Wall Street Journal - Oct 19 2019 - Date Night
| Clues | Answers |
| “All right, how about poultry with a huge hairy ape?” | CHICKENALAKINGKONG |
| “Bye now!” | TATA |
| “Git!” | SHOO |
| “Or seafood with some Daniel Craig?” | CLAMSCASINOROYALE |
| “Rats!” | DANG |
| “Rosanna” band | TOTO |
| “So, to conclude...” | INSUM |
| “Some runny yolks with a side of Peter Fonda then?” | EGGSOVEREASYRIDER |
| “Well, then maybe a frank with Al Pacino?” | HOTDOGDAYAFTERNOON |
| “You feel like Creole fare with some Patricia Arquette?” | SHRIMPPOBOYHOOD |
| 401(k) cousins | IRAS |
| Agcy. imitated in many phone scams | IRS |
| Angel dust, briefly | PCP |
| Axe | CAN |
| Band at a wedding | RING |
| Beast that bugles | ELK |
| Best | OUTDO |
| Billboards, essentially | ADS |
| Boat propeller | OAR |
| Burst | POPPED |
| Calm | SOOTHE |
| Capital of Bangladesh | DHAKA |
| Chip, in Chelsea | CRISP |
| Classic British sports cars | MGS |
| Clinches, as a win | ICES |
| Common pairing for an evening out, and a hint to this puzzle’s theme | DINNERANDAMOVIE |
| Country of more than 170 islands | TONGA |
| Country singer McBryde | ASHLEY |
| Cupboard stack | PLATES |
| Deck quartet | SUITS |
| Defendant in a 1925 case | SCOPES |
| Designer of a famous pyramid | IMPEI |
| Distinctive vibe | AURA |
| Distrustful sort | CYNIC |
| Downloadable think piece | TEDTALK |
| Driving force | MOTOR |
| Excessive | UNDUE |
| Extra zip | OOMPH |
| Fashion | MODE |
| Figure skating jump | TOELOOP |
| Fishing locale | PIER |
| Flag | TIRE |
| Fleece feature | NAP |
| Flies, e.g | BAIT |
| Follow a pattern, perhaps | SEW |
| Gender-specific possessive | HERS |
| Get into the pool | WAGER |
| Getting to the gate | TAXIING |
| Glossary unit | TERM |
| Golf’s Els | ERNIE |
| Good guide, maybe | NATIVE |
| Handful for Hendrix | GUITAR |
| Harry Potter’s Quidditch position | SEEKER |
| Heartthrob, maybe | IDOL |
| Hopeless cases | GONERS |
| In multitudes | GALORE |
| Intersection | NODE |
| It’s free of charge | NEUTRON |
| It’s sought by a collector | DEBT |
| Its border runs across the summit of Everest | NEPAL |
| Leave a little extra | TIP |
| Like cutoffs, often | FRAYED |
| Lip | SASS |
| Lucy’s landlady | ETHEL |
| Many an Etsy seller | ARTISAN |
| Martini garnish | LEMON |
| Martini garnish | OLIVE |
| McShane of “American Gods” | IAN |
| Merchants’ association | GUILD |
| Mocks without mercy | SKEWERS |
| Mom-and-pop org | PTA |
| Monopoly token choice | SCOTTIE |
| Muscle man? | GOON |
| Needs for long drives? | TEES |
| Number before quattro | TRE |
| Nursery school, for short | PREK |
| Offer an address | ORATE |
| Olympian Midori | ITO |
| On the edge of one’s seat | AGOG |
| Once called | NEE |
| Option at the pump | DIESEL |
| Otherworldly | UNCANNY |
| Perch parts | FINS |
| Person hitting the trail | HIKER |
| Pickle, maybe | SPEAR |
| Pictures on the small screen? | ICONS |
| Player at Minute Maid Park | ASTRO |
| Playful bites | NIPS |
| Playing field makeup | SOD |
| Playoff sites | ARENAS |
| Plug away | TOIL |
| Poem of praise | ODE |
| Provide with English dialogue, say | DUB |
| Quite respectable | PROPER |
| Radius setting | FOREARM |
| Really pull out all the stops | GOBIG |
| Recover | HEAL |
| Rip to pieces | SHRED |
| River through Orleans | LOIRE |
| Rock’s Jethro ___ | TULL |
| Rough | INEXACT |
| Run | TROT |
| Sandwich roll option | KAISER |
| Scurrier in the dark | ROACH |
| Second-tier govt. lawyer | ASSTDA |
| Senator Sam of the Watergate hearings | ERVIN |
| Sightseeing aid | MAP |
| Skeevy look | LEER |
| Slow-witted sort | LUNK |
| Solitary sorts | HERMITS |
| Some police protection | VESTS |
| Sound before a blessing | ACHOO |
| Sound of disapproval | HISS |
| Soup flavorer from a tree | BAYLEAF |
| Speaker that answers to “Alexa” | ECHO |
| Stir | ADO |
| Strike zone boundary | KNEES |
| Subjects of tariffs | IMPORTS |
| Sweeping | VAST |
| Symbol of Louisiana | PELICAN |
| Tablet with a mini option | IPAD |
| Take a stab at | TRY |
| Tar | SALT |
| Tar | SAILOR |
| Teachers’ org | NEA |
| Teller’s stack | ONES |
| Their milk is used for pecorino | EWES |
| Throws in | ADDS |
| Times long past | YORE |
| Toon collectible | CEL |
| Vague quantity | ANY |
| Vanishing sound | POOF |
| Whine like a baby | SNIVEL |
| With more care | KINDER |
| Without purpose | IDLY |
| Work on a grand scale | OPUS |
| Worthless | NOHELP |
| ___ de la Cite | ILE |
| ___ Kippur | YOM |
| ___ Moines | DES |
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