Wall Street Journal - Dec 26 2008 - December 26, 2008 - Boxing Day

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Clues Answers
'American Idol' prop MIC
'Drop me ___' ANE
'Entourage' agent ARI
'Revolutionary Road' director Sam MENDES
'The Jungle Book' setting COLONIANDIA
'The Man With the Golden Arm' author ALGREN
'The Simpsons' writer David MIRKIN
Acting expert Hagen UTA
Aerodynamic SLEEK
Aired over the summer, maybe RERAN
Animator's output CELS
Assassination victim of A.D. 41 CAGULA
Atlanta-to-Tampa dir. SSE
Black-tie affairs GALAS
Board GETON
Bohr study ATOM
Bowl ARENA
Bud PAL
Bus. card nos. TELS
Business setback NETLOSS
Buttercup's cousin ANEMONE
Calls for NEEDS
Camera diaphragm IRIS
Candidate of 2008 PAN
Cardiologist's prescription DIGITAS
Cerulean AZURE
Chain components STORES
Charged RANAT
Comfy shoes SLIPONS
Conceit SELFLOVE
Confident way to solve a crossword ININK
Contract makeup TERMS
Cornet component VALVE
Counsel ADVICE
Country singer Larry GATLIN
Country stopover INN
Cowboy's honey GAL
Database operations SORTS
Deceptive art OPTICALLUSION
Detectives check them ABIS
Ditches LOSES
Eucharist need CHACE
Exchange membership SEAT
Expert at running POL
Explorer of New France LASALLE
Faberge creation EGG
Familiarize, in a way ORIENT
FAQ response ANS
First name in Ugandan history IDI
Flippered critter SEAON
French lace-making town ALENCON
Gym class activity CASTHENICS
Hammett hound ASTA
Hastert's successor as speaker of the House PELOSI
Having two equal sides ISOSCELES
High-pH stuff ALKA
Historic Chicago-to-Los Angeles train CAFORNIAMITED
Hood's handle AAS
Imply GETAT
In insufficient supply SHORT
Inflexible SET
Is abrupt with SNAPSAT
Jazz singer Cleo LAINE
Jed Clampett's portrayer EBSEN
Jersey, in Jersey SINGLET
Jollies FUN
Kicks back RESTS
Kind ILK
Lacking company LONE
Landlord's income RENTS
Clues Answers
Leading indicator? BATON
Learned ones SAVANTS
Like some big garages THREECAR
Like some secret bank accounts SWISS
Links positions LIES
Lionhearted VAANT
Longtime Steelers coach Chuck NOLL
Lucky charm TASMAN
Make illegal CRIMINAZE
Maze label START
Mickey's 'The Wrestler' co-star MARISA
Microsoft relic DOS
Mind readers MENTASTS
MIT study SCI
More upscale SWANKIER
Mouth moistener SAVA
Mullah Omar's group TABAN
Name on the runways of Milan ATAA
Napoleon captured it in 1798 MALTA
Not down a break, in tennis ONSERVE
Noted University of Padua professor GALEOGALEI
Odometer increment TENTH
Olympics souvenir PIN
Onetime role for Neil Patrick DOOGIE
Pamphlet producer PRESS
Paris fashion house CHLOE
Pickled LIT
Plasma particles IONS
Profession CLAIM
Pucker-inducing element of some wines TANNIN
Put on KID
Resort locale SEASIDE
Rodeo sights CHUTES
Satanic moniker EVILONE
Scams RACKETS
Shopper's aid CART
Small cave GROTTO
Snaky shape ESS
Soft substances TALCS
Some MoMA works DAS
Somewhat INPART
Spare change? TIRE
Speculator's concern RISK
Spiritual nourishment MANNA
Sporty British autos MGS
Stable character HORSE
Steinbeck's California birthplace SANAS
Succeed REPLACE
Suffer ___ worse than death AFATE
Supplemented ADDEDTO
Support for a bridge, perhaps DENTAMPLANT
Tackle box sight HOOKS
Tackle box sight LURE
Temporary partnership COATION
They may be cleft CHINS
Tick away ELAPSE
Together at the movies, say ONADATE
Topper LID
Traveler to Tijuana TURISTA
Trotsky rival STAN
Turbine pieces VANES
TV's 'Tic ___ Dough' TAC
Under the weather ILL
Ventures TRIES
Vezina Trophy winners GOAES
View from Catania ETNA
Violent pain THROE
Walk gingerly TIPTOE
Waters down THINS
Welcome GREET