Wall Street Journal - Aug 3 2019 - Escape Clause Crossword Answer

Wall Street Journal - Aug 3 2019 - Escape Clause Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Hard-to-hit pitches?	HIGHCS
Health agcy. in Atlanta	CDC
Hematite yield	IRON
Hibachi part	GRATE
Hodgepodge	OLIO
Holding one's piece?	ARMED
Honey hue	AMBER
In the past	AGO
In utero	UNBORN
Isle of Man man, for example	GAEL
It flows into the Tyrrhenian Sea	ARNO
Its cap. was Richmond	CSA
June 6, 1944	DDAY
King of France	ROI
Like a sprint winner	FASTEST
Like some basins	TIDAL
Like some pond life	ALGAL
Lord's Prayer start	OUR
Louisville Slugger wood	ASH
LXIV times L	MMMCC
Melted cheese dish	RAREBIT
Moderate pace	TROT
More chic	TONIER
Movie theater reprimand	SHH
Oakland team	RAIDERS
Open fighting	HOTWAR
Particular places	LOCI
Perch part	FIN
Periscope part	MIRROR
Pic to click	ICON
Programmer's creation	LINEUP
Pub purchase	ALE
Pub purchases	BREWS
Qualm	PANG
Removed abruptly	YANKED
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame architect	PEI
See 103-Down	EDER
Set of signs	ZODIAC
Site of Nelson's most famous victory	TRAFALGAR
Skateboarder's leap	OLLIE
Skater Midori	ITO
Some deer	ROES
Some stadium features	DOMES
Sound asleep?	SNORE
Stalk	HUNT
Steep-sided gully	ARROYO
Studio effect	REVERB
Tango need	TWO
The AWOL soldier's favorite hobby was ___	BASEJUMPING
The blackjack dealer's favorite hobby was ___	CARDCOLLECTING
The Boston Celtics fan's favorite hobby was ___	BIRDWATCHING
The boxing promoter's favorite hobby was ___	SCRAPBOOKING
The civil engineering department lawyer's favorite hobby was ___	CONTRACTBRIDGE
The paparazzo's favorite hobby was ___	STARGAZING
The telenovela director's favorite hobby was ___	SOAPMAKING
They provide limited coverage	MINISKIRTS
Traumatized	SCARRED
Treebeard, Beechbone, Leaflock and kin	ENTS
Trudge along	PLOD
Truth be told	INFACT
Underlying motives	AGENDA
Understands	GRASPS
Victor at Thermopylae	PERSIA
Virginia Woolf's '___ of One's Own'	AROOM
W. Coast gridder	LARAM
Where the Derby and Oaks horse races are held	EPSOM
Wine from northern Spain	RIOJA
Wine list section	REDS
With 99-Across, Lucy's portrayer in Broadway's 'Jekyll & Hyde'	LINDA
___ Capital (Mitt Romney's investment company)	BAIN

Clues	Answers
'...and to ___ good night'	ALLA
'A diller, a dollar, a ___'clock scholar'	TENO
'Casablanca' heroine	ILSA
'Certainement!'	OUI
'Forget it!'	NODEAL
'Forget it!'	NOPE
'Happy Motoring' company	ESSO
'That Lucky Old Sun' singer Frankie	LAINE
'The Bells' writer	POE
:-(	IMSAD
Aerobatics feat	LOOP
Air Force NCO	SSGT
AirPods output	STEREO
Athletic supporter?	TEE
Atkins taboo	CARB
Atlas enlargement	INSET
Back's opposite	FORTH
Baja bread	PESO
Balkan native	SERB
Blacken	CHAR
Bond player	MOORE
Boozehound	SOT
Brad's kin	NAIL
Bread remnant	CRUMB
Broadway opening	ACTI
Bush-league	MINOR
Capital 700 miles north of Ho Chi Minh City	HANOI
Carefree episode	IDYL
Carson's successor	LENO
Cassiterite yield	TIN
Catalog	ASSORT
Catch a glimpse of	ESPY
Citrus drink suffix	ADE
Clamorous	NOISY
Clockwork part	COG
Colbert's predecessor	LETTERMAN
Cold shower?	SLEET
Common ID	SSN
Commotion	STIR
Composer Schubert	FRANZ
Compressed video format	MPEG
Control, symbolically	REINS
Corporeal woe	ACHE
Corrida critter	TORO
Criticize severely	TRASH
Do the Thanksgiving honors	CARVE
Dodge SUV	NITRO
Drag	BORE
Eastern title	AGA
Edmonton player	OILER
Est. and Lat., once	SSRS
Evening affair	SOIREE
Exhilaratingly energetic	SLAMBANG
Eye affliction	STYE
Failures	LAPSES
Fidgety	ANTSY
Fiesta fare	TACOS
Figure skater Dmitriev	ARTUR
First commercially successful video game	PONG
Fitting	APT
Flip response?	TAILS
Follower	ADHERENT
Fraction of a newton	DYNE
Gaffe	SLIP
Garden spot	ARBOR
Get	ATTAIN
Goddess of fertility	ISIS
Half asleep	DOZY
Halifax clock setting: Abbr	AST
Handling a low stock situation	REORDERING