Wall Street Journal - Dec 19 2008 - December 19, 2008 - Following the S&P

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#1 hit for Hall & Oates MANEATER
'1984' location OCEANIA
'Blossom' star Bialik MAYIM
'SNL' producer Michaels LORNE
'The Flagship City' ERIE
'Thrilla in Manila' champ ALI
'Yay, yay!' HOORAY
'Yeah, yeah!' ILLBET
11th-century king of Denmark OLAFI
Abbas's gp. PLO
According to PER
Add more lubricant to REOIL
Afghan, sometimes THROW
Air: Prefix ATMO
Antonym creator NOT
Arm bones ULNAE
Bank offering IRA
Barely sustained, with 'out' EKED
Basque cuisine staple COD
Be the least coherent? SPUTTERMOST
Best-selling bourbon JIMBEAM
Big Brother's eyeballs, perhaps? SPHERESLOOKINGATYOU
Bitty bark YIP
Biz bigwig CEO
Bowl sounds RAHS
Braz. neighbor ARG
British tars LIMEYS
Brother-in-law of Patty and Selma HOMER
Burgess's 'Of Mice and Men' co-star LON
Busy time for Hallmark XMAS
Civil rights leader Medgar EVERS
Come to understand LEARN
Country music's ___ Young Band ELI
Covered walkway STOA
Curls target BICEPS
Deface an artwork? SPOILPAINTING
Diddly squat NADA
Doorman protectors AWNINGS
E-Z Pass payment TOLL
Economic downturn SLUMP
Faux ___ PAS
Fielding novel AMELIA
Final Four org. NCAA
Foldable reference MAP
Former 'Daily Show' correspondent Mo ROCCA
Fox trot forerunner TWOSTEP
Fumble ERR
Funnel-shaped, in fashion ALINE
General ___ chicken TSOS
Giggly sound TEHEE
Go a long way TREK
Golfer known as the Big Easy ELS
Harsh sounds RASPS
Hayseed HICK
He loved Beatrice DANTE
Icon setting DESKTOP
Identity concealer MASK
In the vicinity of NEAR
Inconsequential interruption BLIP
Is for more than one ARE
It ended on Nov. 11, 1918 WWI
It gets refined ORE
It may make you a better person PILL
It's a form of hydrated silica OPAL
It's got you surrounded AIR
It's to the right: Abbr. GOP
Italian version of Cheez Whiz? SPRAYROMANO
Its flag features a curved dagger OMAN
Jinx's forte BADLUCK
Jr.'s namesake III
King's domain? CNN
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Landscaper's device EDGER
Layer of rock MASON
Letter opener? ALPHA
Like some lagers MALTY
Literature Nobelist Walcott DEREK
Longtime Chevy model IMPALA
Los Angeles suburb SANDIMAS
Lummox APE
Main man SAILOR
Many choirboys ALTOS
March king? SPRINGLEADER
Material for forensic scientists DNA
Memo label INRE
Minneapolis suburb EDINA
Moon rock makeup BASALT
Nationals, formerly EXPOS
Navigator's dir. ENE
Nutmeg crusher, for example? SPICEBREAKER
Old Volkswagen model EUROVAN
On deck NEXT
One who both plays and sits on the bench PIANIST
Ought to SHOULD
Overlook SKIP
Pesky cloud GNATS
Pete's Wicked, for one ALE
Place to dry out REHAB
Placket coverer TIE
Post-dubbing title SIR
Prune LOP
Puzzle BEWILDER
Rapper's accessories BLING
Religious devotion ROSARY
Request to a shopaholic spouse? SPENDLESSLOVE
Require salting, maybe ICEUP
Rock's Jethro ___ TULL
Rose of rock AXL
Settee setting PARLOR
Shocking developments JOLTS
Shoe brand since 1916 KEDS
Since, informally CUZ
Some business partners SONS
Sony Ericsson rival NOKIA
Sources of paper or pepper MILLS
Spleen IRE
Sprinter's event DASH
Striker's bane SCAB
Subject of a popular touring exhibit TUT
Suggests IMPLIES
Summer cooler FAN
Swanson entrees POTPIES
Tastiness SAPOR
The younger Obama daughter SASHA
There's interest in their work LENDERS
Top-of-Web-page ad BANNER
Tot tenders SITTERS
Trading spot PIT
Unbelievable bargains STEALS
UV filterer OZONE
Valuable collection TROVE
Warriors' org. NBA
Wash up against LAPAT
What an astronaut puts on a boo-boo? SPACEBANDAGE
White poplar relatives ASPENS
Whitman's '___ the Body Electric' ISING
Won back REGAINED
Workshop collection TOOLS
Wrong way to get syrup from the maple tree? SPOUTONALIMB
Y chromosome carrier MALE
Yawl pair MASTS
___ Park, New Jersey MENLO
___-a-brac BRIC