Wall Street Journal - Oct 19 2019 - Date Night

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Clues Answers
“All right, how about poultry with a huge hairy ape?” CHICKENALAKINGKONG
“Bye now!” TATA
“Git!” SHOO
“Or seafood with some Daniel Craig?” CLAMSCASINOROYALE
“Rats!” DANG
“Rosanna” band TOTO
“So, to conclude...” INSUM
“Some runny yolks with a side of Peter Fonda then?” EGGSOVEREASYRIDER
“Well, then maybe a frank with Al Pacino?” HOTDOGDAYAFTERNOON
“You feel like Creole fare with some Patricia Arquette?” SHRIMPPOBOYHOOD
401(k) cousins IRAS
Agcy. imitated in many phone scams IRS
Angel dust, briefly PCP
Axe CAN
Band at a wedding RING
Beast that bugles ELK
Best OUTDO
Billboards, essentially ADS
Boat propeller OAR
Burst POPPED
Calm SOOTHE
Capital of Bangladesh DHAKA
Chip, in Chelsea CRISP
Classic British sports cars MGS
Clinches, as a win ICES
Common pairing for an evening out, and a hint to this puzzle’s theme DINNERANDAMOVIE
Country of more than 170 islands TONGA
Country singer McBryde ASHLEY
Cupboard stack PLATES
Deck quartet SUITS
Defendant in a 1925 case SCOPES
Designer of a famous pyramid IMPEI
Distinctive vibe AURA
Distrustful sort CYNIC
Downloadable think piece TEDTALK
Driving force MOTOR
Excessive UNDUE
Extra zip OOMPH
Fashion MODE
Figure skating jump TOELOOP
Fishing locale PIER
Flag TIRE
Fleece feature NAP
Flies, e.g BAIT
Follow a pattern, perhaps SEW
Gender-specific possessive HERS
Get into the pool WAGER
Getting to the gate TAXIING
Glossary unit TERM
Golf’s Els ERNIE
Good guide, maybe NATIVE
Handful for Hendrix GUITAR
Harry Potter’s Quidditch position SEEKER
Heartthrob, maybe IDOL
Hopeless cases GONERS
In multitudes GALORE
Intersection NODE
It’s free of charge NEUTRON
It’s sought by a collector DEBT
Its border runs across the summit of Everest NEPAL
Leave a little extra TIP
Like cutoffs, often FRAYED
Lip SASS
Lucy’s landlady ETHEL
Many an Etsy seller ARTISAN
Martini garnish OLIVE
Martini garnish LEMON
McShane of “American Gods” IAN
Merchants’ association GUILD
Mocks without mercy SKEWERS
Clues Answers
Mom-and-pop org PTA
Monopoly token choice SCOTTIE
Muscle man? GOON
Needs for long drives? TEES
Number before quattro TRE
Nursery school, for short PREK
Offer an address ORATE
Olympian Midori ITO
On the edge of one’s seat AGOG
Once called NEE
Option at the pump DIESEL
Otherworldly UNCANNY
Perch parts FINS
Person hitting the trail HIKER
Pickle, maybe SPEAR
Pictures on the small screen? ICONS
Player at Minute Maid Park ASTRO
Playful bites NIPS
Playing field makeup SOD
Playoff sites ARENAS
Plug away TOIL
Poem of praise ODE
Provide with English dialogue, say DUB
Quite respectable PROPER
Radius setting FOREARM
Really pull out all the stops GOBIG
Recover HEAL
Rip to pieces SHRED
River through Orléans LOIRE
Rock’s Jethro ___ TULL
Rough INEXACT
Run TROT
Sandwich roll option KAISER
Scurrier in the dark ROACH
Second-tier govt. lawyer ASSTDA
Senator Sam of the Watergate hearings ERVIN
Sightseeing aid MAP
Skeevy look LEER
Slow-witted sort LUNK
Solitary sorts HERMITS
Some police protection VESTS
Sound before a blessing ACHOO
Sound of disapproval HISS
Soup flavorer from a tree BAYLEAF
Speaker that answers to “Alexa” ECHO
Stir ADO
Strike zone boundary KNEES
Subjects of tariffs IMPORTS
Sweeping VAST
Symbol of Louisiana PELICAN
Tablet with a mini option IPAD
Take a stab at TRY
Tar SALT
Tar SAILOR
Teachers’ org NEA
Teller’s stack ONES
Their milk is used for pecorino EWES
Throws in ADDS
Times long past YORE
Toon collectible CEL
Vague quantity ANY
Vanishing sound POOF
Whine like a baby SNIVEL
With more care KINDER
Without purpose IDLY
Work on a grand scale OPUS
Worthless NOHELP
___ de la Cité ILE
___ Kippur YOM
___ Moines DES