Wall Street Journal Jan 12 2021 "A Few Brief Words" Crossword Solutions

 Wall Street Journal - Jan 12 2021 - "A Few Brief Words" Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
"Candy is dandy" poet	NASH
"Don't go!"	STAY
"I've Got Love on My Mind" singer Natalie	COLE
"See ya!"	BYE
"True Colors" singer Lauper	CYNDI
Absolute	TOTAL
Agonize	STEW
Agreeable answer	YES
Ballpark official	SCORER
Bar focus	LAW
Before, before	ERE
Big name in cooking oil	WESSON
Body part often torn by athletes, briefly	ACL
Bright	SMART
Brouhaha	ADO
Calming down	STILLING
Cardinal, e.g	RED
Clutched	HELD
Diamond club	BAT
Draped garment	SARI
Event in Act II of "Hamilton"	DUEL
Famed fountain	TREVI
Festoons	ADORNS
First lady between Lou and Bess	ELEANOR
Gadot of "Wonder Woman"	GAL
Galoot	APE
Germane	APT
Golden Gloves competitors	AMATEURBOXERS
Had a snack	NOSHED
Have way too much of	ODON
Home of the NCAA's Panthers	PITT
I problem?	EGO
In ___ (trapped)	ABIND
Is behind	OWES
Island south of Barbuda	ANTIGUA
Like some traffic	THRU
Lip	RIM
Long proboscises	ELEPHANTTRUNKS
Love letters	XOXO
Luau wear	LEI
Med. school subject	ANAT
Mexican hot pepper	SERRANO
Mineralogist with a namesake scale	MOHS
Nicki Minaj or Cardi B	RAPSTAR
Norm of "This Old House"	ABRAM
Pen peep	OINK
Perón of Argentina	EVA
Peter, for one	TSAR
Prepared for prayer	KNEELED
Real reliable sort	TROUPER
Recipe step	STIR
Record	LOG
Rice on shelves	ANNE
Rich cakes	TORTES
Russian news agency	TASS
Secret compartments in some desks	HIDDENDRAWERS
Skipped a big wedding	ELOPED
Smells	ODORS
So far	TODATE
Some Pixar works	ANIMATEDSHORTS
Split base	BANANA
Stereo predecessor	MONO
Strange or foreign, in combinations	XENO
Summer, in Nice	ETE
Surfer's board leash	LEGROPE
Surrounded by	AMIDST
Time on a marquee, perhaps	TONITE
Turn of phrase	IDIOM
Vine-covered garden archways	PERGOLAS
Walk with difficulty	LIMP
Was familiar with	KNEW
Wee amount	SMIDGEN
White source	EGG
Words from one who's treating	ONME