Wall Street Journal - Jan 2 2019 - Put a Lid on It!
| Clues | Answers |
| 'Ah, right' | ISEE |
| 'Do you really mean it?' | HONEST |
| *Begin to grin | CRACKASMILE |
| *Item used in some juvenile pranks | STINKBOMB |
| *Pretentious display | FUSSANDFEATHERS |
| *Reasons for some R ratings | SEXSCENES |
| *Sleep restlessly | TOSSANDTURN |
| 24-Down center | COB |
| Arcing throw | LOB |
| Away from the bow | AFT |
| Basilica recess | APSE |
| Bested at the plate | OUTHIT |
| Bit of paint | DAB |
| Bok ___ (Chinese cabbage) | CHOY |
| Bring in | EARN |
| Carnival treats | ICES |
| Cash source | ATM |
| Catches in warm seas | TUNAS |
| Chance to swing | ATBAT |
| Choir section | ALTOS |
| Clockwork, essentially | GEARS |
| Comic book worker | INKER |
| Computer port standard | USB |
| Critics' coverage | ARTS |
| Defamatory writing | LIBEL |
| Ear pieces? | CORN |
| Early auto | REO |
| Flat cap | TAM |
| Frankincense or myrrh | RESIN |
| Gave the once-over | EYED |
| Golf's 'Big Easy' | ELS |
| Got together | METUP |
| Hedgehog home | DEN |
| Help desk sign | ASKME |
| Hold responsible | BLAME |
| Indisposed | ILL |
| Island nation northwest of Tonga | FIJI |
| It may be crushing | DEBT |
| Jackie O's husband | ARI |
| Less expressive | STONIER |
| Letter six after nu | TAU |
| Letter six before nu | ETA |
| Life force, in feng shui | CHI |
| Lucy of 'Elementary' | LIU |
| Made sound | HEALED |
| Many a time | OFT |
| Medieval church hanging | ROOD |
| Mess up | ERR |
| Monopolize one's mind | OBSESS |
| Nest egg choice | IRA |
| Operatic villain, frequently | BASSO |
| Paragon of pomposity | ASS |
| Parisian street | RUE |
| Part of Mao's name | TSE |
| Pesci's 'My Cousin Vinny' co-star | TOMEI |
| Place | STEAD |
| Polite words of interruption | EXCUSEME |
| Potato part | SKIN |
| Precisely | ONTHEDOT |
| Rough guess | STAB |
| RR stops | STAS |
| Scoring point after point | ONFIRE |
| Sister of Anastasia | OLGA |
| Some pass receivers | ENDS |
| Stable staple | OAT |
| Stock mkt. debut | IPO |
| Supporting arguments | PROS |
| Tech introduction of August 1981 | IBMPC |
| Threads in beds, informally | JAMMIES |
| Top-notch | ACES |
| Toward midnight, say | LATISH |
| Unrestrained way to run | AMOK |
| Untrustworthy sort | LIAR |
| Urban fleet | CABS |
| Waist management program | DIET |
| What you will | ESTATE |
| Word that, when affixed to the first word of each starred answer, refers to a type of person | POT |
| Words on a candy heart | BEMINE |
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