Wall Street Journal - Oct 28 2019 - Seeing Dings
| Clues | Answers |
| “Able was I ___ I saw Elba” | ERE |
| “Of course!” | SURE |
| “Pomp and Circumstance” composer | ELGAR |
| “Tidying Up With ___ Kondo” (decluttering show) | MARIE |
| “Uh-huh!” | YEAH |
| Add value to | ENHANCE |
| Against the law | ILLICIT |
| Became depleted | GAVEOUT |
| Become edible, as fruit | RIPEN |
| Big butte | MESA |
| Bit of snow | FLAKE |
| Blacksmith’s workplace | FORGE |
| Blight on the landscape | EYESORE |
| Break-in | FORCEDENTRY |
| Brewed beverage | TEA |
| Cancels a proofreading mark | STETS |
| Characters on-screen but unseen | HIDDENTEXT |
| Chick’s mother | HEN |
| Clarinetist’s need | REED |
| Country north of Namibia | ANGOLA |
| Culinary pros | CHEFS |
| Dachshund, for one | DOG |
| Danson of “The Good Place” | TED |
| Doc for dachshunds | VET |
| East Indies tourist destination | BALI |
| Eliminated a gray area, in a way | DYED |
| Exacta or trifecta | BET |
| Expected | DUE |
| Famous advice for a young man | GOWEST |
| Finish of many a URL | COM |
| Fish market need | ICE |
| Follows as a result | ENSUES |
| Four-star officer: Abbr | GEN |
| Gets older | AGES |
| Grain in granola | OAT |
| Hack off | LOP |
| Hail fellow? | CAESAR |
| Hamilton’s bill | TEN |
| Hubbub | ADO |
| Impoverished area | SLUM |
| Industrious insects | ANTS |
| Irritated | NETTLED |
| Lamb’s mother | EWE |
| Laughable | SILLY |
| Lead-in to a mate, perhaps | ENDGAME |
| Love affair | ROMANCE |
| Love, in Lyon | AMOUR |
| Midas’s gift | GOLDENTOUCH |
| Mistaken | OFFBASE |
| Motion picture prize | OSCAR |
| Mummy chamber | TOMB |
| New car attraction | SMELL |
| Nonresident doctor | EXTERN |
| Org. for Grizzlies and Timberwolves | NBA |
| Org. that presents the Awards for Canine Excellence | AKC |
| Oz. and lb | WTS |
| Pop’s mom | NANA |
| Price-fixing coalitions | CARTELS |
| Pride flag’s inspiration | RAINBOW |
| Sacred song | HYMN |
| Sailor’s assent | AYE |
| Scratch pads? | ATMS |
| Scratch the surface, and what both words in 17-, 26-, 55- and 65-Across literally do | MAKEADENT |
| Send out | EMIT |
| Singer Orbison | ROY |
| Size up | MEASURE |
| Spade, for one | GARDENTOOL |
| Spirit in a fizz | SLOEGIN |
| Starfish’s setting | SEA |
| Stars’ setting | SKY |
| Superlative suffix | EST |
| Timeworn phrases | CLICHES |
| Two, in Tijuana | DOS |
| Type of bomb or clock | ATOMIC |
| Watch from concealment | SPYON |
| Watts of “The Impossible” | NAOMI |
| Writer of fables | AESOP |
| [That’s no typo] | SIC |
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