Wall Street Journal - Nov 23 2019 - Squeeze Play
| Clues | Answers |
| “Amen!” | YOUSAMOUTHFUL |
| “Aquaman” star Jason | MOMOA |
| “Barefoot Contessa” host Garten | INA |
| “Fooled ya!” | PSYCH |
| “I’m next!” | MYTURN |
| “Movin’ ___” (“The Jeffersons” theme) | ONUP |
| “Really?” | ISTHATSO |
| “Starpeace” musician | ONO |
| “You win” | ICODE |
| 1987 Cheech Marin comedy | BORNASTLA |
| 2007 Stephen Colbert book subtitled “(And So Can You!)” | IAMRICA |
| Address in an order | FRA |
| Agitate | STIRUP |
| Ahab feature | PEGLEG |
| Andalusian article | UNA |
| Apple apple, e.g | LOGO |
| Austrian article | DAS |
| Auto shop supply | GREASE |
| Badge consideration | MERIT |
| Bart’s grandpa | ABE |
| Beach headgear | SUNHATS |
| Beaus, for short | BFS |
| Big name in shortening | CRISCO |
| Big scene | PANORAMA |
| Bill Withers hit of 1972 | USEME |
| Birthday challenge? | LABOR |
| Blunt in the Senate | ROY |
| Bridge worker of TV | SULU |
| Brief appearance | CAMEO |
| Brought up | PARED |
| Brutus’s land | TERRA |
| Cab Calloway and Ella Fitzgerald, for two | SCINGERS |
| Calls for | NEEDS |
| Cardio workout routine | TAEBO |
| Carrier whose planes have missile defense systems | ELAL |
| Certain trumpeter | SWAN |
| Classic prizes | LAURELS |
| Company with a spokesduck | AFLAC |
| Conqueror of the Aztecs | CORTES |
| Court appointee before Brett | NEIL |
| Craggy mount | TOR |
| Credit or debit, say | LEDGERRY |
| Crimson rival | ELI |
| Cybersecurity org | NSA |
| Defense grp. since 1949 | NATO |
| Delphinium’s cousin | ANEMONE |
| Dental care brand | ORALB |
| Dessert in a tall glass | PARFAIT |
| Detectives’ hints | LEADS |
| Disney frame | ANIMATIOL |
| Dots in the ocean | ISLES |
| Doubt-raising question | ORISIT |
| Evening news hr | TENPM |
| Extra, briefly | ADDL |
| Fast-drying paint | ACRYLIC |
| Fireplace residue | ASH |
| First bilingual heroine of kids’ TV | DORA |
| First name in Solidarity | LECH |
| From Porto-Novo | BENSE |
| George’s songwriting partner | IRA |
| Georgetown’s locale | GUYANA |
| Good buy | DEAL |
| Gore and Hirt, for two | ALS |
| Granger’s classmate | POTTER |
| Han and Leia’s son Kylo | REN |
| Head shots, at times: Abbr | MRIS |
| Hospital devices | CCANNERS |
| How some NBA games are won | INOT |
| Huge amount | TON |
| Impersonated | POSEDAS |
| In favor of | FOR |
| In the distance | AFAR |
| Increase proportionately | SCALEUP |
| Innocent one | LAMB |
| Innocent, e.g | POPE |
| Jewel-studded headwear | TIARA |
| Joes with no jolt | DECAFS |
| Lancelot du ___ | LAC |
| Lawyer’s income | FEES |
| Like 2019’s “Aladdin” or “Dumbo” | RATEDPG |
| Living room pieces | ARMCHS |
| London pads | FLATS |
| Lost traction | SLIPPED |
| Low-carb diet | PALEO |
| Luau souvenirs | LEIS |
| MacBook, e.g | LAPTOP |
| Maker of Pure Cool fans | DYSON |
| Many a time | OFT |
| Marine bird of prey | ERNE |
| Miss the mark | ERR |
| Nihilistic movement | DADA |
| Not as tough | EASIER |
| Note to self | REMINDER |
| Occasion to drive a hard bargain? | CARSALE |
| Old public square | AGORA |
| Otherwise | ELSE |
| Perfume ingredient | ROSEOIL |
| Piazza del Campo city | SIENA |
| Place for an acknowledgment list, perhaps | LASTPAGE |
| Pond jumper | FROG |
| Popular 1980s arcade game | MSPACMAN |
| Powerful wind | GALE |
| Prepared to ambush | LATRAP |
| Professor’s deg | PHD |
| Pulitzer-winning author James | AGEE |
| Puts on an act | PRETENDS |
| Quinn of “Elementary” | AIDAN |
| Radical 1960s campus org | SDS |
| Rebellious Turner | NAT |
| Regret bitterly | RUE |
| Risky meeting | TRYST |
| Rubbed the wrong way | IRRITATED |
| Salad base | GREENS |
| Sashimi staple | TUNA |
| School fundraisers | RAFFLES |
| Shiny fabric | SATEEN |
| Shortly, in verse | ANON |
| Smashing watermelon sound | SPLAT |
| Some Plains natives | OSAGES |
| Sports Illustrated no | ISS |
| Stable presence | HORSE |
| Stage legend Hagen | UTA |
| Stage whisper | ASIDE |
| Start of a counting rhyme | EENIE |
| Status of John, Paul and George | SAINTHOOD |
| Strike a chord, perhaps | STRUM |
| Surpasses in endurance | OUTSTAYS |
| Sushi bar appetizer | EDAM |
| Swingers’ org | PGA |
| Swiss river to the Rhine | AARE |
| Tampa Bay gridders | BUCS |
| Tenn. neighbor | NCAR |
| Travel expenses | TOLLS |
| University established by royal charter granted by George IV | MCGILL |
| Valuable rock | GEM |
| Watering holes? | OASES |
| Web designer’s deg | MFA |
| Welcome change | BREATHOFFRESH |
| Winter blanket? | SNOW |
| Winter coat? | ICE |
| Witnesses | SEES |
| Wood for dartboards | ELM |
| Works in a studio | ART |
| ___ a fiddle | FITAS |
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