Wall Street Journal - Dec 13 2002 - December 13, 2002 - Humdrum Business Headlines

Tired of your current crossword puzzle? Try solving our daily crossword puzzles. GO TO DAILY PUZZLES!
Clues Answers
'Dies ___' IRAE
'Gangs of New York' director SCORSESE
'The Lord of the Rings' extras ORCS
'Traffic' org. DEA
'___ le roi!' VIVE
1998 Australian Open winner Petr KORDA
2002 World Series champs ANGELS
After ALA
Airport nuisance DIN
Altar affirmative IDO
Artificial water channel SLUICE
Asked of PUTTO
Assemblage GROUP
Astounded by INAWEOF
Athenian citizen-to-be EPHEBUS
Ball girl DEB
Bart's granddad ABE
Baseball's Ripken CAL
Besides the usual ELSE
Blue character SMURF
Blue cheese vein MOLD
Brass button? VALVE
Brazilian writer Jorge AMADO
Broad valley DALE
Bundle of energy DYNAMO
Bury INTER
Canadian tribe CREE
Cases for insurance detectives ARSONS
Combing attractions SHELLS
Comedian Philips EMO
Computer giant loses employees at growing rate! APPLETURNOVERRISES
Conclusion FINIS
Connie Chung's employer CNN
Cry from a pit SELL
Dairy company expanding into new factory! CARNATIONPLANTOPENING
Deal with an ordeal BEARUP
Decorate a copperplate ETCH
Degree candidate's hurdles ORALS
Depression SADNESS
Disney dog LADY
Displaced person, perhaps EMIGRANT
Door sign PUSH
Easy mark DUPE
Eggs eaten uncooked ROE
Egyptian headdress symbol ASP
Erving moniker DRJ
Extend the date on RENEW
Extreme, as a fan RABID
Falco of 'The Sopranos' EDIE
Females of the fold EWES
Foil for Garfield ODIE
Founder of PC company abruptly shuts up shop! OWNERCLOSESGATEWAY
France's patron saint DENIS
Gets really ticked STEAMS
Give one star to PAN
Groovy platters LPS
Guerrilla action RAID
Gum manufacturer's labor force walks out! STRIKECALLEDATWRIGLEY
Halter NOOSE
Hardback protectors DUSTCOVERS
Heady stuff ALE
Indignant shout SEEHERE
Info-gathering mission RECON
Inventor Rubik ERNO
It might prevent failures CURVE
It takes a lot of eggs NEST
John and Yoko's boy SEAN
Keebler's answer to Nabisco's Ritz HIHO
Clues Answers
Laughs at, say GETS
Like a capt.'s charts NAUT
Lowly workers ANTS
Machine pistol BURPGUN
Martini partner ROSSI
Master LEARN
Mattel's main man KEN
Metz's region LORRAINE
Mexican Mrs. SRA
Microsystems company forced to cut operating expenses! SUNLOWERSOVERHEAD
Mix it up RASSLE
More rainy WETTER
Most willowy SVELTEST
Multiroofed structure PAGODA
Mystical secrets ARCANA
Next SOONEST
Nintendo hero MARIO
Not over the plate WIDE
Of yore OLDEN
Org. with many schedules IRS
Ornamental evergreen PEPPERTREE
Outing for Godzilla RAMPAGE
Pearly layers NACRES
Pitch cousin PINESAP
Plan to lose DIET
Play set in Corinth MEDEA
Poker winnings POTS
Recipient of a promotion PAWN
Riga residents LATVIANS
Ring bearers WIVES
Roadhouse INN
Rolled model? PINUP
Rome's Fontana di ___ TREVI
Rural club FOURH
Salad greens ENDIVES
Semi-colon? DOT
Showing relevance TYINGIN
Shylock's practice USURY
Sir Robert Peel repealed the last one in 1846 CORNLAW
Skater Henie SONJA
Skittish move START
Small stream RUNLET
Smoking and nonsmoking, e.g. AREAS
Socket insert BULB
Song presentations VIDEOS
Tearjerkers, of a sort ONIONS
Texas oil city ODESSA
The Jets, e.g. GANG
The oracle of Apollo, e.g. DELPHIAN
They touch people's hearts EPEES
Three above the 3 DEF
Total INALL
Tribute of a sort ROAST
Tripoli setting LEBANON
Tub contents OLEO
Turn up LOUDEN
TV appearances AIRINGS
Ukraine city LUTSK
Undisclosed corporation staging takeover of office-supply chain! FIRMBUYINGSTAPLES
Unimpressive score NIL
Vanished GONE
Verb for thou SAYST
Vintner's valley NAPA
Wahlberg of 'Boomtown' DONNIE
Weak hand holder's comment IPASS
Where to join the line END
Wrote, in a way EMAILED
___-Cat (Vail vehicle) SNO