Wall Street Journal - Aug 12 2019 - Backsides
| Clues | Answers |
| “Aw, quit ___ bellyachin’!” | YER |
| “Casablanca” pianist | SAM |
| “When They See Us” director DuVernay | AVA |
| “___ Las Vegas” (Elvis movie) | VIVA |
| 1900 Puccini opera | TOSCA |
| Attach, as a patch | SEWON |
| Aussie animal | ROO |
| Brief life story? | BIO |
| Brink | CUSP |
| Bumped from behind, or a hint to 17-, 25-, 37- and 48-Across | REARENDED |
| Business abbr | INC |
| Collide with | CRASHINTO |
| Company with a “beep beep” in its ads | AAMCO |
| Compassion | MERCY |
| Concerning | ASTO |
| Consideration | FACTOR |
| Contest submissions | ENTRIES |
| Curling need | STONE |
| Dandyish necktie | ASCOT |
| Decorative design | MOTIF |
| Deep fryer liquid | OIL |
| Derisive look | SNEER |
| EMT’s expertise | CPR |
| Genre for Weezer and Linkin Park | ALTROCK |
| Girder material | STEEL |
| Grammy award won by “Hello,” “Get Lucky” and “Beat It” | RECORDOFTHEYEAR |
| Gridiron gains | YARDS |
| Hard and rough | HORNY |
| Hard hikes | TREKS |
| In the past | ONCE |
| In the vicinity | CLOSE |
| Intense anger | IRE |
| Kama ___ | SUTRA |
| Kim Kardashian or RuPaul | REALITYSTAR |
| Less than right? | ACUTE |
| Lexus rival | ACURA |
| Like department store fashion | READYTOWEAR |
| List-shortening abbr | ETC |
| Log-on requirements | USERIDS |
| March 17 honoree, familiarly | STPAT |
| More perilous | HAIRIER |
| Mover’s vehicle | VAN |
| Negative answers | NOS |
| No longer available, as a job opening | FILLED |
| Not fooled by | ONTO |
| Overwhelm, as with grief | DEVASTATE |
| Paper packs | REAMS |
| Performs proficiently | EXCELSAT |
| Playwright Chekhov | ANTON |
| Posed for a portrait | SAT |
| Pre-TiVo device | VCR |
| Pub pastime | DARTS |
| Quarterback Marino | DAN |
| Relatives gained through marriage | INLAWS |
| Religious leader | CLERIC |
| Researcher’s rodent | LABRAT |
| Respectably proper | STAID |
| Resting on | ATOP |
| Rice dishes | PILAFS |
| Ruby of “A Raisin in the Sun” | DEE |
| Sci-fi hoverer | UFO |
| Security guard, often | EXCOP |
| Self-description after a makeover | NEWME |
| Single occurrence | INSTANCE |
| Sole, for one | FISH |
| Some amount of | ANY |
| Technical details, for short | SPECS |
| They may be bumped in celebration | FISTS |
| Two-time NBA MVP Curry | STEPH |
| Vacation wheels | RENTALCAR |
| Venetian blind part | SLAT |
| Violent pang | THROE |
| Visibly frightened | ASHEN |
| Vocal pauses | ERS |
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