Wall Street Journal - Dec 9 2021 - Undercover

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Clues Answers
“Blame It ___” (1984 romantic comedy) ONRIO
“La Brea” airer NBC
“Strange thing is...” ODDLY
Add to the team HIRE
Affectionate TENDER
Ant’s prize CRUMB
Anvil sound CLANG
Apple or potato variety RUSSET
Banish EXPEL
Bird, e.g CELTIC
Book of scanned photos? ISPY
Buddy of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” EBSEN
Candidate for a reduced sentence? RUNON
Catering container URN
Caught without an umbrella SOAKED
Close NIGH
Clunker DUD
Delivery from a rev SER
Demonstrate derision SCOFF
Erosion during a downpour BRAINWASHED
Expected DUE
Fire CAN
Fishy dish for which a Thames island is named EELPIE
Further on in this text BELOW
Green acres LEA
Hardly a lot of FEW
Hold up DELAY
Hooter hatcher BOWLEGGED
Humdrum existence RUT
Ill-gotten gains BRIBE
Ill-gotten gains LUCRE
Imitative of ALA
Inclined to verbosity GASSY
Inner ear COB
Inquisitive interjections EHS
Like Cinnabon’s cinnamon rolls ICED
Like some ticket recipients FINED
Maaco challenges DENTS
Clues Answers
Make merry ELATE
Mariner’s turn ATBAT
Mauna ___ KEA
Meeting place of ancient Rome BATHS
Monarch with gilt feelings MIDAS
Movement attracting lots of followers BANDWAGON
Needs a massage ACHES
Nod off DROWSE
Noise BRACKETED
Nut case SHELL
Outfit EQUIP
Pacific welcome ALOHA
Payne known as the “First Lady of the Black Press” ETHEL
Phila.-to-NYC dir NNE
Place to pull over in an emergency BROADSHOULDERED
Put to rest, or what the answers to the clues at 17-, 23-, 37- and 49-Across are TUCKEDINBED
Realm destroyed in “Thor: Ragnarok” ASGARD
Rollover target IRA
Saturate SOP
Senators’ grp NHL
Shady SLY
Shakes of the head NOS
Show breaks ADS
Spending limit CAP
Starts the day GETSUP
Suggest OPINE
Swift shark MAKO
The present day? XMAS
Timetables, informally SKEDS
Topples (over) KEELS
Tops AONE
Tore SPED
UFO bunch ETS
Unfortunate occurrence MISHAP
Vaccine basis RNA
Vehicles with tracks ARMYTANKS
Water colors AQUAS
Wolf pack members UBOATS