WSJ Crossword Answers December 31 2022

WSJ ACROSS

• . Kings, on NBA scoreboardsSAC
• . Outstanding Drama Series Emmy winner in 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1991LALAW
• . AttemptSTAB
• . A matter of degrees?HEAT
• . Name-dropping abbr.ETAL
• . Hittite in David’s armyURIAH
• . Serve the champagnePOUR
• . Word of appreciation from ApollinaireMERCI
• . Ski resort in the Wasatch MountainsALTA
• . “I’m ___ white” (lyric from the “Hair” song “I’m Black”)RINSO
• . Performing particularly wellINRAREFORM
• . Nautically-named newspaper featureMASTHEAD
• . LushSOT
• . Blue, in BoliviaAZUL
• . Ruby on screenDEE
• . Anarchic, sayINCHAOS
• . “Ish”SORTA
• . DisorderedINAMESS
• . ScatteredSTREWN
• . Prevented from scoringDENIED
• . UnescortedLONE
• . Hermana de la madre o del padreTIA
• . “The Horse Whisperer” directorREDFORD
• . “Little House on the Prairie” surnameINGALLS
• . Torment oneselfSTEW
• . Thread componentEMAIL
• . Notable spanERA
• . “The Cocktail Party” playwrightELIOT
• . “Two, two, two mints in one!” brandCERTS
• . Number before quattroTRE
• . Fully cookedDONE
• . Center’s jobSNAP
• . High spiritsCHEERINESS
• . Writers Radcliffe and BeattieANNS
• . Paternity proverDNA
• . Battle of Britain org.RAF
• . Buff buffNUDIST
• . Cruel oneSADIST
• . Band’s playlistSET
• . Before, poeticallyERE
• . Raunchy readingSMUT
• . Fender offeringBASSGUITAR
• . Like the “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” airingLIVE
• . Audition awardPART
• . Connection for 71-AcrossAMP
• . Dr. Jekyll’s forenameHENRY
• . Basic girderIBEAM
• . Hors d’oeuvre toppingROE
• . Well-muscledBUILT
• . 210-square-mile U.S. territoryGUAM
• . AuthenticateCERTIFY
• . Rehnquist’s successorROBERTS
• . CollarNAB
• . Cruise stopISLE
• . Like some wine and ciderMULLED
• . Sports sitesSTADIA
• . Does some gambolingPRANCES
• . PlaceSTEAD
• . Corned-beef-and-sauerkraut sandwichesREUBENS
• . “Shiny Happy People” bandREM
• . Nick and Nora’s dogASTA
• . UnmatchedODD
• . Singer nicknamed “The Velvet Fog”MELTORME
• . Oscar nominee for “Lawrence of Arabia”OMARSHARIF
• . Shakespeare’s “tricksy spirit”ARIEL
• . Not newUSED
• . “The Pearl Fishers” composerBIZET
• . Co-star of Gene, Peter, Marty, Cloris and MadelineTERI
• . Code nameMORSE
• . Up ___ goodTONO
• . SuitEXEC
• . River under the Brooklyn BridgeEAST
• . Expression of contemptSNEER
• . Wimple wearerNUN

WSJ DOWN

• . Pale green colorSEAMIST
• . Aquaman’s homeRELIC
• . 1977 Ted Nugent songPROBE
• . TemptATLANTIS
• . Divas’ deliveriesCARIBE
• . Diva JennyREMIX
• . ___ in “apple”CATSCRATCHFEVER
• . Noted baseball routineAMAZE
• . Forbidden pitchLATHE
• . Weigh station unitEEE
• . Mysterious glowEATIN
• . 2015 Kenny G album that includes “Girl From Ipanema”REC
• . Bunny boss, familiarlyHAW
• . UndermineWRENS
• . Manhattan’s 14,600MISCAST
• . Square where the words in this puzzle’s dropping balls may be heard at the end of a song’s first verseLUREON
• . Bat-making needTRUMP
• . Diverse assortmentFLESH
• . Long sentenceARIAS
• . Hem’s partnerRESIDUARYESTATE
• . Camden Yards teamLIND
• . Puts outDEM
• . ExtraNITRO
• . Board, to boardersAREA
• . Rep. opposerAAS
• . Everything not specifically left to someone in a willSEDATES
• . Director of “If….” and “O Lucky Man!”TERMS
• . Repair shop courtesyIRS
• . Mar. honoreeWHOSONFIRST
• . Wide boot lettersOUTOFIT
• . Arizona and South Carolina’s state birdsORIOLES
• . They’re found between the shouldersBABBLED
• . Spades, in SpadesSPITTER
• . FollowSAMUELADAMS
• . Venezuelan piranhaTON
• . Dragster boosterADDED
• . Police trapASPIRED
• . Historical artifactRON
• . Boston Beer Company’s flagship brandAURA
• . Had lofty plansROADS
• . Was incoherentLTD
• . 1989 Broadway play set in a writer’s Manhattan apartmentMIRE
• . Like some kitchensBRAZILIANNIGHTS
• . Contract compositionREESE
• . Like John Wayne as Genghis Khan in “The Conqueror”RUNON
• . Inc. kinENSUE
• . Starting point of a phone treeSELLER
• . Crayola color renamed “peach” in 1962MELANGE
• . DisorientedSTING
• . Inspired byTUT
• . Successful pitcherHEF
• . Chiding soundMEALS
• . In the neighborhoodTRU
• . Surgical instrumentABOUT
• . Club hit, oftenERODE
• . Blow awayLINDSAYANDERSON
• . Surname on orange wrappersACRES
• . NeighborhoodLOANER
• . Swampy spotMAINMENU
• . Leisure activity, brieflyTIMES
• . Org. with lots of schedulesSTPAT
• . Youngest of the Weasley boysBASEDON