Wall Street Journal - Oct 13 2021 - "Not Quite Opposite" Crossword Puzzle Solution

 Wall Street Journal - Oct 13 2021 - "Not Quite Opposite" Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
"Fernando" foursome	ABBA
"High Voltage" band	ACDC
"I Ching" consulters	TAOISTS
"Kidnapped" author's initials	RLS
"Yup, there's a hum"	IHEARIT
About	ASTO
Area east of the Gulf of Suez	SINAI
As it happens	LIVE
Attack with a plane	STRAFE
Baritone role in "Jesus Christ Superstar"	KINGHEROD
Bereted bongos player, stereotypically	BEATNIK
Boiling blood	IRE
Cardinal, e.g	RED
Cher's biggest hit	BELIEVE
Copier company	RICOH
Cuban coin	PESO
Definitely not a talker	CLAM
Dept. that oversees Ginnie Mae	HUD
Dial in a bathroom	SOAP
Duke, e.g.: Abbr	SCH
Dull grind	RUT
Ecstatic emotion	RAPTURE
Family card game	UNO
Feast of liberation	SEDER
Gatekeeper of note	STPETER
Good marks?	SUCKERS
Heathen	INFIDEL
Holy communion in a synagogue?	WRONGRITE
Huge ore-extracting machine?	MAJORMINER
Hummus holder	PITA
In a state of conflict	AFOUL
Its highest point is Hawkeye Point	IOWA
Jack of rhyme	SPRAT
Jam	SPOT
Japanese sea bream, on sushi menus	TAI
Kind of band or army	ONEMAN
La-di-da manner	AIRS
Like pastels	LIGHT
Low end of the Mohs scale	TALC
Medium power?	ESP
Member of the family Hominidae	APE
Money mgr	CFO
Muddle	OBFUSCATE
Mule's father	ASS
Neighbor of Minn. and N.Y	ONT
Online help option	CHAT
Pastoral piece	IDYL
Play group, of a sort	ACTS
Pole, e.g	EUROPEAN
Pound sound	YAP
Precluded	RULEDOUT
Press rooms?	GYMS
Proprietor of a store in a garret?	ATTICSELLER
Racing circuit	LAP
Ratified	OKED
Remini of TV	LEAH
Satiny Elizabethan collar?	SMOOTHRUFF
Set of sheets	REAM
Shape of some sofas	ELL
Sound of a high-priced canary?	COSTLYCHEEP
Spanish eyes	OJOS
Sparkling wine city	ASTI
Stone and Stallone	SLYS
Stout cousin	ALE
Swift constructions?	NESTS
Titan holder	SILO
Towering engineer?	EIFFEL
Transform	ALTER
Trash	REFUSE
Triumphant bellow	YES
Trounce	DRUB
Try for a title	COMPETE
Unit of radioactivity	CURIE
When many have lunch	NOONDAY
Whirl in water	EDDY
Wonka portrayer	DEPP