Wall Street Journal - Dec 21 2022 - Choice Words

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Clues Answers
“B” term meaning “a setup with an out-of-sight microphone”? BOOMORBUST
“Caddyshack” director Harold RAMIS
“Dynamite” boy band BTS
“F” term meaning “a way to rise up”? FIGHTORFLIGHT
“P” term meaning “to drop, so to speak”? PUBLISHORPERISH
“R” term meaning “what a sane brain demonstrates”? RHYMEORREASON
“S” term meaning “to take a dip”? SINKORSWIM
Ability to endure criticism TOUGHSKIN
All-encompassing prefix OMNI
Alternative to net or gov COM
Aviation-related prefix AERO
Baby in a barn, maybe OWLET
Back in the navy AFT
Balls in gyms, sometimes PROMS
Banking tool CUE
Baseball’s Bambino RUTH
Believer’s suffix IST
Bitter SORE
Broadcast legend Arledge ROONE
Buds PALS
Burns out of control RAGES
Cellar stock WINES
Check for freshness, in a way SNIFF
Chew over MULL
Civil rights icon Parks ROSA
Common article THE
Coop feature ROOST
Crash someone’s selfie PHOTOBOMB
Crow BOAST
Cuban coin PESO
Dosimeter units RADS
Duds DRESS
Extreme aversion HATRED
Fifth-most populous nat PAK
Fire proof ASH
Fivers, informally ABES
Flip out GOAPE
Clues Answers
Frappuccino option VENTI
Frilly wrap BOA
Guesses at JFK ETDS
Heavily promotes HYPES
Hieroglyphic creatures ASPS
High deg PHD
Home of Hoover’s presidential library IOWA
Home of the Ninja Turtles SEWER
Let up EASED
London-based multinational bank HSBC
Low-energy types SLOTHS
Made noises on a ledge, perhaps COOED
Must HASTO
Navigator’s aid CHART
One in a class of her own TUTEE
Parts for assembling KIT
Payment before a deal is made ANTE
Politico’s concern IMAGE
Practical OFUSE
Quick commercial break, e.g BRIEFWORD
Red Skull, to Captain America FOE
Restaurant critic Greene GAEL
Retinoid target ACNE
Seize GRAB
Shampooing step RINSE
Shot-taking Shaq ONEAL
Sign of a sprained ankle LIMP
Site for trivia night BAR
Snoops (around) NOSES
Start of a Caesar claim ICAME
Surpass TOP
Sushi garnish ROE
Tablet download APP
Tiny brain, metaphorically PEA
Vatican’s surroundings ROME
Warriors in 2022, e.g NBACHAMPS
Yes and no, e.g RSVPS