Wall Street Journal - Jan 31 2022 - Express Yourself

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Clues Answers
“Hit the sack” or “hit the books” IDIOM
“I see!” AHA
“Pygmalion” playwright SHAW
“Wait a sec!” HOLDON
“___ never work” ITLL
1950s auto flop EDSEL
1993 rap hit with a guest appearance from Snoop Dogg DREDAY
Adjective in a battery ad LONGLASTING
Answering with a question, perhaps EVASIVE
Artist with acid ETCHER
Backed (away) SHIED
Bar garnish OLIVE
Beckoned CALLED
California governor Newsom GAVIN
City on the Missouri River OMAHA
Couple PAIR
Curtain hanger ROD
Did some grousing MOANED
Extremely ULTRA
Flourished BOOMED
Follows commands OBEYS
Foot feature TOE
Frying vat fill CORNOIL
Get news of HEAR
Greedy cache HOARD
Handles skillfully FINESSES
Has to have NEEDS
Home Depot rival LOWES
If not ELSE
In the past AGO
Jumped a gap, as a spark ARCED
Kismet FATE
Laddie BOYO
Lang. of Liverpool ENG
Large Japanese dogs AKITAS
Light switch position OFF
Like styling mousse FROTHY
Clues Answers
Lion’s bellow ROAR
Look directly ahead, and a clue to the starts of 17-, 24-, 36- and 49-Across FACEFORWARD
Mag. staffers EDS
Mined deposit ORE
Nike competitor AVIA
Not homogeneous DIVERSE
Paris sidewalk eatery CAFE
Pen tip NIB
Play date for grown-ups GAMENIGHT
Power problem OUTAGE
Publisher Nast CONDE
Ram in football STRAIGHTARM
Ruby of “Do the Right Thing” DEE
Secure, as a ship to shore MOOR
Shade tree ELM
Showgirl in Manilow’s “Copacabana” LOLA
Sloth in the “Ice Age” movies SID
Some crime scene evidence FIBERS
Spot for a yacht SEA
Stand up to OPPOSE
Stay in hiding LIELOW
Steak marbling FAT
Steered clear of AVOIDED
Sub groups? FLEETS
Suburban shopping center MINIMALL
Sun burst? NOVA
Supplements ADDSTO
Toronto’s prov ONT
Trips, for example POKERHAND
Two-under-par score EAGLE
Vaccine approval agcy FDA
Water channel with a gate SLUICE
Web page address URL
Winter glider SLED
___ Alamos LOS
___ down (prepared to sleep) BEDDED
___ Moines DES