Wall Street Journal - Sep 13 2017 - Soft Spots

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Clues Answers
'Back ___ hour' (shop sign) INAN
'Deuce Coupe' choreographer THARP
*Countries just for me? ILANDS
*Listening to a Baroque fugue, maybe? BACHPROCESSING
*Means of prison communication? DUCTTAP
*Rich couple? TWOHAVES
*School loading zone? PLACEOFBUSNESS
*Thoroughgoing beaver's command? DAMITALL
A question of method HOW
Alms beneficiaries THEPOOR
Arm-twisting DURESS
Auction offer BID
Ball VIP DEB
Ball-bearing item TEE
Between appointments FREE
Buck's counterpart DOE
Call on the set ACTION
Casualty of casual Friday NECKTIE
Cattle call MOO
Check out EYE
Chem. or phys SCI
Chuck of 'Meet the Press' TODD
Composer Holst GUSTAV
Consumed HAD
Damage beyond repair TOTAL
Discrimination TASTE
Dray puller ASS
Egyptian amulet SCARAB
Elec., e.g UTIL
End for pay or plug OLA
Exactly right SPOTON
Gardner and others AVAS
Get on board? SURF
Hail GREET
Hammer-wielding hero THOR
Headed up ROSE
Highly anticipated night out HOTDATE
Historical period AGE
Clues Answers
Hobbyist's purchase KIT
In search of AFTER
Kick ___ fuss UPA
Let it out CRY
Letter from the Corinthians KAPPA
Lift a lot ELATE
Like the letters omitted from the starred answers (collected here) SILENT
Make a long story short, e.g ABRIDGE
Make certain ENSURE
Makes a decent living DOESOK
Mate in Monaco AMI
Mischievous bunch IMPS
Mont. neighbor SASK
NYPD alerts APBS
NYSE overseer SEC
Owed DUE
Pirelli product TIRE
Plastered OILED
Pride letters LGBT
Reschedule, in a way MOVEUP
Rita's 'The Lady From Shanghai' co-star ORSON
Rte. finder GPS
Sgt.'s underling CPL
Significantly FAR
Sir's counterpart MADAME
Song character who's met 'in a club down in old Soho' LOLA
Sushi wrap SEAWEED
Suspects' stories ALIBIS
Talent for repartee WIT
Tattoos INK
Tax-help pro, for short CPA
Traveler's booking INN
Turning down REFUSAL
Very dry BRUT
View from a pew APSE
Was an inconvenience, perhaps IMPOSED
Water tower? TUG
You or me PRONOUN