Wall Street Journal - May 25 2022 - "Cross Reference" Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Wall Street Journal - May 25 2022 - "Cross Reference" Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
“Just kidding!”	NOT
“My treat”	ITSONME
“The Content of Our Character” author Shelby	STEELE
“Wow!” in texts	OMG
“___ the season...”	TIS
1986 sequel directed by James Cameron	ALIENS
Address for the headmaster	SIR
Anomalous	ODD
Art from a folder	ORIGAMI
Assemble 52-Down?	AMENDMENT
Backside	REAR
Bar topic	LAW
Beanstalk, e.g	STEM
Beat to a pulp	MASH
Big cheese	BOSS
Big name in taco shells	ORTEGA
Bistro buy	MEAL
Cariou of “Sweeney Todd”	LEN
Carnaval site	RIO
Caught sight of	SEEN
Cleopatra biter	ASP
Clod	ASS
Cold spells	ICEAGES
Concoct 28-Down?	DOCTORATE
Cousin of Gomez Addams	ITT
Crab or lobster, e.g	DECAPOD
Craving	YEN
Crumpet chaser	TEA
Danny Aiello’s “Do the Right Thing” role	SAL
Destruction by environmental extremists	ECOTAGE
Dresses down	SCOLDS
Earlier	AGO
Einstein’s German birthplace	ULM
Film genre	ACTION
Flight suit acronym	NASA
Fly that’s caught	POPOUT
Generate 45-Down?	ALTERCATION
Gobs	TARS
Grind	RATRACE
Gucci Mane’s specialty	RAP
Gymnast Sunisa	LEE
Hardly exciting	BLAH
Have mercy, perhaps	GOEASY
Head of the brewery?	FOAM
High craggy hill	TOR
Hospital unit	BED
Ill humor	BILE
IRS agents	TMEN
Kitchen gadget	PEELER
Leave black-and-blue	CONTUSE
Like cell coverage in remote areas	SPOTTY
Literary governess	EYRE
Luminous circle	HALO
Make 26-Down?	REFORMING
Make a decision	OPT
Mark of perfection	TEN
Nose bag bit	OAT
Not particularly exciting	TAME
Off-road wheels, for short	ATV
Old newspaper photo section	ROTO
Once around the track	LAP
Open, say	BID
Organizer of a sch. fair	PTA
Priestly garment	ALB
Private eye’s focus	CASE
Produce 13-Down?	CONVERTIBLE
Reed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame	LOU
Scrape souvenir	SCAB
Scrapes	DUSTUPS
Shepherd of “Dish Nation”	SHERRI
Skilled in	GOODAT
Some farms	DAIRIES
Spirit flavored with juniper berries	GIN
Store convenience	ATM
Stripling	LAD
Take the plunge	WED
Three-dimensional	SPATIAL
Wyoming range	TETONS