Wall Street Journal - Dec 5 2020 - Rising Expectations

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“Darby ___ and the Little People” (1959 Disney film) OGILL
“Is it just ____...” MEOR
“Maniac Magee” author Jerry SPINELLI
“Portlandia” network IFC
“Splendor in the Grass” writer INGE
“The Red Turtle” genre ANIME
“Trinity” novelist URIS
2011 Saoirse Ronan action film HANNA
44-Down, en français MER
Abbr. on a remote VOL
Affectedly highbrow ARTSY
Ancient capital of Syria ANTIOCH
Astonished exclamation BYGEORGE
Bad way to be thrown FORALOSS
Baking powder component SODIUM
Banned apple spray ALAR
Barometer variety ANEROID
Baseball card brand FLEER
Beginning ONSET
Big furniture retailer IKEA
Big name in mops and brooms OCEDAR
Bill stamp PAID
Blockhead DOPE
Blue state SORROW
Butter square PAT
Casino calculation ODDS
Chain with a giraffe mascot TOYSRUS
Civil War site of Virginia MANASSAS
Climber’s worry SLIP
Crafts website ETSY
D-Day crafts LSTS
Declare definitively AVER
Ditties for cowpokes? ROUNDUPNUMBERS
Down CHUG
Dr.’s specialty MED
Easter basket staple PEEPS
Embassy worker ATTACHE
Enlightenment philosopher Denis DIDEROT
Euros replaced them LIRE
Exaggerated devotion PIETISM
Expanse SEA
Famed Southern soul record label STAX
Final authority SAYSO
First of a series of 24 ALPHA
Flammable dummy EFFIGY
Football stat RUSHING
Form-related MODAL
Former British protectorate ADEN
Frazier foe ALI
Genesis victim ABEL
Ginormous HUGE
Goalie’s bane SCORER
Hamm and Farrow MIAS
Hindu embodiment of chivalry RAMA
Hole in the head SINUS
Hutch’s partner STARSKY
In seventh heaven ECSTATIC
Indivisible ONE
It’s danced in Argentina THETANGO
Jester’s performance? STANDUPINCOURT
JFK served in it USN
John Deere machine BALER
Knight’s address SIR
Like Cheerios OATY
Lucy’s love DESI
Managed-care grps HMOS
Manilow maiden LOLA
Matchmaking group? SETUPCAMP
McConnell’s predecessor as Senate majority leader REID
Memorial Day solo TAPS
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Mineral suffix ITE
Minus LESS
Moon goddess LUNA
Moscow money RUBLE
Musical acuity EAR
No man’s lands, briefly DMZS
North Dakota city MINOT
Not masc. or fem NEUT
Obsolete desktop item ROLODEX
Oscar winner Dianne WIEST
Outfit for a Nascar driver? GETUPTOSPEED
Overhead trains ELS
P.D. James specialty MYSTERY
Palmer with four green jackets ARNOLD
People in power INS
Perfect INERRANT
Pickle or jam SPOT
Pitts of “Life With Father” ZASU
Police trainee CADET
Pops PAS
Reckless RASH
Rely on TRUSTIN
Response to goo ICK
River ferried by Charon STYX
River of Flanders YSER
Robbery caught on security cameras? HOLDUPUNDERSCRUTINY
Rolled in flour and sautéed in butter, as sole MEUNIERE
Sanders in the Pro Football Hall of Fame DEION
See 104-Across PASTMISTAKES
Shut (up) PENT
Sicilian volcano MTETNA
Sister brand of Westin SHERATON
Sit for a spell REST
Skater Midori ITO
Skating jumps AXELS
Skin PARE
Some kind of nut ACORN
Some whiskeys RYES
Spicy-hot mainstay of Chinese cuisine CHILIOIL
Spiritual path ZEN
Squeezing (out) EKING
Stick in the water OAR
Stop running DIE
Summer treat ICEE
Sushi staple TUNA
Talk back to SASS
Terminate CEASE
The Ponte Vecchio spans it ARNO
They can’t be choosers BEGGARS
They’re often bitter ALES
Ticked off SORE
Titan orbits it SATURN
Tragedy SADSTORY
Type type, for short ITAL
Unit of work ERG
Urgent request PLEA
Warbled SANG
Wasn’t straight LIED
Waters down THINS
Where loonies and toonies are spent CANADA
Whoop-de-do STIR
Wilts SAGS
Wirehair of film ASTA
With 117-Across, concealer to hide scars? MAKEUPFOR
Withdrawn SHY
Word after ruby or sapphire in hummingbird names THROATED
Worker for free, often INTERN
World view MAP
Wow AMAZE
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