Wall Street Journal - May 13 2019 - On the Periphery
| Clues | Answers |
| 'By the power vested ___...' | INME |
| 'Cheers' character | CARLA |
| 'Don't be such a wimp!' | MANUP |
| '___ your loss!' | ITS |
| 1950s president, familiarly | IKE |
| 2016 Olympics host, for short | RIO |
| 2017 World Series champions | ASTROS |
| Additional | MORE |
| Animal rights org | PETA |
| Average | MEAN |
| Bassoon part | REED |
| Beethoven's '___ Joy' | ODETO |
| Blitz participant | PASSRUSHER |
| Borden's bovine | ELSIE |
| Builders of paper nests | WASPS |
| Car called from curbside | TAXI |
| City of south-central Oklahoma | ADA |
| Co. abbreviation | INC |
| Decimal system base | TEN |
| Deep chasm | ABYSS |
| Dickens character who says 'I wear the chain I forged in life' | MARLEYSGHOST |
| Drinking toast | SKOAL |
| Dubai ruler | EMIR |
| Exemplary | IDEAL |
| Expense with both fixed and variable elements | MIXEDCOST |
| Fail to mention | OMIT |
| Farthest from the center, and a hint to 17-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across | OUTERMOST |
| Feature of many a rom-com | MEETCUTE |
| Flat-topped hills | MESAS |
| Greek letters that look like tridents | PSIS |
| Hauling rig | SEMI |
| Hear again, as a case | RETRY |
| Human relative | APE |
| Hung on the clothesline | AIRED |
| Ibex, for example | WILDGOAT |
| In itself | PERSE |
| India's first prime minister | NEHRU |
| Ireland's de Valera | EAMON |
| Jousting need | LANCE |
| Launcher of the Mars InSight lander | NASA |
| Lightweight cotton fabric | MADRAS |
| Like lemons and limes | SOUR |
| Like lips after a Novocain shot | NUMB |
| Little bite | TASTE |
| Low joint | ANKLE |
| Make inquiries | ASK |
| Narc's org | DEA |
| New Zealand natives | MAORIS |
| Not particularly exciting | TAME |
| Overly overweight | OBESE |
| Peak called Chomolungma in Tibetan | MOUNTEVEREST |
| Penetrating | KEEN |
| Pilot's guess, for short | ETA |
| Prepares for a trip | PACKS |
| Prickly shrub | BRIAR |
| Ray Bradbury's '___ for Rocket' | RIS |
| Scrooge, for one | MISER |
| Seasonal workers | TEMPS |
| Shipper's posting | RATES |
| Sixth sense, initially | ESP |
| Speedway sound | VROOM |
| Spots | SEES |
| Stand against | OPPOSE |
| Start of a brain health saying | USEIT |
| Steer clear of | ELUDE |
| Targets of crunches | ABS |
| Tennis court divider | NET |
| Terminate | STOP |
| That woman | SHE |
| Thrashing spot at a concert | MOSHPIT |
| Thurman of 'Pulp Fiction' | UMA |
| Time for a prom, perhaps | SENIORYEAR |
| Tribal emblem | TOTEM |
| Twisty shape | ESS |
| Western gambling city | RENO |
| Wheel's center | HUB |
| Wide shoe size | EEE |
| Winter weather | SLEET |
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