Wall Street Journal - Nov 2 2019 - Learning to Be a Politician
| Clues | Answers |
| “A Writer’s Life” memoirist | TALESE |
| “Bleeding Love” singer Lewis | LEONA |
| “Hamilton” writer, to his friends | LIN |
| “Let me think about that...” | HMM |
| “Mack the Knife” composer | WEILL |
| “Picnic” playwright | INGE |
| “The Fog of War” subject | MCNAMARA |
| Absolute idealism proponent | HEGEL |
| Affordability factor | COST |
| Aguilera, to her fans | XTINA |
| Airwaves, informally | ETHER |
| Asks too many questions | PRIES |
| Bad beginning | MAL |
| Bad party guests | BOORS |
| Barber’s blunder | NICK |
| Below, to bards | NEATH |
| Bet with a big payoff | TRIFECTA |
| Big lugs | OAFS |
| Bio. and chem | SCIS |
| Blacked out | UNLIT |
| Burrito’s brother | TAMALE |
| Calls on | USES |
| Capital of Canada? | CEE |
| Caramel candies | ROLOS |
| Central part | CORE |
| Chicago exchange, for short | MERC |
| Curriculum for a left-leaning politician? | LIBERALEDUCATION |
| Dances done with castanets | BOLEROS |
| Dean’s world | ACADEME |
| Decides | OPTS |
| Did an impression of | APED |
| Does some museum work | RESTORES |
| Dolby system | STEREO |
| Dot of color | FLECK |
| Dugout fixtures | BENCHES |
| Feature of many Homer paintings | SEA |
| Food fight noises | SPLATS |
| Forward | PERT |
| Frank McCourt book | TIS |
| Gives a break | SPELLS |
| Good memories | UPTIMES |
| GPS heading | ENE |
| Green shade | LIME |
| Gregg Allman’s brother | DUANE |
| Gretzky of the NHL or Moon of the NFL | EXOILER |
| Heavenly strings | HARP |
| Hirsch of “Into the Wild” | EMILE |
| Home of Iowa State | AMES |
| Home runs, in slang | TATERS |
| Hound handle | FIDO |
| Hounds’ quarries | HARES |
| Included in the email chain | CCED |
| Instruction for a future congressperson? | HOUSETRAINING |
| Intention | AIM |
| It’s a long story | SAGA |
| It’s broken by the hungry | FAST |
| JFK guess | ETA |
| Kitchen injuries | BURNS |
| Lawn mower brand | TORO |
| Leading | ONTOP |
| Lessons for budget management? | ECONOMYCLASS |
| Lessons on managing a financial crisis? | CRASHCOURSE |
| Like a better bet | SURER |
| Like city real estate | ZONED |
| Lose one’s temper | YELL |
| Lucifer epithet | EVILONE |
| Mail deliverer in the wizarding world | OWL |
| Many university profs | PHDS |
| McCartney mate | STARR |
| Monologuist Mort | SAHL |
| Muddled along | FARED |
| Myanmar, before | BURMA |
| National competition | AVIS |
| Noggins | BEANS |
| Not much, in terms of color | ATINGE |
| Now, in Nicaragua | AHORA |
| Oktoberfest toast | PROSIT |
| Ooze | SEEP |
| Orchestral gong | TAMTAM |
| Pamphlet | FLYER |
| Pea stabber | TINE |
| Periodic table fig | ATNO |
| Perjury confession | ILIED |
| Pilgrim’s destination | SHRINE |
| Plow into | RAM |
| Practice exercises on being in charge? | POWERDRILLS |
| Prefix with suppression | IMMUNO |
| Prize for Reba, for short | CMA |
| Promise breaker | RENEGER |
| Pub contest fodder | TRIVIA |
| Raccoon feature | MASK |
| Rear-___ (auto accident) | ENDER |
| Reduce to rags | TATTER |
| Regretted the last trip to the buffet | OVERATE |
| Rug rat | TOT |
| Run-down | SEEDY |
| Seminar for politicians who want to appear humble? | MODESTYPANEL |
| Shady card dealer’s maneuver | FALSECUT |
| Shake awake | ROUSE |
| Shoulder muscles, for short | DELTS |
| Show runners, often | CREATORS |
| Skating category | PAIRS |
| Slip away from | ELUDE |
| Smacking sound | MWAH |
| Souvenir stand purchase | TSHIRT |
| Spies may wear them | WIRES |
| Spiral-horned ruminant | ELAND |
| Sports Illustrated’s 1984 Sportswoman of the Year | RETTON |
| Statement of beliefs | CREDO |
| Studied before breaking into | CASED |
| Successful without assistance | SELFMADE |
| Surveying unit | ACRE |
| The Hadean, the Archean and the Proterozoic, e.g | EONS |
| The Hill, for Congress, and Foggy Bottom, for the State Department | METONYMS |
| The Horsehead, the Boomerang and the Tarantula, e.g | NEBULAE |
| Their tails point away from the sun | COMETS |
| They might be hosed | RIOTERS |
| Tie up | TRUSS |
| Toss out | CHUCK |
| Tubular sandwich | WRAP |
| Turkish general | AGA |
| Two-way, as a door | INOUT |
| Veers suddenly | ZAGS |
| Veil material | TULLE |
| Weapon for an Olympian | EPEE |
| Went like the dickens | TORE |
| What hot dogs do | PANT |
| Where a politician can learn how to win the presidency? | ELECTORALCOLLEGE |
| Where to learn how to be nominated? | PRIMARYSCHOOL |
| Whirl of water | EDDY |
| Winery visitors | TASTERS |
| Winter Olympics event | SLALOM |
| With the fewest flaws | PUREST |
| Woman with a title | PEERESS |
| Words accompanying a lightbulb going on | OHIGETIT |
| Words after most, best or first | OFALL |
| Words with binge or budget | ONA |
| ___-Locka, Florida | OPA |
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