Wall Street Journal - Dec 12 2022 - Things Are Looking Up

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Clues Answers
Étouffée or feijoada STEW
“Cut that out!” STOPIT
“Did I cross a line?” TOOFAR
“Fancy” rapper Iggy AZALEA
“I don’t get it,” and where the starred answers might be found OVERMYHEAD
“King of Latin Music” Puente TITO
“Understand?” SEE
“We Need a Little Christmas” musical MAME
*Boater, for example STRAWHAT
*Ideal conditions for a stargazer CLEARSKIES
*Sunburn preventer BEACHUMBRELLA
*Tropical paradise staple PALMTREE
2006 Amy Winehouse song REHAB
Bakery buy CAKE
Band’s blaster AMP
Beeline DIRECTROUTE
Big bird EMU
Big name in transmission repair AAMCO
Bill demand PAYMENT
Bookish misfit DWEEB
Brewers and Packers, for two TEAMS
Brita product WATERFILTER
Broad silk neckties ASCOTS
Charge COST
City on the Seward Peninsula NOME
Clean-shaven SMOOTH
Conventioneers’ freebies SWAG
Cornfield challenge MAZE
Course goal PAR
Covid research org CDC
Dealership buy AUTO
Diggs of TV’s “All American” TAYE
Do something ACT
Email address component DOT
Enhances ADDSTO
Ernie who won the U.S. Open twice ELS
Extended family CLAN
Family room fixture SOFA
Fires SHOOTS
Clues Answers
First Major Leaguers to play on artificial turf ASTROS
Flowery wreath LEI
Food for pigging out? SLOP
Get ready for a selfie POSE
Gladiators’ spot ARENA
GPA booster, usually EASYA
Grammy winner Lil ___ X NAS
Half-human, half-goat creature FAUN
Hugh Grant film, often ROMCOM
Infamous emperor of ancient Rome NERO
It may blow off some steam GEYSER
Japanese pond fish KOI
Job in a restaurant kitchen PREP
Margarita order, for some NOSALT
Mourning dove’s call COO
Movie popcorn container TUB
Mysterious glow AURA
Night flier BAT
Night flier OWL
Nonverbal acknowledgment NOD
Numbered composition OPUS
Plant SOW
Pliers or plane TOOL
Proctor’s call TIME
Puff piece? SMOKE
Punk relative EMO
Rear end BUTT
River of Iberia EBRO
Rodeo or circus performer CLOWN
Seventh Greek letter ETA
Sit tight STAY
Snowman’s nose, often CARROT
Start for dynamic or nautical AERO
Texting format, in brief SMS
Throwers of temper tantrums BRATS
Tylenol rival ADVIL
Washed out DRAB
X-ray cousin MRI
___-de-sac CUL