WSJ Crossword Answers February 27 2021

WSJ ACROSS

• . DeclineEBB
• . It catches major league fastballsRADAR
• . RascalSCAMP
• . Put-your-cards-in-order gameRACKO
• . “The Masque of the Red Death” writerPOE
• . Sun-dried materialADOBE
• . Hole drillerAUGER
• . Sure competitorARRID
• . “@#$%! Annie Oakley just had a baby!”SONOFAGUN
• . Lab rewardTREAT
• . Part of a chain, perhapsSTORE
• . Something hard to kickOLDHABIT
• . “@#$%! My bow splintered again!”FIDDLESTICKS
• . Whopper topperMAYO
• . Fruity compoundsESTERS
• . Puzzle solvers’ criesAHAS
• . Goes on an Amazon tour, say?SHOPS
• . Bear Dance participantUTE
• . “@#$%! That black hole is sucking them in!”OHMYSTARS
• . Carmaker BugattiETTORE
• . Hosp. testMRI
• . DudesBROS
• . Guess alternativeLEE
• . “@#$%! Close those pearly gates!”FORHEAVENSSAKE
• . Chicago Outfit bossCAPONE
• . Singing syllableTRA
• . “Very well…”OKAYTHEN
• . Radisson rivalSHERATON
• . Fixes a button, saySEWS
• . ___ & Perrins (Worcestershire sauce brand)LEA
• . @@@ATS
• . “Consider the task handled”ONIT
• . “@#$%! These veggies are inedible!”SUFFERINSUCCOTASH
• . Fencing pieceSLAT
• . Mauna ___LOA
• . Partner of 111-DownAID
• . Puppy soundsYAPS
• . “Sadly, yes”AFRAIDSO
• . “The Great Pretender” group, with “the”PLATTERS
• . By way ofVIA
• . SwoonsFAINTS
• . “@#$%! Not another Brit Lit class!”WHATTHEDICKENS
• . Mordor residentORC
• . Fishing spotPIER
• . That fellow’sHIS
• . Stands for speechesDAISES
• . “@#$%! This wake is getting totally out of hand!”GOODGRIEF
• . Lair for a bearDEN
• . Prudent judgmentSENSE
• . Incoherent articulationRANT
• . Barry, Robin or MauriceBEEGEE
• . Gulf War missileSCUD
• . “@#$%! Look what the rabbi just landed!”HOLYMACKEREL
• . She had the title role on “Madam Secretary”TEALEONI
• . Get out ofEVADE
• . Shout-out from a sideline playerHIMOM
• . “@#$%! My steak’s too rare, Pop!”DADBURNIT
• . “Glengarry Glen Ross” playwrightMAMET
• . Start of a 1950s campaign sloganILIKE
• . Pentathletes’ needsEPEES
• . PeriodDOT
• . Zero, for onePLANE
• . FamousNOTED
• . Docking spotBERTH
• . ___ Balls (snack cakes)SNO

WSJ DOWN

• . Spa town near LondonEPSOM
• . Word in a Yale fight songEFTS
• . Juice box accompaniersAFOG
• . Nickname for “The King of Clay”HEMP
• . Not muchBOOLA
• . Ranch straysTORE
• . BordersFARO
• . Kylo ___ (“The Force Awakens” character)OVAL
• . Swift writingBENDYSTRAWS
• . Muffet’s morselsRICO
• . Like some portsLAMA
• . Course selection?OHOHOH
• . People who work on celebrity impressions?SUSAN
• . Jah praisersDRYDEN
• . Oil producer, perhapsRAFA
• . Glades snapperOREO
• . Captain whose middle name is TiberiusFLIT
• . Praiseful poetryGAMETE
• . “Pick me! Pick me!”ADAB
• . ObsessionPEAK
• . ReservedFADS
• . Prepare to fleeRNA
• . Layered snackDOGIES
• . K2, e.g.VALETS
• . Planet where an egg-shaped spacecraft originatedPITCHIN
• . Plot devices?ABUTS
• . HeapsMEYER
• . Home of minor league baseball’s AcesOWIE
• . SpottedKILO
• . Little salamandersREN
• . Ran like crazyTURNTAIL
• . “Twilight” writer StephenieHEF
• . Swahili’s language familyEMIT
• . Parking prosFETISH
• . Gourmet chips ingredientNOPAR
• . Minimal changeBROKE
• . Met offeringSATIRE
• . Easy victimSEASALT
• . Like cobrasDEEMED
• . Senator CollinsCURDS
• . Witheringly criticalBANTU
• . Dart aboutATHEEL
• . Passing passionsAGED
• . Without face value, as stockORK
• . Offers as evidenceSCATHING
• . Get moreDEB
• . Freshener scentMEAL
• . Smart answersHOES
• . In ___ (befuddled)CITES
• . Card game akin to monte bankETAPE
• . Rodriguez of “Modern Family”PRTEAMS
• . Boo-booHOODED
• . Close behindSEEDER
• . Hitching hopeSHY
• . Body image, of a sortCENT
• . Former mag mogulRIDE
• . Mouth, in slangABET
• . Lend a handRASTAS
• . England’s first poet laureateARIA
• . Reproductive cellSCAN
• . Vaccine componentLUSH
• . ConsideredARTIST
• . Sowing machinePATSY
• . Cleaned out, sayKISSER
• . Tour de France stageCROC
• . Bargaining groupALOT
• . “Likewise”HAVESECONDS
• . CBD oil sourceKIRK
• . Squashed circleRENO
• . Prayer wheel userPINE
• . Dealer’s unitUNION
• . Give offODES
• . Partner of 72-AcrossSEEN
• . VerdantSASS
• . Girl who’s having a ballDITTO