WSJ Crossword Answers October 29 2022

WSJ ACROSS

• . Consoling touchPAT
• . Workers that need powerROBOTS
• . Towers overDWARFS
• . They put their investments in diamonds: Abbr.GMS
• . “The Problem With ___” (2017 documentary)APU
• . Shakespearean “Scram!”AVAUNT
• . “Neat!”OHCOOL
• . Porridge bitOAT
• . “Ask Me Another” airerNPR
• . *Motto for the Harvard Lampoon?VERITASSATIRE
• . Alumni email address enderEDU
• . Identity that might be nonbinaryGENDER
• . Sushi eggsROE
• . Tesla rivalEDISON
• . Tabula ___RASA
• . *Boring characters in Norse mythology?ASGARDDRAGS
• . Genre for the ClashPUNK
• . “…which is the first letter of…”ASIN
• . AlertWARN
• . Plant with fleshy leavesALOE
• . “Frozen” characterANNA
• . ConvenedMET
• . *Urban areas that speak Arabic or Hebrew?SEMITICCITIES
• . D.C. playerNAT
• . Site of some dancers’ injuries, for shortACL
• . Character with much popularity on the web?SPIDERMAN
• . “House of the Dragon” airerHBO
• . Public outrageUPROAR
• . Asian part of EgyptSINAI
• . Fountain orderMALTED
• . DupeHOODWINK
• . Bit of ointmentDAB
• . More exclusive, in a high school drama wayCLIQUIER
• . Major workOPUS
• . FoughtVIED
• . The heavens, to AtlasONUS
• . Street wear brand with a rhinoceros logoECKO
• . Clucking critterHEN
• . *Writers of advice columns for Jurassic Cosmopolitan?SEXPERTTREXES
• . Clairvoyant lettersESP
• . *Hometown fan responded to a dig about the Tigers?DETROITERRETORTED
• . CruelMEAN
• . Buck in CooperstownONEIL
• . Reynolds of “Deadpool”RYAN
• . Jam soundTOOT
• . Toward the rising sunDUEEAST
• . Votes unlikely to come from 36-DownYEAS
• . World view?MAP
• . *Locked down low poker cards?SECUREDDEUCES
• . Natural gift?LEI
• . Comedian BarinholtzIKE
• . Emperor in A.D. 69OTHO
• . Boozy baked goodBABA
• . Hasty flightLAM
• . Clean again, in a salonRERINSE
• . DNA kit toolsSWABS
• . Sardou play that inspired PucciniLATOSCA
• . WanderROAM
• . *Response to somebody rating a restaurant?YELPERREPLY
• . Subject of the painting “The Monarch of the Glen”STAG
• . Suspicious ofONTO
• . Rappers rarely use themREALNAMES
• . Person with wealthHAVE
• . Be offensiveREEK
• . Country south of the Gulf of FinlandESTONIA
• . God with a swordARES

WSJ DOWN

• . “Crosswords are just very fun mini-quizzes with packaged little boxes,” e.g.PANGRAM
• . Make happyUHOH
• . ReformsMIRROR
• . Dance partyAPPEASE
• . Cow or buffaloPOPE
• . Shot spotTAKEONE
• . Amiens assentTURNSITAROUND
• . Booming lettersOPERATE
• . Drummer from LiverpoolDAN
• . Treated with tabletsCODS
• . “Hunh?”EMO
• . Play partIMOK
• . Person in le palaisRAVE
• . Look aheadSLAW
• . Winter transportSTETSON
• . Isn’t spottedOVERAWE
• . “Vogue” singerRIVERA
• . Deserved a zero onETSY
• . Landscaper’s supplyBAR
• . Levy of “Schitt’s Creek”SAMS
• . RavenBeer’s Tell Tale Heart, e.g.NIXON
• . ___ Club (Costco rival)CHEER
• . ClenchOUI
• . No-bodies?GRIP
• . “The Evil Dead” directorKEPI
• . Utah ski resortDUO
• . EnterLEE
• . BLT sideTNT
• . “That was me”ANTIS
• . John of “The Suicide Squad”DETOUR
• . Zodiac creatureSPAS
• . Laker legend, familiarlySTARR
• . Some fish and chips fishIDID
• . Feeling downRENEE
• . “That can’t be good”WELT
• . Conclave choiceSOD
• . Chita with three TonysCENA
• . 1987 Stephen King novelTREED
• . Spotting-a-mouse criesARNO
• . Release, as an albumDOSED
• . Cynthia of “The Gilded Age”CRAB
• . Top of the French military?TRIAD
• . Wired competitorBRAN
• . Modern site of ancient ThebesWHA
• . Commuting hassleRAIMI
• . “…and you don’t want to cross me!”ORELSE
• . Lid on a rangeSEMI
• . ___ Elise Goldsberry of “Girls5eva”ACT
• . Like a trapped cat, maybeALTA
• . Guitar chordCNET
• . Is in, as an innTUB
• . Affectedly broodingPEA
• . D.C.-to-Dover dir.ROI
• . Sign over a bowl of Halloween candy, perhapsGOIN
• . Get under someone’s skin?LUXOR
• . Performing pairCALLS
• . Run-down boatFORESEE
• . Elite playerMISERY
• . Neptune’s Grotto in Italy, e.g.EBAY
• . With 102-Down, what the second halves of each asterisked answer are, vis-à-vis the first halves (well, almost…)SLED
• . Online marketSHAQ
• . Fan soundSTAYSAT
• . Field decisionsIPA
• . Online marketBLUE
• . See 95-DownENE
• . “Not a scratch on me!”OSHA
• . Relaxing retreatsGOESUNNOTICED
• . Paintball battle souvenirALLSTAR
• . Tuscan riverMADONNA
• . Fiber sourceEEKS
• . Big rigSEACAVE
• . Work welfare org.STUNKAT
• . Christopher of horror filmsDROP
• . Casserole tidbitIMAGES