
Lectures viewable online since 2006	TEDTALKS
Letters resembling tridents	PSIS
Like Irving’s Hessian horseman	HEADLESS
Maid of honor candidate	BFF
Make parole	GOFREE
Many a Sundance entry	INDIE
Medium effort?	SEANCE
Morpheus’s protégé	NEO
Nicole Maines’s “Supergirl” role	NIA
No longer funny	OLD
Not just think	SAY
Ones having trouble passing the bar?	SOTS
Paris’s Théâtre ___ Champs-Elysées	DES
Pointed critiques	FLAK
Preferred pronoun for some	SHE
Pretty terrific, actually	DARNGOOD
Resort along the Coral Triangle	BALI
Seltzer buy	LITER
Slip-ons’ lack	LACES
Some dollar coins, to collectors	IKES
Some peaceful protests	LIEINS
Some rare strings	AMATIS
Some rental trucks	RYDERS
Sound of reproof	TSK
Sparkling wit	ESPRIT
Stand against	OPPOSE
Starved for attention, perhaps	NEEDY
Sushi bar supply	TUNA
Tightwads	SKINFLINTS
Tony winner Phylicia	RASHAD
Top of an org. chart	CEO
Totally determined, and a literal description of this puzzle’s circled letters	HELLBENT
Utah skiing destination	ALTA
Zombies	UNDEAD
___ piece (consistent)	OFA