Wall Street Journal - Oct 12 2021 - "Connecting Flight" Crossword Puzzle Solution

 Wall Street Journal - Oct 12 2021 - "Connecting Flight" Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
"The Social Contract" philosopher	ROUSSEAU
1974 song by rock's Big Star	OMYSOUL
Actually existing	INESSE
Advance	LEND
After-lunch sandwich	OREO
Antipasto offering	OLIVE
Big suit?	BOSS
Blvd. kin	AVE
Christmas tree choice	REDFIR
Clotted milk	CURD
Coloring option	CRAYON
Computer geek's field	INFOTECH
Connector of stories	STAIRWAY
Crime kingpin	CAPO
Designated space	AREA
Fixes, as a price	SETS
Flier with an upturned tail	WREN
Forearm bone	ULNA
French bread?	EURO
Gloomy Gus	MOPER
Hearing-related	AURAL
Home plates?	CHINA
In need of a massage	SORE
In the manner of	ALA
Inattentive (to)	DEAF
Insurer that once had the naming rights to the Mariners' ballpark	SAFECO
Jacob's twin	ESAU
Keeps in check	CURBS
Key on a map, e.g	ISLAND
Lenovo competitor	DELL
Like tears and sweat	GLANDULAR
Major hummus brand	SABRA
Makeup of some seams	ORE
Marie with two Nobel Prizes	CURIE
Massage targets	ACHES
Met score	RUN
Mischievous sort	RASCAL
Mischievous sprite	PIXIE
Moments of discovery	AHAS
Monk's hood	COWL
New Mexico art colony	TAOS
Now or in the past	EVER
Objective of a promotion	SALES
One in a cleanup position	MAID
One of the Clue weapons	WRENCH
Part of a Met score	ARIA
Performed a cantata, say	SANG
Photoshop filter choice	BLUR
Pointer's word	THAT
Public transportation	MOTORBUS
Pupil's paper	ESSAY
Pupils' surroundings	IRISES
Put a strain on	TAXED
Reprimand for Rover	BAD
School south of Sunset Blvd	UCLA
Scorch the surface of	SEAR
Scout's job, for short	RECON
Seat at the table	PLACE
See 53-Across	CLASS
Serious promises	OATHS
Shrek and Fiona, e.g	OGRES
Specialized language	ARGOT
Stir up	ROUSE
Suffix with schnozz	OLA
System of belief	CREED
Taj Mahal city	AGRA
Take the title	WIN
Takes in	ABSORBS
Talk show participants	CALLERS
Tied up	EVEN
Tiny mammal	SHREW
Tool in a Zen garden	RAKE
Victorian, say	ERA
Where the Pequod is docked, at the start of "Moby-Dick"	NANTUCKET
With 56-Across, indifferent student's practice, and a hint to the puzzle theme	CUTTING
Young chap	LAD