Wall Street Journal - Oct 31 2014 - October 31, 2014 - Halloween Treats From the Poet

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Clues Answers
'A fate ___ than death' WORSE
'All systems go' AOK
'Damn Yankees' temptress LOLA
'Don't touch my kibbles!' GRR
'Give up the ghost,' e.g IDIOM
'Give ___ rest!' ITA
'Monsters, Inc.' studio PIXAR
'Raiders of the Lost Ark' slitherers ASPS
'Stalking the Nightmare' writer Harlan ELLISON
'Survivor' sides TRIBES
'The Audacity of Hope' author OBAMA
'The Devil's Disciple' dramatist SHAW
'The Mysterious Island' author VERNE
Abbr. on many cheques LTD
Abominable HATED
Address TALKTO
Altar spot APSE
Appropriate chocolate choice for Halloween DARK
Athletic conf. members SCHS
Bairn-sized WEE
Ballpark figures UMPS
Ballpark figures STATS
Bandmate of John, Denny and Michelle CASS
Bicycle built for two TANDEM
Blood-filtering organs SPLEENS
Bodyguard ESCORT
Bond rating AAA
Boyer who played with Maris, Mantle and Berra CLETE
Bring to bear EXERT
Brittany brothers FRERES
Brought to bear USED
Bud PAL
Calvin Coolidge's alma mater AMHERST
Candy bar for one costumed as a Garden athlete? KNICKSTWIX
Candy bars for one costumed as a baboon? MONKEYSCHUNKYS
Candy bars for one costumed as a parish priest? VICARSSNICKERS
Candy bars for one costumed as a Roman emperor? NEROSZEROS
Candy bars for one costumed as a tusked beast? BOARSSKORS
Candy bars for one costumed as football player? TACKLESKRACKELS
Caramel candies for one costumed as a 'Star Wars' rogue? SOLOSROLOS
Cassidy of 'The Addams Family' TED
Caveman costume accessory SPEAR
Character who says 'Sometimes I have a temper fit' ELOISE
Charlotte cager HORNET
Coating of frost HOAR
Colonial legislator BURGESS
Commuting choice BUS
Copenhagen language, to natives DANSK
Crown colony from 1937 to 1963 ADEN
Curiosity creator NASA
D.C.'s lobbying biz, figuratively KSTREET
Deal with the Devil, e.g PACT
Deo ___ (thanks to God) GRATIAS
Depressing words? SAYAH
Disposable plate brand CHINET
Ditch LOSE
DNA segment STRAND
Dover soul BRIT
Early Atari rival COLECO
Emotional influence, to astrologers MOONSIGN
Ending for meteor of phosphor ITIC
Excessively TOO
Fertile spots OASES
Fills the minivan PILESIN
Film in which Matt Damon and Ben Affleck play fallen angels DOGMA
First man to circumnavigate Australia TASMAN
Fitting MEET
Fox's 'X-Files' partner DANA
Frat party costume TOGA
Gangster costume component FEDORA
Clues Answers
Go downhill fast SKI
Good buy, one hopes STOCKTIP
Goodbye, in Gaeta CIAO
Gremlin, e.g CAR
Gummy candies for one costumed in a kilt? SCOTSDOTS
Halloween costume choice MAID
Holst's '___ to Death' ODE
Howlin' Wolf's specialty BLUES
Illicit affairs AMOURS
Insipid entertainment PABLUM
Interest rate abbr PCT
Jargon CANT
Jennifer of 'Leprechaun' ANISTON
Just ___ in the bucket ADROP
Key of Sibelius's Symphony No. 4 AMINOR
Laboratory class, for short CHEM
Layers of dark green eggs EMUS
Like many a trick-or-treater MASKED
Like politics, to Machiavelli AMORAL
Like skeletons BONEY
Like some players' wrists TAPEDUP
Lizard seen in insurance ads GECKO
Lover of order NEATNIK
Make clear ERASE
Malted candies for one costumed as a policeman? COPPERSWHOPPERS
Many-stringed instrument HARP
Media-compressing algorithm ENCODER
Melville's second book OMOO
Mishandle MUFF
MS accompaniers SASES
New PC of 1985 AMIGA
Old-fashioned denial TISNT
One of 150 songs PSALM
Only work Michelangelo ever signed PIETA
Perfect place UTOPIA
Pitchfork-shaped letter PSI
Place to take the plunge DEEPEND
Place you might see legs in a bucket KFC
Political science course CIVICS
Prepare for takeoff, in a way DEICE
Property-based security option REIT
Red state IRE
Releases from duty EXEMPTS
Sesame paste TAHINI
Shooting locale SET
Short and sweet TERSE
Silly folks GEESE
Silver nitrate, e.g REAGENT
Site of the presidential Mariyinsky Palace KIEV
Slip site PIER
Strong acid, in 15-Across HCL
Sufficiently skilled ABLE
Suggest POSIT
Sweat lodge fill STEAM
They have needs for reeds OBOISTS
Tic follower TAC
Tick follower TOCK
Tiresome talker BORE
Tom who played Luke Duke WOPAT
Traffic-stopping org DEA
Tree with leathery leaves LIVEOAK
Turn sharply ZAG
Ulrich of Metallica LARS
USPS delivery PKG
Victoria's Secret purchase BRA
Vocalist's effect VIBRATO
Without commitments FREE
Wolf, say EAT
Words of approximation ORSO
___ Islas Canarias LAS