WSJ Crossword Answers January 25 2021

WSJ ACROSS

• . Org. that facilitates adoptionsSPCA
• . Some adopteesPETS
• . “Git!”SCRAM
• . Asian territory on a Risk boardURAL
• . Port of PennsylvaniaERIE
• . Be currently popular, as a Twitter topicTREND
• . Close attentionCARE
• . Surrealist MagritteRENE
• . Friendship endersRIFTS
• . *Vegas casino with an indoor amusement parkCIRCUSCIRCUS
• . Bear, in BajaOSO
• . Repetitive learningROTE
• . Soccer score after the first goalONENIL
• . RememberRETAIN
• . *Prison on the Hudson that’s the source of “up the river”SINGSING
• . Slanted shelterLEANTO
• . Subj. of some WikiLeaks docsNSA
• . *With 37-Across, unofficial capital of Washington wine countryWALLA
• . *See 36-AcrossWALLA
• . Hippie doFRO
• . How the judge might catch the criminalINALIE
• . *French Polynesian resort destinationBORABORA
• . Lunchbox staple, brieflyPBANDJ
• . Squid squirterINKSAC
• . Flanged beamIBAR
• . Metal sourceORE
• . Skill shared by bats and dolphins, and a hint to the starred answersECHOLOCATION
• . Chat, colloquiallyCONVO
• . Russell of “The Americans”KERI
• . B-boy connectorASIN
• . Visitor from afarALIEN
• . Nation on the Gulf of OmanIRAN
• . George Eliot’s “Adam ___”BEDE
• . Misty-eyedTEARY
• . “___ Perpetua” (Idaho motto)ESTO
• . Focus of a 1991 breakupUSSR

WSJ DOWN

• . Helping handSUCCOR
• . Speak highly ofFBI
• . Part of some frozen facesCAT
• . Guinness of “The Bridge on the River Kwai”PRAISE
• . Not meant to be sharedRON
• . Put upOLE
• . Most minusculeCARROT
• . ClairvoyantWORK
• . Like some pearlsNIA
• . Dire situationsALEC
• . Field figureALA
• . Hill dwellerASEVER
• . Rx issuersURIEL
• . Archangel who serves as the eyes of God in “Paradise Lost”BACONY
• . HornswogglePERSONAL
• . Ship of 1492OCH
• . Powerful connectionsERECT
• . Flier’s alternative to EWR and JFKNAIR
• . In the manner ofOKIE
• . Corn Belt stateTINIEST
• . Leg Mask brandNAILERS
• . Get down to businessSEER
• . Oscar nominee for “The Irishman”IOWA
• . Sign of good balance?BORAT
• . Thompson of “Back to the Future”CON
• . Justice Dept. agencyALPACINO
• . He marries HermioneSTRUNG
• . Carpenter’s pneumatic toolsLIBRA
• . Love letter sign-offCRISES
• . Like some dog treatsLEA
• . Scottish interjectionTABU
• . Clang, clink and clickREF
• . What Tatooine’s Jawas deal inNINA
• . Cosmetics entrepreneur KylieNOISES
• . Kazakhstani character of filmANT
• . Many a Steinbeck characterINS
• . Perfume promoted as “the forbidden fragrance”DROIDS
• . Potential adopteeMDS
• . Bullring cryLGA
• . Long of “Boyz n the Hood”JENNER