Wall Street Journal - Nov 16 2019 - Crimes Against the State
| Clues | Answers |
| "A Passage to India" character | ADELA |
| "Billions" carrier, for short | SHO |
| "Everything okay between us?" | WECOOL |
| "Hair" do | AFRO |
| "Je t'___" ("I love you") | AIME |
| "The Bells" writer | POE |
| "You Can't Go Home Again" author | WOLFE |
| "___ Now or Never" | ITS |
| Absent with permission | EXCUSED |
| Advisory groups | BOARDS |
| Alley on TV | KIRSTIE |
| Amer. currency | USD |
| Archaeological site | DIG |
| Art lovers | ESTHETES |
| Attention from Dr. Mom, for short | TLC |
| Auto shop feature | PIT |
| Average | MEAN |
| Bad thing to be stuck in | RUT |
| Bar assn. member | ATT |
| Bean | NOODLE |
| Beat by a nose | EDGE |
| Big Apple paper, for short | NYT |
| Big name in nail colors | ESSIE |
| Big name in seasonings and soups | KNORR |
| Blue | SAD |
| Carne asada holder | TACO |
| Celestial cat | LEO |
| Code of silence | OMERTA |
| Court divider | NET |
| CPR experts | EMTS |
| Delightful, to Lewis Carroll | FRABJOUS |
| Delves into, as a cold case | REOPENS |
| Did a two-piece move | CASTLED |
| Directional indicator | ARROW |
| Drill | TRAIN |
| Drop the ball | ERR |
| Dust particle | MOTE |
| Enters speedily | ZIPSIN |
| Evergreen with leathery leaves | TANOAK |
| Finished off | EATEN |
| Frustrate | STYMIE |
| Gaping mouth | MAW |
| Garb for Armstrong | MOONSUIT |
| Gasteyer of "People of Earth" | ANA |
| Give out | FAIL |
| Glitches, as an appliance | ACTSUP |
| Goad | EGGON |
| Goading remark | TAUNT |
| Going:___:: coming:carousel | BAGCHECK |
| Greek X's | CHIS |
| High-grade cotton variety | PIMA |
| Hirt and Hirschfeld | ALS |
| Hits the big time | MAKESIT |
| Huff | SNIT |
| Is unpleasantly suffused with | REEKSOF |
| Is worthy of | EARNS |
| It has secret items like the Skittles Frappuccino | STARBUCKSMENU |
| It sizzles on a griddle | BACON |
| It's dropped on a map in an app | PIN |
| J.Lo's fiancé | AROD |
| Jerry Rice, in ten seasons | ALLPRO |
| John at the 67-Across | ELTON |
| John who won a 1993 batting title | OLERUD |
| Killed time | IDLED |
| Lawbreaking with serious consequences, as committed in the theme answers | CAPITALOFFENSE |
| Lead-in to "the above" or "your business" | NONEOF |
| Like fat chances, paradoxically | SLIM |
| Like some hair extensions | CLIPIN |
| Like supermarket lines at 6 p.m., generally | LONGER |
| Lil Jon's "Turn Down for What" collaborator | DJSNAKE |
| Lions and Tigers and Bears | TEAMS |
| Low USN rank | ENS |
| Mason's creator | GARDNER |
| Mazda roadster | MIATA |
| Member of a certain kingdom | ANIMAL |
| Metrical feet exemplified by "metrical" | DACTYLS |
| Mister Rogers trademark | CARDIGAN |
| Movie-rating org | MPAA |
| Mucky mix | SLUDGE |
| Multivolume ref. work | OED |
| Number of calorÃas in agua | CERO |
| One committing grave crimes in Sudan? | KHARTOUMRAIDER |
| One dealing in hot stones in Gambia? | BANJULTHIEF |
| One on the other side | OPPOSITIONIST |
| One organizing fowl play in Thailand? | BANGKOKFIGHTER |
| One poaching Impalas in Senegal? | DAKARJACKER |
| Ones taking stock in Russia? | MOSCOWRUSTLERS |
| Onetime Ritz rival | HIHO |
| Pale as a ghost | ASHEN |
| Paperless pass | ETICKET |
| Passed on orally | RETOLD |
| Playground game | TAG |
| Pod piece | PEA |
| Polly Pocket producer | MATTEL |
| Put on TV | AIR |
| Radius partner | ULNA |
| Ranch head | STEER |
| Regime ended by communists | TSARISM |
| Renounce | DISOWN |
| Schubert, Lehár or Liszt | FRANZ |
| Scottish denial | NAE |
| See 116-Down | FAB |
| See 62-Across | PIANO |
| Seem sensible | ADDUP |
| Senator Thune's hometown | PIERRE |
| Sense of self | EGO |
| Singer named for an African empire | ASHANTI |
| Slalom competitor signifier | SKIBIB |
| Soccer captain signifier | ARMBAND |
| Sorkin of "Days of Our Lives" | ARLEEN |
| Sound from cymbals? | SOFTC |
| Spam holder, perhaps | INBOX |
| Spots for tar healers | SICKBAYS |
| Squirm | WRITHE |
| Stand up to | RESIST |
| Stops on a line | DEPOTS |
| Suffering insomnia, say | AWAKE |
| Suppose to be the case | ASSUME |
| Surrounded by | AMIDST |
| Take for a ride | DUPE |
| Tear up the dance floor | GETDOWN |
| Thurman of "Pulp Fiction" | UMA |
| Tons | ALOT |
| Try to win | WOO |
| Under the influence, in modern slang | TURNT |
| Under the weather | ILL |
| Vamooses | SCOOTS |
| Viral GIFs, e.g | MEMES |
| Wall coating | STUCCO |
| Wanted poster subject | FELON |
| West Coast gas brand | ARCO |
| With 117-Down, modular | PRE |
| Woodsman's tool | AXE |
| Woodsman's warning | TIMBER |
| Word that takes a relationship to the next level, slangily | LBOMB |
| Word with kiss or web | CAM |
| Yanks' foes | SOX |
| Yield | SUBMIT |
| ___ choy (Chinese cabbage) | BOK |
| ___ voce (quietly) | SOTTO |
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