Wall Street Journal - Aug 26 2019 - Championship Run Crossword Answer

Wall Street Journal - Aug 26 2019 - Championship Run Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Most crafty	SLYEST
Mother of Castor and Pollux	LEDA
Nincompoop	DOLT
Of the kidneys	RENAL
Oscar-winning film about a fake film	ARGO
Pageant adornments	TIARAS
Pale, light beer variety	CREAMALE
Pass, as a bill	ENACT
Pull an all-nighter	CRAM
Reggae singer Peter	TOSH
Rock’s Clapton	ERIC
Rotating machine part	CAM
Rowboat propeller	OAR
Rush-hour traffic speed, often	CRAWL
Sandy site	SHORE
Seek the favor of	WOO
Sinker, slider or spitball	PITCH
Sits at a stoplight	IDLES
Skate park feature	RAMP
Slender	SLIM
Slender	THIN
Soaked up the sunshine	BASKED
Some seasonal workers	MALLSANTAS
Stimulus	GOAD
Stretch of history	ERA
Swap	TRADE
Swindle	CON
Ten-time All-Star Suzuki	ICHIRO
They may be paired with franks	BEANS
Three-ingredient sandwich	BLT
Underworld group	THEMOB
Ushered from the front door	LEDIN
What Supreme Court opinions do	SETAPRECEDENT
Where 29-Down took place	IRAN
Wolf Blitzer’s network	CNN
Writer Puzo	MARIO
Zero-G environment	SPACE
___ Lanka	SRI

Clues	Answers
“Lead on!”	POINTTHEWAY
“Money ___ everything”	ISNT
“The Bourne Identity” org	CIA
“The pressure really got to me”	ICHOKED
1990s Texas governor Richards	ANN
Allergy sound	ACHOO
Aunt, in Argentina	TIA
Bag checkers at JFK	TSA
Bambi, for one	DEER
Bend rules to one’s advantage	GAMETHESYSTEM
Brightly shining	AGLARE
Check for bugs	BETATEST
Cool jazz great Brubeck	DAVE
Cooled off like a Corgi	PANTED
Cornea cutter	LASER
Counterparts of man caves	SHESHEDS
Daddy	PAPA
Dawn goddess	EOS
Dr. of rap	DRE
Facilitators of love connections, and a hint to the first words of 17-, 28- and 47-Across	MATCHMAKERS
Folder on a desktop, for example	ICON
Gallery offering	ART
Georgia harvest	PEACHES
Give a stump speech	ORATE
Hide the gray, say	DYE
Hosp. scan	MRI
Huge hit	SMASH
Jargon suffix	ESE
Judge’s specialty	LAW
Like little lambs	OVINE
Like matryoshka dolls	NESTED
Like the name Mitt for a catcher	APT
Lose feathers or skin	MOLT
Luau souvenir	LEI
Mattel doll since 1961	KEN
McGregor of “Moulin Rouge!”	EWAN
Measure of corporate performance	BOTTOMLINE
Metaphorical spot of trouble	HOTWATER