WSJ Crossword Answers August 14 2021

WSJ ACROSS

• . Utterance before being shotCHEESE
• . Kleenex competitorPUFFS
• . Struggles with balanceWOBBLES
• . AssessmentsLEVIES
• . Three-time NBA Finals MVPONEAL
• . Bleach ingredientCHLORINE
• . Tipperary singer?IRISHSTOOLIE
• . Vanessa of “Isadora,” “Julia” and “Agatha”REDGRAVE
• . Door signMEN
• . Billiards cushionRAIL
• . Earth-shaking eventTREMOR
• . TenderBID
• . Neumeister Chorales composerBACH
• . Elusive HimalayanYETI
• . Grain grown en route to Ganymede?SPACEBARLEY
• . Strong alloySTEEL
• . Horse’s cousinASS
• . Desperate signalSOS
• . Cruel bunchOGRES
• . Prepare for return shippingRELABEL
• . Flamboyant wrapsBOAS
• . Performance by a cabaret singer?CLUBMEDLEY
• . Floppy topsBERETS
• . Franchise with “Miami,” “NY,” “Cyber” and “Vegas” versionsCSI
• . High on the Scoville scaleHOT
• . Put togetherMADE
• . Neptune’s largest moonTRITON
• . New ___ (former name of Salisbury, England)SARUM
• . Color akin to oliveAVOCADO
• . Showily stylishCHICHI
• . Charades players, e.g.MIMERS
• . Seized Civic, sayREPO
• . Place to find a mask and pads?ONTHEGOALIE
• . Card game with a bankerFARO
• . Get closer toGAINON
• . When repeated, name in 1968 newsSIRHAN
• . Keith Moon or John BonhamDRUMMER
• . Spiral-horned antelopeELAND
• . Lifeboat lowerersDAVITS
• . Amused expressionGRIN
• . Corn unitEAR
• . “Treasure Island” author’s monogramRLS
• . Raiders tight end WallerDARREN
• . Prepare Simon for a singing competition?TRAINCARLY
• . PaleASHY
• . Freshens, in a wayAIRSOUT
• . It began as the Pittsburgh Reduction CompanyALCOA
• . NYPD titleDET
• . Fireplace itemLOG
• . Battleship, in MonopolyTOKEN
• . Scottish magistrate who’s new on the job?GREENBAILIE
• . Stir-fry stapleTOFU
• . “The Phantom Tollbooth” protagonistMILO
• . BalderdashROT
• . $260 could get you one in 1925MODELT
• . Quaintly polite replyYESM
• . Castellaneta who voices Homer SimpsonDAN
• . ObsoleteOUTDATED
• . Stunt by a cycling sovereign?ROYALWHEELIE
• . App’s customersUSERBASE
• . Silas Marner’s adopted daughterEPPIE
• . Wearer of a white winter coatERMINE
• . Medusa’s slayerPERSEUS
• . Noble actsDEEDS
• . Took a breakRESTED

WSJ DOWN

• . ScalesCLIMBS
• . As a result of thisCHARGER
• . Show clearlyGROUP
• . Grafton’s “___ for Evidence”HEREAT
• . Very, in WiesbadenLOVEALL
• . Writing assignmentAROUSE
• . Site of a breakEVINCE
• . Game with Skip, Reverse and Draw 2 cardsUTOPIAS
• . Derby materialLETTER
• . Some ribbons are acquired at themEIS
• . Hits the hayHERB
• . Hunter’s questionCONN
• . Far from freshACE
• . Peat sourceDRS
• . “Turn up the heat!”SEHR
• . InclinedLEMMA
• . Wishes one hadODDSON
• . Hardly ritzyABE
• . Gators’ kinESSAY
• . Overtime causeLEADON
• . Tiananmen Square honoreeAHAB
• . Parsley, sage, rosemary or thymeTAU
• . “Ah, got it”TIE
• . Jaguar’s trunkADDON
• . Four-time Australian Open winnerDRY
• . They have XingsAMESS
• . Subsidiary theoremPOOLTABLE
• . House headed by Professor SnapeTSAR
• . String alongDIODE
• . Home improvementUNO
• . Matt’s “Good Will Hunting” co-writerISEE
• . Phone accessoryCHIVE
• . Score at the start of a matchELD
• . Perfect placesFELT
• . Having homes in California and New York, saySLYTHERIN
• . Allen from ConnecticutTIERED
• . Muddy upFAIRS
• . Coffee extraRIGHT
• . Dreamlike, perhapsELOPE
• . Contrite wordsSLEEPS
• . JustBICOASTAL
• . Kind of radioTYPE
• . Responsibility for a ship’s steeringMAO
• . Leek relativeETHAN
• . Sheep with soft woolRIOT
• . Nicholas II, e.g.AID
• . Elba of “Luther”CROCS
• . Most likely to winROIL
• . Free of censorship, in a wayGARGOYLES
• . Like the Dust BowlWHERE
• . Grotesque architectural featuresBEN
• . Monomaniacal captainIDRIS
• . Hilarious personFEW
• . Bond bitOLD
• . Poker player’s “bullet”BOOT
• . Stir upMERINO
• . Stamping ground?USHER
• . Electronics componentBOG
• . Days long gone, poeticallyAGASSI
• . Like stadiumsUNCUT
• . Newbery Medal winners’ works, informallyMERE
• . Pal of Jerry and GeorgeBRR
• . “Seriously, you don’t have to”RRS
• . ClusterAMFM
• . 1960 Elvis song “___ of Blues”ATOM
• . Wed without ceremonyEMS
• . Not manyLIABLE
• . Chairperson?CREAMER
• . SortKIDLIT
• . JustENVIES
• . Hosp. workersSURREAL
• . Tad’s dadELAINE
• . Upsilon follows itSEEDY
• . Lend a handIMSORRY
• . Print unitsNONEED