Wall Street Journal - February 15 2020 - Spinning Tops
| Clues | Answers |
| "American Masters" airer | PBS |
| "Goodness!" | MYMY |
| "Homeland" org | CIA |
| "Incidentally," online | BTW |
| "Now our roles are reversed," and a hint to the circled letters | THETABLESHAVETURNED |
| "Sorry to say..." | ALAS |
| "That's the truth" | IDONTLIE |
| 1931 Marcel Pagnol play | FANNY |
| 2019 Brad Pitt sci-fi film | ADASTRA |
| All-star group | ATEAM |
| Alley-___ | OOP |
| Azalea from Australia | IGGY |
| Barbra's "Funny Girl" co-star | OMAR |
| Bio lab staple | AGAR |
| Birdbath setting, perhaps | FRONTYARD |
| Birdbrains | NITWITS |
| Birds-feather link | OFA |
| Blood group letters | ABO |
| Blue books | SMUT |
| Botanical accessory | LEI |
| Bubble-blowing tool | WAND |
| Burns softly | GLOWS |
| Came to | AWAKENED |
| Capitol Hill worker | AIDE |
| Chain with chains | KAY |
| Chef's main course? | CULINARYARTS |
| Chips in | DONATES |
| Come to | COST |
| Common face shape | OVAL |
| Contemplate | MULL |
| Corp. benefits pro | HRREP |
| Creature Darwin called an "imp of darkness" | IGUANA |
| Cryptocurrency, e.g | EMONEY |
| Cuban ingredient | HAM |
| Curious | ODD |
| DalÃ's pet Babou, e.g | OCELOT |
| Deadening acoustically | DAMPING |
| Die dots | PIPS |
| Digits denoting the degree of accuracy | SIGNIFICANTFIGURES |
| Dressing area? | SALADBAR |
| Dyeing method | BATIK |
| Enter carefully | EASEIN |
| Ernie who earned a Pulitzer | PYLE |
| Event noted for 1988 Jamaican participation | BOBSLEDRACE |
| Face on a fiver | ABE |
| Finish for some federal addresses | GOV |
| Firm member: Abbr | ATTY |
| Fluffed up, like a bouffant | POOFY |
| Fly solo, so to speak | GOSTAG |
| Genetic messenger | RNA |
| Greet respectfully | BOWTO |
| Groundbreaking invention? | HOE |
| Group with two members in S. Amer | OPEC |
| Hayden who supplies Milhouse's voice on "The Simpsons" | PAMELA |
| He debuted in 1945's "Hare Trigger" | YOSEMITESAM |
| High hairstyle | UPDO |
| Home of the NCAA's Ramblers | LOYOLA |
| Home to 54 countries | AFRICA |
| In need of a nap, say | FUSSY |
| Inspired | GAVEHOPE |
| Inventor Tesla | NIKOLA |
| Iron-related | FERRIC |
| It will put you on the map | GPS |
| Item on a ring | KEY |
| Its rent ranges from $35 to $1500 | PARKPLACE |
| Jerk move? | YANK |
| Justice Kagan | ELENA |
| La la lead-in | TRA |
| Lacking vim | ANEMIC |
| Lakers star for two decades | BRYANT |
| Lennon's love | ONO |
| Lexus competitor | ACURA |
| Like Columbus and Paganini | GENOESE |
| Like fees paid on selling mutual fund shares | BACKEND |
| Looked lecherously | LEERED |
| Loss indicator | RED |
| Machinery part | COG |
| Make a cameo | CARVE |
| McDiarmid who plays Emperor Palpatine | IAN |
| Meeting before somebody snaps? | HUDDLING |
| Mimicked | APED |
| Ming in the Basketball Hall of Fame | YAO |
| Movement spearheaded by Time's 2017 People of the Year "Silence Breakers" | METOO |
| Much might follow it | INAS |
| Mystic doctrine | CABALA |
| Not fitting | UNAPT |
| Not-so-special delivery | HATEMAIL |
| Number of hills of Rome | VII |
| Olympic weapon | FOIL |
| Painter's base | GESSO |
| Painter's base, stereotypically | LOFT |
| Pantry interloper | ANT |
| Person in a company | SOLDIER |
| Person who always takes things literally? | KLEPTO |
| Pie bit | BERRY |
| Poetic performers | BARDS |
| Powerful pair | ACES |
| Prince Albert's location, according to old pranksters | INACAN |
| Produce porter | BREW |
| Put down | LAID |
| Ray who's the subject of the 2016 biopic "The Founder" | KROC |
| Remove from the bulletin board | UNTACK |
| Reward for good service? | HONORABLEDISCHARGE |
| Royal address | MAAM |
| Run without moving | IDLE |
| Salonga who voiced two Disney princesses | LEA |
| Shakespearean yeses | AYS |
| Shimmery stones | OPALS |
| Short story collection introducing the Three Laws | IROBOT |
| Slangy denial | NAW |
| Slightly sweet bread | BRIOCHE |
| Smelting byproduct | SLAG |
| Some hosp. areas | ORS |
| Some hosp. workers | RNS |
| Some summer jewelry | ANKLETS |
| Sorcery specialists | MAGES |
| Sounds like a kitten | MEWS |
| Soup that may be garnished with sprouts and cilantro | PHO |
| Spot | SEE |
| Standard package of hot dog buns, e.g | OCTET |
| Stop fighting against | CEDETO |
| Study | POREOVER |
| Sturdy carts | DRAYS |
| Summary sheet | ONEPAGER |
| Supercilious sort | SNOB |
| Tapenade base | OLIVES |
| Tent for rent, e.g | TYPO |
| Tesla's Musk | ELON |
| The U.S. joined it in 1917 | WWI |
| They, in Tours | ILS |
| Titular talking horse | MRED |
| Tranquil | ATREST |
| Trilogy, often | SAGA |
| Triumphs in | WINSAT |
| Uninformed | OUTOFTHELOOP |
| Volcanic crater | CALDERA |
| Washer unit | LOAD |
| Word before eminence or worship | YOUR |
| Writer Rand | AYN |
| X | CHI |
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