Wall Street Journal - Feb 27 2017 - Pow! Crossword Answer

Wall Street Journal - Feb 27 2017 - Pow! Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
'Can it!'	SHUTUP
'My country, ___ of thee...'	TIS
'Pardon me...'	AHEM
'The soul of wit'	BREVITY
Abounds	TEEMS
Beanie, boater or beret	HAT
Beat up on Senator Bernie?	BELTSANDERS
Beat up on some medical files?	HITRECORDS
Beat up on some pawns?	SOCKPUPPETS
Beat up on sports stadiums?	PUNCHBOWLS
Bible book between Joel and Obadiah	AMOS
Big drink	SWIG
Blandly uncontroversial	TAME
Bolt partner	NUT
Choral voice	ALTO
Country east of Saudi Arabia	OMAN
Cruel sort	SADIST
Eight fluid ounces	CUP
Fairy	SPRITE
Flight between floors	STAIR
Forest growth	TOADSTOOL
Foul caller	REF
Go 'poof!'	VANISH
Grammy-winning singer Bonnie	RAITT
Hand over	CEDE
Homecoming attendee, for short	ALUM
Honolulu's island	OAHU
Ignored the '55 MPH' signs	SPED
Intended to be eaten soon after purchase	PERISHABLE
Israeli carrier	ELAL
Its flag features a grizzly bear	CALIFORNIA
Job that may include filing	MANICURE
Large, fragrant flower	PEONY
Like some carrots	DICED
Love affair	AMOUR
Lung fill	AIR
Madrid Mister	SENOR

Clues	Answers
March 17 honoree, familiarly	SAINTPAT
Martini garnish	OLIVE
Melody	TUNE
Member of the woodwind family	OBOE
Memory triggers, often	ODORS
Molecule part	ATOM
Motions of oceans	TIDES
Net makeup	MESH
No longer functioning	DEAD
One of the Three Bears	PAPA
One of the Three Bears	MAMA
Opposite of 'oui'	NON
Oscar-winning Ben Affleck movie	ARGO
Pack (down)	TAMP
Paddle's cousin	OAR
Past, present and future	TENSES
Pencil part	POINT
Poor, as an excuse	LAME
Rained, but not heavily	SPRINKLED
Ready for business	OPEN
Recipe direction	STIR
River through Sudan	NILE
Roman poet	OVID
Running behind	LATE
Scoundrels	CADS
Settings of frontal lobes	CEREBRA
Sharif of 'Doctor Zhivago'	OMAR
Southernmost of the Great Lakes	ERIE
Table in a morgue	SLAB
Tacks on	ADDS
Teatime treat	SCONE
The one and the other	BOTH
They may fall into a bed	PETALS
Two, in Tijuana	DOS
Unadulterated	PURE
Unwanted email	SPAM
Walking aids	CANES