Wall Street Journal - Apr 16 2019 - By the Way...

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Clues Answers
'Becoming' writer Michelle OBAMA
'Dragon Ball Z' genre ANIME
1998 DreamWorks film with Woody Allen voicing an insect ANTZ
36-Down's home, once SIAM
Analogy phrase ISTO
Arboreal rodent TREERAT
Archaeological find TOMB
Assemble film footage EDIT
Available, as a London cab ONHIRE
Bangkok native THAI
Beaks NOSES
Book after Jonah MICAH
Camera adjustments FSTOPS
Caustic cleaner LYE
Chose as a gathering place METAT
Confront FACE
Court legend Arthur ASHE
Debris from 18-Down ASH
Draw on, as talent TAPINTO
Find charming ADORE
Followers ISTS
Fought COMBATED
Friend from France AMI
Given a new look REDONE
Gunpowder stores KEGS
In a manner of speaking ASWESAY
Item near a litter box SCOOPER
Kid call MAA
Lemon-grating tools ZESTERS
Less neighborly, maybe NOISIER
Mao comrade CHOU
Move, in real estate lingo RELO
MRI alternative CATSCAN
Newspaper section ARTS
Noggin BEAN
Not found in nature MANMADE
Nutritional info abbr RDA
Clues Answers
Offhand remarks, and an apt description of 17-, 23-, 35- and 53-Across PASSINGCOMMENTS
Org. for Mavericks and Magic NBA
Per ___ DIEM
Place of refinement? SMELTER
Poker payments ANTES
Prosecutors, briefly DAS
Rage IRE
Ram's mate EWE
Real INESSE
Regulus is its brightest star LEO
Router button RESET
Self-satisfied SMUG
Senate staffer AIDE
Sicilian volcano ETNA
Singer with the MGs BOOKERT
Skull session product IDEA
Small bill ONE
Small child TYKE
Spatula or spoon UTENSIL
Spicy mugful CHAI
Spot for Cleopatra's barge NILE
Store with Ypperlig tables and chairs IKEA
Takes a turn at the plate BATS
The Roaring '20s, e.g ERA
Training sequences in movies, often MONTAGES
Unoccupied FREE
Up to the task ABLE
Welcome forecast for a boarder SNOW
William Faulkner novelette THEBEAR
Without letup ONEND
Words at a funeral Restinpeace
Words at a racetrack EATMYDUST
Words at a reunion HOWTHETIMEFLIES
Words on the gridiron HITMEIMOPEN
Work the garden HOE
Yawner BORE
___ vincit amor OMNIA