Wall Street Journal Feb 8 2021 "Open-Ended" Crossword Solutions

 Wall Street Journal - Feb 8 2021 - "Open-Ended" Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
"Exactly!"	JUSTSO
"Get Up!" network	ESPN
"No ifs, ___ or buts"	ANDS
"Oedipe" composer Georges	ENESCO
"Pinocchio" goldfish	CLEO
"Whip It" band	DEVO
*Highlighter alternative	STICKYNOTE
*It may be at the head of the class	BLACKBOARD
*Performance evaluation	REPORTCARD
*Spot to jot	SCRATCHPAD
A bit blue	RACY
Admission of defeat	ILOST
Afghanistan neighbor	IRAN
Ballet studio fixture	BARRE
Bartiromo of Fox Business	MARIA
British singer Stone	JOSS
Classic scent for men	BRUT
Complain	CARP
Cones' counterparts, in the retina	RODS
Cool and distant	ALOOF
Database search option, and a hint to the ends of the starred answers	KEYWORD
Deeply engrossed	RAPT
Dental care brand	ORALB
Dishes paired with ladles	TUREENS
Divvy up fairly	PRORATE
Evictee from Eden	ADAM
Express verbally	STATE
Fairy tale fiend	OGRE
Family fellow	UNCLE
Fathom, foot or furlong	UNIT
Fitting	APT
French president Emmanuel	MACRON
Game of chance	KENO
Gradually disintegrates	ERODES
Hangout for hens	COOP
High-five, essentially	SLAP
Houston player	ASTRO
In the past	ONCE
Iowa city	AMES
Jettas and Golfs, e.g	VWS
Land measure	ACRE
Language of Sevilla	ESPANOL
Like tournament players	RANKED
Massage target	ACHE
Menu phrase	ALA
Ore deposit	LODE
Parched	ARID
Part of Indiana Jones's outfit	FEDORA
Peer group?	EYES
Playlist makeup	TUNES
Pound divisions	CAGES
Recedes, as the tide	EBBS
Red Sox manager Alex	CORA
Remove the outside of	PARE
Respectful address	SIR
Risk a ticket	SPEED
See 52-Across	LUCCI
Sharif of "Doctor Zhivago"	OMAR
Skin art, for short	TATS
Slow-cooked dish	STEW
Some whiskeys	RYES
Source of sudden wealth	BONANZA
Spot	ESPY
Squirrel's snack	ACORN
String section instruments	CELLI
Tell all	SPILL
Trail mix sweet	CAROB
Turn around	SLUE
Urge on	GOAD
Weapon that Professor Plum might use	ROPE
Weed out	PURGE
Western writer Grey	ZANE
Wing it while acting	ADLIB
With 6-Down, longtime "All My Children" star	SUSAN
Young hooter	OWLET