Wall Street Journal - Apr 26 2023 - Not So Loud!

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Clues Answers
“A cat in distress, nothing more, ___ less”: Shelley NOR
“Carmen” or “Elektra” OPERA
“Starting with the Banker, each player in turn throws the dice,” e.g RULE
“The Wire” antihero OMAR
A Belieber, maybe TEENYBOPPER
Atahualpa’s people INCA
Beat THROB
Bible book before 1 Cor ROM
Blue bird, for Twitter, e.g LOGO
Booth Tarkington book PENROD
Boy fattened up by a witch HANSEL
Brunch offering CREPE
Celebrity chef Hall CARLA
Cut at an angle BEVEL
Delicately applies DABS
Diamond “dingers” HOMERS
Directions from a fire safety lesson STOPDROPANDROLL
Doozy LULU
Draft picks ALES
First mother EVE
Flamenco cry OLE
Flatfoot COP
Foist (on) IMPOSE
Golf teacher PRO
Gym count REPS
Heavy metal LEAD
High point of a European ski trip? ALP
Ideal way to live one’s life, in Chinese philosophy TAO
In agreement ASONE
In phone limbo ONHOLD
Incurred, as expenses RANUP
It’s a gas XENON
It’s scarce in un desierto AGUA
Jodie’s co-star in “Nell” LIAM
Joe Cocker’s “You ___ Beautiful” ARESO
Knitter’s stitch PURL
Lab buildings? DOGHOUSES
Laptop giant ACER
Leb. neighbor SYR
Clues Answers
Letter before theta ETA
Letters on a rush job ASAP
Lucy of “Elementary” LIU
Maker of iO electric toothbrushes ORALB
Mardi Gras accessory MASK
Moguls on a ski slope BUMPS
Moral compasses SUPEREGOS
Neutral shade TAUPE
Nobel city OSLO
P look-alike RHO
Pastoral poems IDYLS
Patriarchy powers MEN
Peruvian writer Mario Vargas ___ LLOSA
Pinch from a chef SALT
Printer’s goofs ERRATA
Put away some groceries? ATE
Ref. that added “pinkie promise” and “porch pirate” in 2022 OED
Retirement plan? SLEEP
River through Orléans LOIRE
Road, in Ravenna STRADA
School founded in 1440 ETON
Shooting match? POOL
Small bits of progress BABYSTEPS
Something stuffed in November? BALLOTBOX
Squirreled away STASHED
Stadium cheer RAH
Start of many California place names SAN
Staunchly loyal DEVOTED
Steamy TORRID
Subj. for some immigrants ESL
Tablet download APP
Tick off IRK
Timetable abbr ARR
Unlikely to change SET
Unpleasant-smelling ACRID
Vintner’s prefix OENO
Vital sign PULSE
What you may use at a library, and what each row of circled letters reveals INSIDEVOICE
When the MLS Cup Playoffs begin OCT