Wall Street Journal - Jul 20 2007 - July 20, 2007 - Neat Solutions

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Clues Answers
'First ___...' (Washington description) INWAR
'Incidentally,' in online shorthand BTW
'Later' CIAO
'Morning Edition' airer NPR
'Piedra de Sol' poet PAZ
'Sure!' WHYNOT
1970s compact LECAR
A fifth of Earth's land: Abbr. AFR
Abe's boy TAD
About-face UTURN
Acct. addition INT
Adherents ISTS
Any member of ABBA SWEDE
Baby seat LAP
Ban's predecessor at the U.N. ANNAN
Bar mitzvah, e.g. RITE
Besmirch SULLY
Big max NTH
Big name in jeans LEE
Blitzer's beat CNN
Bodybuilder's 'washboard' ABS
Bond UNITE
Book after Neh. ESTH
Breeding ground HOTBED
Brooks Brothers buy TIE
Caesar's existence ESSE
Calls from Rocky YOS
Canal setting EAR
Charlemagne's realm: Abbr. HRE
Charlie's last name on 'Charlie's Angels' TOWNSEND
Checkbook entry DATE
Chignon setting NAPE
Cloister ISOLATE
Comics teen who debuted in 1925 ETTAKETT
CPA's suggestion IRA
DDE's bailiwick ETO
Delicate mushrooms ENOKIS
Did some tailoring SIZED
Dirty Harry's org. SFPD
Dry ARID
Edwards in California, for one AIRBASE
Election day abbr. TUE
Everlasting AGELONG
Family meal setting DINETTE
Fine cotton thread LISLE
First Dog of the 1940s FALA
Fourth qtr. followers OTS
Free of tackles UNHIT
Goes off ERRS
Hardly sufficient MEAGER
Highway oasis RESTSTOP
Horse woman? MARE
Hostile feelings ENMITIES
House finch LINNET
Inspired cry AHA
Introduces gradually PHASESIN
It's subject to inflation EGO
Itinerary word VIA
John's 'Hairspray' role EDNA
Join a surgical team ASSIST
Keep in touch WRITE
Kyrgyzstan city OSH
Landlocked nation of Asia MONGOLIA
Layered haircut SHAG
Leaves for a drink TEA
Like some elections RIGGED
Like the Ger. 'die' FEM
Make sense ADDUP
Man ___ (Horse of the Century) OWAR
Many-headed monster slain by Hercules HYDRA
Clues Answers
Match AGREE
Medical research agcy. NIH
Microscopic TEENSY
Mid-10th-century year CML
Military higher-up BRASSHAT
Milne marsupial ROO
Minor criticisms NITS
Missouri-based chemicals company OLIN
MIT study SCI
Monopoly quartet: Abbr. RRS
More miserly MEANER
Nascar sponsor STP
NFL three-pointers FGS
Norma Webster's middle name RAE
Not dry WET
Oddballs KOOKS
Orchidée, par exemple FLEUR
Org. of piece keepers NRA
Oscar nominee for 'The Grifters' BENING
Photographers catch some people striking them POSES
Pilot writers CREATORS
Plagiarizes LIFTS
Poke fun at TWIT
Poor decision BADMOVE
Positioned like Barry Bonds INLEFT
Potential juror PEER
Pound's cousin KENNEL
Put on notice WARN
Puts down ASPERSES
Ratatouille ingredient ZUCCHINI
Rathskeller vessel STEIN
Reactor-monitoring agcy. NRC
Real first name of Bob Hope and Twiggy LESLIE
Residence on the Rhine HAUS
Ross and Rigg DIANAS
Sargasso denizen SEAEEL
Satirical weekly newspaper THEONION
Scarlett's true love ASHLEY
Second qtr. start APR
Set straight ALIGN
Singer Bryson PEABO
Slow on the uptake DENSE
Solve a problem by annihilation WIPEOFFTHEMAP
Solve a problem by concealment SWEEPUNDERTHERUG
Solve a problem by disassociation WASHONESHANDSOF
Solve a problem by dismissal BRUSHASIDE
Solve a problem by starting over CLEANHOUSE
Solve a problem involving illegally acquired funds LAUNDERMONEY
Solve a problem of lack of confidence SHOWERWITHPRAISE
Solve a problem of overspending TRIMTHEBUDGET
Solve a problem of poor lighting BATHEINAGLOW
Solve a problem using overwhelming force MOPTHEFLOORWITH
Spiced beverage CHAI
Still life object EWER
Sumatran simians ORANGS
Super Monkey Ball producer SEGA
Take for a ride CON
Take on ENGAGE
Take testimony from HEAR
Takes no action SITSBY
Target of a coup ETAT
Tots' time-outs NAPS
Tourney placement SEED
Train for a fight SKIPROPE
Universal Stock Ticker inventor EDISON
Water stopper DAM
Wit of the JFK era SAHL
World Series pitcher Ramiro MENDOZA
___ Friday's TGI
___ precedent SETA