Wall Street Journal - Jan 28 2020 - Smooth Sailing

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Clues Answers
“As a counterpoint...” INFAIRNESS
“Double Fantasy” musician ONO
“Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” network TBS
“Hazards of Time Travel” author Joyce Carol OATES
“Holy moly!” ZOWIE
“Nope” UHUH
*AP’s “Woman Athlete of the 20th Century” BABEZAHARIAS
*Car feature for absorbing the energy of a crash CRUMPLEZONE
*Temperature at which you can’t get any more chill? ABSOLUTEZERO
*Wines whose color is atypical for their grapes WHITEZINFANDELS
Affix, as a feed bag TIEON
Ansari of “Master of None” AZIZ
Antiquated OLD
Auto pioneer Karl BENZ
Badge checked at security IDTAG
Beehive State native UTE
Bit of truth FACT
Broadcast AIR
Channel with many analysts ESPN
Chinese “way” TAO
Christmas tree option FIR
Confident post-exam assertion, and a hint to a letter pair in each starred answer THATWASEASY
Connecting point NODE
Countess’s counterpart EARL
Cozy corner NOOK
CPR experts EMTS
Cuts down HEWS
Dressing ingredient OIL
Drink-sharing offer SIP
Financial crime FRAUD
Gratifies PLEASES
Greek food truck buy GYRO
Heaps and heaps ATON
Hubbub ADO
Irritating inconvenience HASSLE
Job holder? BIBLE
Kid-safe projectile brand NERF
Lake in the Sierra Nevada range TAHOE
Language suffix ESE
Clues Answers
Largest of a well-known septet ASIA
Last president to sport a mustache TAFT
Marbling in meat FAT
Muse of history CLIO
Name on a Queens stadium ASHE
Not one’s favorite angle to be photographed BADSIDE
Org. that publishes American Hunter NRA
Originally known as NEE
Out of work, perhaps ILL
Pan for gold, e.g SIFT
Petition to a higher court APPEAL
Pig’s place STY
Place to the right of the decimal point TENTHS
Places LOCI
Polaris or Pollux STAR
Pound part OUNCE
Pulitzer Prize category DRAMA
Quarterback Tony ROMO
Reddish-brown tint SEPIA
Renown FAME
Russian’s ushanka, e.g FURHAT
Seeming eternity EON
Seller of the Crispy Colonel Sandwich KFC
Senate staffer AIDE
Site of Goodyear’s headquarters AKRON
Site of many firings KILN
Spa sigh AAH
Stat for a slugger RBI
Subj. for new immigrants ESL
Sycophant TOADY
Ted of “The Good Place” DANSON
Tomb-raiding Croft LARA
Toy powered by a garden hose SLIPNSLIDE
Uncle Sam’s land, informally USOFA
Unruly groups MOBS
Up and about ARISEN
Wedding words IDO
Winter malady FLU
Witherspoon of “The Morning Show” REESE