Wall Street Journal - Crossword Answers | 2021 09 23

crossword answers
Clue Answer
MLK Day, e.g MON
UNDERSTANDS GETS
A POP EACH
Letter-shaped groove TSLOT
Like many a motto LATIN
ALTERNATIVE OTHER
SWERVES VEERS
RAIDERS QUARTERBACK DEREK CARR
Logan of TV news LARA
IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT ASONE
Afro-Caribbean sound SKA
Knowing, as a private joke INON
“Top Gun” target MIG
“I wanna try!” LEMME
GM’s Mary Barra, e.g CEO
“Bohemian Rhapsody” Oscar winner MALEK
BEST BUY BUYS PCS
LESS RACY TAMER
WEAKEN EBB
TOPS ATMOST
“Helpful hardware folks” brand ACE
MUSICAL ENDINGS CODAS
Lexington sch. founded in 1839 VMI
Key of Mozart’s “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” GMAJOR
Heckling holler BOO
Cole Porter’s “___ Sensational” YOURE
LIST-ENDING ABBR ETC
Program listing? CODE
State house person, for short REP
Achieve recognition ARRIVE
HELLION BRAT
Exclamation after a personal victory IRULE
Knowledgeable sort GURU
Enabler, of a sort PERMIT
CLOVERLEAF PART ONRAMP
Grown-up grps PTAS
Grew more severe STEEPENED
Dev of “Lion” PATEL
COMPOSER WEBERN ANTON
Source of Real ID cards DMV
Hartsfield, Jackson or La Guardia MAYOR
Workers who make lots of calls UMPS
Michelangelo masterwork in St. Peter’s PIETA
Centurion protector ARMOR
Taiko instruments DRUMS
Average citizen COMMONMAN
Arabian peninsula resident YEMENI
SHADOWS UMBRAE
“Toward Freedom” autobiographer NEHRU
HARDLY PLENTIFUL MEAGER
Gymnastics star Simone BILES
12-time WNBA All-Star Bird SUE
24 heures JOUR
Assume illegally USURP
CANDID OPEN
Firm focus LAW
Holstein chew CUD
WEDGE-DRIVING HAMMER MAUL
SPLEEN IRE
Place de la Bastille location PARIS
Hush-hush org NSA
“American Pie” singer Don MCLEAN
EVALUATE ASSAY
Beverage powder marketed as a coffee alternative POSTUM
SOUNDS OF REBUKE TSKS