Wall Street Journal - Nov 30 2019 - Taking Sides Crossword Answer

Wall Street Journal - Nov 30 2019 - Taking Sides Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Humdrum	BLAH
In the ballpark	CLOSE
Island strings	UKE
It might be answered “Muy bien, gracias”	COMOESTAS
Joan of “Room”	ALLEN
Justice Dept. figure	ATTY
Kareem’s signature shot	SKYHOOK
Keep in stock	CARRY
Kinski of “Fitzcarraldo”	KLAUS
Knight after marrying a knight?	LADYGLADYS
Lethal	DEADLY
Letters before an alias	AKA
Like some snack bars	OATY
Liquid, for one	PHASE
LP letters	RPM
Make into a musical, e.g	ADAPT
Menu command for the fallible	UNDO
Money maker	PRO
Negotiator’s list	TERMS
Nitpicks	PEDANTRIES
Not fully explored	UNFATHOMED
Not to be missed	AMUST
Novice	TYRO
Optional Medicare section	PARTB
Org. that follows Santa’s progress	NORAD
Plagued	ATEAT
Postminimalist sculptor Hesse	EVA
Prayer surface	RUG
Preferred strategy	PLANA
Pursue stealthily	STALK
Reaction to a massage	AAH
Reacts to a stubbed toe	YELPS
Reason for a detour	PARADE
Rebuke	CHIDE
Refused to drop	CLUNGONTO
Residents of Mauritius, once	DODOS
Rich vein	SEAM
Rich vein	LODE
Robotic antagonist of “Battlestar Galactica”	CYLON
Sage words	ADAGE
Seriously need a bath	REEK
Singer Carly ___ Jepsen	RAE
Single clip	VIDEO
Site for crafty entrepreneurs	ETSY
Skater Paulsen with a namesake move	AXEL
Sketch show set in Oregon	PORTLANDIA
Slightest sound	PEEP
Still in the running	ALIVE
Superlative suffix	EST
Target of PETA protests	FUR
Tell tale item	APPLE
Tender meat served like steak Diane?	LAMBFLAMBE
Teri of “Tootsie”	GARR
The Bermuda station wagon, e.g	EDSEL
The Mystery Writers of America’s awards are named for him	POE
They’re delivered at shows	LINES
Throbbed	POUNDED
Topics of union negotiations	PAYRATES
Tough high school sci. course	APBIO
TV show installments, casually	EPS
Unleash upon	LETAT
Use Expedia, maybe	BOOKATRIP
Venomous vipers	ASPS
View from Everest	NEPAL
Wails like a banshee	KEENS
Wandering samurai removing wrinkles from his loincloth?	RONINIRONING
Where Jonah preached	NINEVEH
Whips up	PREPARES
Winner of four Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Talk Show Host	ELLEN
Woody Guthrie’s son	ARLO

Clues	Answers
“Duck ___” (classic Daffy cartoon)	AMUCK
“Game of Thrones” character who [spoiler] kills the Night King	ARYA
“Hop to it!”	PRONTO
“I think you should!”	DOIT
“Midsommar” director Aster	ARI
“Sadly...”	IFEAR
“That’s my cue!”	IMON
“What’s the magic word?”	SAYPLEASE
16th-century ruler of India	AKBAR
1995 cult classic film starring Lori Petty	TANKGIRL
Agreement to be replaced by the USMCA	NAFTA
Ancient Sanskrit scriptures	VEDA
Apostle called “the Zealot”	STSIMON
Appear	SEEM
Area 51 holdings, some speculate	ETS
Avoid stressing about invites, perhaps	ELOPE
Barbera’s partner	HANNA
Be a bad Buddhist?	HARMDHARMA
Be a chatterbox	YAMMER
Be subjected to criticism	TAKEHEAT
Become compost	ROT
Betting setting	TRACK
Biceps builders	CURLS
Big vessel	AORTA
Bit of info	DATUM
Blues players are in it: Abbr	NHL
Bollywood wrap party?	HINDISHINDIG
Bronze giant of Greek myth	TALOS
Built-up section of a California city?	URBANBURBANK
Byproducts of overexertion	ACHES
Cake layers	TIERS
Calligrapher’s stroke	SERIF
Chat “ha!”	LOL
Chestnut weasel	STOAT
Chocolate choice	DARK
Cicely with a Tony, an Oscar and three Emmys	TYSON
Conclude	INFER
Concrete	REAL
Cooper creation	KEG
Craft store letters	DIY
Created fodder for confession	SINNED
Cuts off	ISOLATES
Dallas hoopster	MAV
Distinctive times	ERAS
Doubling-back maneuver	UTURN
Doubt-introducing question	ORISIT
Drama school that just churns out graduates?	ACTORFACTORY
Earth, as opposed to Krypton?	LANEPLANET
Edible seaweed	NORI
Energy-channeling healing technique	REIKI
Event commemorated at Juno Beach Centre	DDAY
Evil organization in the Marvel universe	HYDRA
Exonerate	ABSOLVE
Expert	MAVEN
Fashion monogram	YSL
Formalwear flap	COATTAIL
Gender-bending Streisand film	YENTL
Genesis grandson	ENOS
Great American Ball Park team	REDS
Greek dawn goddess	EOS
Group on risers	CHOIR
Héloïse’s lover	ABELARD
Had a rendezvous	METUP
Had another look at	REEXAMINED
Half of a record	SIDEA
Heeded the alarm	GOTUP
HHH	ETAS
Hold ’em variety	NOLIMIT
Hold ’em variety	OMAHA
Huaca Pucllana pyramid site	LIMA