Wall Street Journal - Dec 12 2019 - The Pretenders
| Clues | Answers |
| “For real, I promise!” | ITSSO |
| “Marilyn Diptych” artist | WARHOL |
| “You betcha!” | SURE |
| Ages and ages | EON |
| Anthony Eden’s earldom | AVON |
| Betsy DeVos’s dept | EDUC |
| Big do | FRO |
| Bob’s companion? | WEAVE |
| Boost | STEAL |
| Bounty buy | ROLL |
| Bus-riding requirements, often | EXACTFARES |
| Candidate’s concern | RACE |
| Copy changes | EDITS |
| Countermand | UNDO |
| Cross | SPAN |
| Defendant’s plea, for short | NOLO |
| Done, in Dunkirk | FINI |
| Doofuses | DOPES |
| Facility with tubs | SPA |
| Fleeting deviation from the norm | BLIP |
| Football’s Hilliard, Taylor and Boettger | IKES |
| Fortune founder | LUCE |
| Free of skin | PARE |
| Gaping hole | ABYSS |
| German count’s start | EINS |
| Gifford’s successor on TV | RIPA |
| Goal | END |
| Goals | TARGETS |
| Got nosy | PRIED |
| Grin’s partner | BEARIT |
| Healthy look | GLOW |
| Investor’s order | STOP |
| Island with very little population | LILLIPUT |
| It debuted after “Three’s Company” in 1978 | TAXI |
| Justice covers | ROBES |
| Key location | FLORIDA |
| Letter-shaped fastener | TNUT |
| Letters on a rubber check | NSF |
| Manila money | PESO |
| Many a Christmas tree | SPRUCE |
| Maugham’s “___ the Villa” | UPAT |
| Mazola rival | WESSON |
| Meander | WEND |
| Milky gem | OPAL |
| Negotiator’s skill | TACT |
| Not bright | PALE |
| Offend innocent ears | SWEAR |
| One with a record | EXCON |
| Pac-12 member | UCLA |
| Pairs | DUADS |
| Panhandle handle | TEX |
| Parquetry feature | INLAY |
| Piper descriptor | PIED |
| Pitch from Pelfrey | SINKER |
| Pituitary hormone, for short | ACTH |
| Place to hoist a pint | PUB |
| Pontiac’s tribe | OTTAWA |
| Pool pick | TEAM |
| Pretend, and what you’ll find five times in this puzzle | PUTONANACT |
| Professional storyteller | BARD |
| QB’s try | ATT |
| Salon products | TONERS |
| See 4-Down | STRAW |
| Setting of 191 gates in Chicago | OHARE |
| Singer Rimes | LEANN |
| Sounds flustered | SPUTTERS |
| Texter’s “ta-ta!” | TTYL |
| Took courses | ATE |
| Touching the floor, in ballet | ATERRE |
| Trivia tidbit | FACTOID |
| Unable to operate | KAPUT |
| Unit symbolized by an omega | OHM |
| Use a 48-Down | SUCK |
| Without zip | DULLY |
| Wolverine’s cousin | OTTER |
| Words of intimidation | ORELSE |
| Yield | OUTPUT |
| Young in Hollywood | LORETTA |
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