Wall Street Journal - Sep 3 2004 - September 03, 2004 - Understanding Insurance

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'And what's he then that says I play the villain?' speaker IAGO
'Just the opposite!' NOT
'___ hand?' (helpful query) NEEDA
About 5/8 mi. KIL
Acela Express operator AMTRAK
Acts the vagabond ROAMS
Another name for 40-Down ILIUM
Apple variety IMAC
At a later time ANON
Bewildered VEXED
Big name in California wine GALLO
Big show EXPO
Bill stamp PAID
Blow off steam? HISS
Bomb TURKEY
Boxer called 'the Brown Bomber' JOELOUIS
Bruce of Sherlock Holmes films NIGEL
Butch, e.g. HAIRCUT
Charles's sister ANNE
Chow chow ALPO
Chrysler Building style DECO
Convertible feature SOFTTOP
Creator of Gil Blas LESAGE
Crew boss, briefly COX
Crude group OPEC
Cut the mustard HACKIT
Devonshire dandies TOFFS
Dial for rpm TACH
Drink sprinkled with nutmeg NOG
Environmental disaster ECOCIDE
Expand on AMPLIFY
Fief wheel LORD
Finale END
Fired AXED
First rite BAPTISM
Fixed RIGID
Foe of the Iroquois ERIE
Forty-niner's insurance evaluation? CLAIMCHECK
French waters EAUX
Funhouse sounds SCREAMS
Galley goof ERRATUM
Gangster's gun ROSCOE
Gecko's snack INSECT
Get the picture SEE
Golf, for one AUTO
Great, in Variety SOCKO
Gushes forth SPEWS
Hall and Oates's '___ Gone' SHES
Head liner SKULL
Historic caravel NINA
Hit the books STUDY
Hokey CORNY
Insurance annuity for a minister? BENEFITOFCLERGY
Insurance company with atmosphere? AIRCARRIER
Insurance for an identical twin? DOUBLEINDEMNITY
IRS agent, e.g. TMAN
It may be rolled for money SEVEN
Just mopped WET
Kaffiyeh wearer ARAB
Kia model SPECTRA
Kitty POT
Latin pop singer Jon SECADA
Leslie Caron movie LILI
Like blue prints RACY
Like many an Internet purchase TAXFREE
Losing efforts DIETS
M*A*S*H address DOC
Makes a request ASKS
Makes the cut? SAWS
Marsupial of the comics POGO
Clues Answers
Miss Behavior? POST
More comfy HOMIER
More than stun KAYO
Most miffed SOREST
MS. enclosure SAE
My and thy OUR
Nervous one? NELLIE
Night watch VIGIL
Nix, à la Nixon VETO
No prob REALEASY
Op. ___ (footnote abbr.) CIT
Open the door to LETIN
Ordered BADE
Org. with a fur-gone conclusion? PETA
Painter Derain ANDRE
Party pooper BORE
Peke's perch LAP
Persian potentate SHAH
Phoenix surroundings ASHES
Pique IRE
Pointed a finger at BLAMED
Position of leadership HELM
Post-explanation chorus OHS
Rack of lamb, e.g. RIBCUT
Rat-___ ATAT
Rattler's place? CRIB
Refrain from singing? TRALA
Reporter's contact SOURCE
Retirees' rewards PENSIONS
Rush setting MARSH
Sanctuaries ASYLA
Sch. in upstate New York RPI
Scotch buy FIFTH
Scroll material PAPYRUS
Shake before using MIX
Sharer in an estate COHEIR
She played Hannah in 'Hannah and Her Sisters' MIA
Ship shape HULL
Shore thing SHELL
Slightly ATAD
Small print in quake insurance? FAULTLINES
Some kinfolk AUNTS
Sort of, as a suffix ISH
Sound of a slow leak SSSS
Space chimp of 1961 ENOS
Spanish hors d'oeuvre TAPA
Splinter group SECT
Stage STEP
Stray tender SPCA
Suit EXEC
Take ___ (lose big time) ABATH
Tie up DOCK
Tito's real first name JOSIP
Tom Collins base GIN
Twisted SICK
Unhappy fan BOOER
Unwashed PLEBEIAN
USPS limbo DLO
Vouchers CHITS
Was beaten by LOSTTO
Water balloon sound SPLAT
Weighty book TOME
What fuels a great insurance company? PREMIUMGAS
What insurance is, plain and simple? JUSTACALCULATEDRISK
What no insurance company wants to sell? SCORCHEDEARTHPOLICY
What's missing from matzot YEAST
Where Aeneas fought TROY
XK8, for one JAGUAR
Zealot's undertaking CRUSADE
___ Jima IWO