Wall Street Journal - Dec 9 2019 - Get to the Top
| Clues | Answers |
| “Happy Motoring!” gasoline brand | ESSO |
| “Life of Pi” director Lee | ANG |
| “Really now?” | OHISTHATSO |
| “Uh, excuse me...” | AHEM |
| “___ Maria” | AVE |
| American Airlines Arena team | MIAMIHEAT |
| Autocorrect target | TYPO |
| Beachfront property’s offering | VIEW |
| Bible bit | VERSE |
| Big shot | VIP |
| Blue | SAD |
| Bow-to-stern beam | KEEL |
| Brand at the Indy 500 | STP |
| Broadway star Bernadette | PETERS |
| Cheerios grain | OAT |
| Clarinet part | REED |
| Complete | WHOLE |
| Construct | MAKE |
| Costly cracker spread | CAVIAR |
| Cry from a klutz | OOPS |
| Despised | HATED |
| Doglike African mammals | HYENAS |
| Evil sort | FIEND |
| Feel sorry for | PITY |
| Fit of pique | HUFF |
| Football play start | SNAP |
| Furniture store where you can eat Swedish meatballs | IKEA |
| Garden store purchase | SEEDS |
| Gets sweeter, say | RIPENS |
| Gift category | FORHER |
| Gravity-defying roller coaster feature | LOOPDELOOP |
| Groundhog’s sighting | SHADOW |
| High-powered Apple computer | MACPRO |
| Historical stretch | ERA |
| Infused with gas | AERATED |
| It might come with an “Aha!” | IDEA |
| It’s above the thigh | HIP |
| John with five Grammy wins | ELTON |
| Kept out of sight | HID |
| Like a situation in which a clutch hitter might shine | TWOOUT |
| Like a sleepy toddler | WHINY |
| Lost color | FADED |
| Mercedes alternatives | BMWS |
| Nevertheless, for short | THO |
| Nonstick cooking spray | PAM |
| Notes stuck on the fridge, perhaps | TODOLISTS |
| Octet of elite schools | IVIES |
| Old photo tint | SEPIA |
| Onetime ruler of Iran | SHAH |
| Outdoor attractions to get lost in? | HEDGEMAZES |
| Pain in the neck, at times? | TIE |
| Partly, and a hint to how to read the circled letters | UPTOAPOINT |
| Perform penance | ATONE |
| Put gasoline into | FUELED |
| Related | AKIN |
| Rises to the challenge | STEPSUP |
| Run into | MEET |
| Self-referential | META |
| Senator Romney’s state | UTAH |
| Soccer star Mia | HAMM |
| Stylist’s tool | COMB |
| Tack on | ADD |
| Tease maliciously | RIPON |
| This miss | SHE |
| To be specific | NAMELY |
| Tread on | TRAMPLE |
| Tuning tools for a cappella groups | PITCHPIPES |
| Undemanding | EASY |
| Upper bounds, for short | MAX |
| Water from France | EVIAN |
| Waves from the curb | HAILSATAXI |
| Wine valley of California | NAPA |
| Woodcarving tool | ADZE |
| You might RSVP to one with a click | EVITE |
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