WSJ Crossword December 30 2023 Answers

The complete list of answers to the WSJ Crossword published on December 30 2023.

136
Total Clues
64
Total Across
72
Total Down

Clues Across (64 total)

(1)
Add spirits to
(5)
Where to find sun bears and clouded leopards
(9)
“I know the answer! Call on me!”
(13)
Get smart
(18)
Arthur of the court
(19)
Remain undecided
(20)
Lola’s locale, in song
(21)
Many a Sundance film
(22)
“You’ve piqued my interest, tell me more”
(24)
Remark from Holmes to Watson
(27)
Debonair
(28)
Servitude system
(29)
Emperor whose name is Italian for “black”
(30)
Ellipsis component
(31)
Be a knight in shining armor
(34)
___-Aztecan (language family)
(35)
Felt remorse for
(37)
Big oil producer
(38)
Stock holder, of a sort
(40)
It’s a 9 on the Beaufort scale
(44)
Less lively, as a party
(46)
Potential site of a George Washington confession
(49)
Course org.
(50)
“As ___ care”
(53)
Grammy winner Jackson
(55)
Jet Ski rival
(57)
“Stop dawdling already!”
(58)
“Baby ___ Star” (Prince song)
(59)
Skirt option
(62)
La Salle of “ER”
(63)
Effective insults
(64)
Moniker for a ravenous teen
(68)
Undercover title role for Rob Schneider
(71)
Les ___-Unis
(72)
“Bosch” org.
(74)
Jazz musician Macero and racer Fabi
(75)
Personal driver, of a sort
(76)
Boxing prize
(77)
Corn kin
(79)
Admitted a humiliating mistake
(82)
Hedge fund pro
(83)
Secretary Xi’s nation: Abbr.
(84)
Recreation destination of northeastern Pennsylvania
(87)
Like many Bluetooth headsets
(90)
Took the car out
(93)
Sushi staple
(96)
Sale proviso accompanying a photo on eBay
(99)
Opposed to
(100)
Sword beater
(101)
Response to a parent’s “Because I said so”
(106)
Shay’s country music partner
(107)
Mare meal
(109)
Roman racer
(110)
Frugal
(112)
Lose focus, and a visual hint to solving seven Across clues and a literal hint to seven Down answers
(114)
Newspaper command centers, back in the day
(116)
Interest
(117)
Surprised salutation
(118)
Brain-freezing treat
(119)
Clockwork part
(120)
Some lawn mowers
(121)
Granada grizzlies
(122)
Last letters
(123)
Digital IDs

Clues Down (72 total)

(1)
Vientiane language
(2)
Takes the next step after a right swipe
(3)
Trivial talk
(4)
Tough to grasp
(5)
Sitcom set at Whitlock High
(6)
Quake
(7)
Preventing progress
(8)
Cooler suffix
(9)
Large singing groups
(10)
Yule greeting
(11)
Allowing for contingencies
(12)
Viking of the comics
(13)
Sprite’s kin
(14)
Hydrocarbon suffix
(15)
Match point, maybe
(16)
Revolt
(17)
In the vicinity of
(23)
Inc. relative
(25)
Not remotely recently
(26)
It gets snapped
(28)
Tricky puzzles
(30)
TV’s House and Howser, e.g.
(32)
Scientific prefix meaning “completed”
(33)
It sinks when you scratch
(36)
Qatari capital
(39)
A ___ (deduced)
(41)
First word of Dante’s “Inferno”
(42)
Jakob and Wilhelm, of fairy tale fame
(43)
“Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” prop
(45)
Belle ___ (pre-WWI period)
(47)
Bee follower
(48)
It’s often played in Congress
(51)
Digital counters
(52)
“Clear for takeoff”
(53)
Will Smith/Tommy Lee Jones movie series, for short
(54)
Tiny shape-shifter
(56)
Losing strategy
(57)
Reggae offshoot
(60)
Dean’s partner in upscale grocery stores
(61)
“This ___ outrage!”
(63)
Start of many box set titles
(65)
Kings goalie Cam
(66)
Cooperstown’s “Master Melvin”
(67)
Illegal diamond delivery
(69)
Work together
(70)
Offer that’s easy to refuse
(73)
Homer holler
(77)
Labor request
(78)
Most recent
(80)
Brian of Roxy Music
(81)
Red Sox manager Alex
(83)
Fudges made with brown sugar
(85)
Hammer part
(86)
Warned
(88)
Main point
(89)
Cheers from the sidelines
(91)
Sam for whom a bridge bidding convention is named
(92)
It has flippers and bumpers
(93)
Like two peas in ___
(94)
Builder of a San Simeon castle
(95)
As a whole
(97)
Cry on spotting another vessel
(98)
Some vodka orders
(102)
Prohibited
(103)
First odd prime
(104)
Lets loose
(105)
Shot that completely misses the basket
(108)
Train in the ring
(111)
Steams (up)
(113)
Ref’s ring decision
(114)
Rap’s ___ Khalifa
(115)
Fourth-yr. class

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