Wall Street Journal - Jan 31 2022 - "Express Yourself" Crossword Puzzle Solution

 Wall Street Journal - Jan 31 2022 - "Express Yourself" Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
"Hit the sack" or "hit the books"	IDIOM
"I see!"	AHA
"Pygmalion" playwright	SHAW
"Wait a sec!"	HOLDON
"___ never work"	ITLL
1950s auto flop	EDSEL
1993 rap hit with a guest appearance from Snoop Dogg	DREDAY
Adjective in a battery ad	LONGLASTING
Answering with a question, perhaps	EVASIVE
Artist with acid	ETCHER
Backed (away)	SHIED
Bar garnish	OLIVE
Beckoned	CALLED
California governor Newsom	GAVIN
City on the Missouri River	OMAHA
Couple	PAIR
Curtain hanger	ROD
Did some grousing	MOANED
Extremely	ULTRA
Flourished	BOOMED
Follows commands	OBEYS
Foot feature	TOE
Frying vat fill	CORNOIL
Get news of	HEAR
Greedy cache	HOARD
Handles skillfully	FINESSES
Has to have	NEEDS
Home Depot rival	LOWES
If not	ELSE
In the past	AGO
Jumped a gap, as a spark	ARCED
Kismet	FATE
Laddie	BOYO
Lang. of Liverpool	ENG
Large Japanese dogs	AKITAS
Light switch position	OFF
Like styling mousse	FROTHY
Lion's bellow	ROAR
Look directly ahead, and a clue to the starts of 17-, 24-, 36- and 49-Across	FACEFORWARD
Mag. staffers	EDS
Mined deposit	ORE
Nike competitor	AVIA
Not homogeneous	DIVERSE
Paris sidewalk eatery	CAFE
Pen tip	NIB
Play date for grown-ups	GAMENIGHT
Power problem	OUTAGE
Publisher Nast	CONDE
Ram in football	STRAIGHTARM
Ruby of "Do the Right Thing"	DEE
Secure, as a ship to shore	MOOR
Shade tree	ELM
Showgirl in Manilow's "Copacabana"	LOLA
Sloth in the "Ice Age" movies	SID
Some crime scene evidence	FIBERS
Spot for a yacht	SEA
Stand up to	OPPOSE
Stay in hiding	LIELOW
Steak marbling	FAT
Steered clear of	AVOIDED
Sub groups?	FLEETS
Suburban shopping center	MINIMALL
Sun burst?	NOVA
Supplements	ADDSTO
Toronto's prov	ONT
Trips, for example	POKERHAND
Two-under-par score	EAGLE
Vaccine approval agcy	FDA
Water channel with a gate	SLUICE
Web page address	URL
Winter glider	SLED
___ Alamos	LOS
___ down (prepared to sleep)	BEDDED
___ Moines	DES