Wall Street Journal - Dec 31 2012 - Dropping the Ball

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Clues Answers
'Delta Dawn' singer REDDY
'Ignore that correction' STET
'It's ___!' ADEAL
'___ now the gulf appears in view': Byron EEN
Area in which you might find a belly button? NAVELRANGE
Atlas areas SEAS
Baja abode CASA
Ballpark figure STAT
Baseball's Rodriguez ALEX
Bellhop's burden BAGS
Bird with vestigial wings KIWI
Carton of milk that's going bad? TURNINGPINT
Cartoon 'Princess of Power' SHERA
Charismatic quality AURA
Checking activity CHESS
Classic Ford LTD
Clickable lists MENUS
Cobbler's kin PIE
Cold and damp RAW
Common solvent ETHER
Course before calc ALG
Criminalizes BANS
Devices for capturing inspirational goddesses? MUSETRAPS
Door inscription ENTER
Doorway part SILL
Doorway parts JAMBS
Electrified LIVE
Emmy winner Christine LAHTI
Encouraging word TRY
Feathery herb DILL
Fire starter KINDLER
Foot in a pound PAW
Frat party leftover BEERCAN
Free of contaminants PURE
Fresh SASSY
Go with speed HIE
Grease target AXLE
Grind together GNASH
Clues Answers
Head of Haiti TETE
Heard again RETRIED
Home to three NBA teams TEXAS
Hotel upgrade SUITE
It may be jam-packed JAR
Its flag shows a beehive UTAH
Jazz scores BASKETS
June celebrant GRAD
Let off SPARED
Long for a vampire's company? MISSTHEBAT
Loses traction SKIDS
Make like a bear SELL
Market research grist DATA
Met number ARIA
Miss breakfast, maybe SLEEPIN
Name shared by counties in 12 states ADAMS
NBC debut of September 1986 LALAW
Newsies' cry EXTRA
One of 100 in the original Times Square New Year's Eve Ball BULB
Pick up the tab TREAT
Poet who's also an artist? DRAWINGBARD
Put the kibosh on NIX
Racket part GRIP
Ruling groups REGIMES
Script of a play, essentially? CASTLINES
Seventh Greek letter ETA
Shade TINT
Sidewinder's warning RATTLE
Skeptical cry IBET
Slalom maneuvers ESSES
Slumps SAGS
Stepped down ALIT
Termination, figuratively AXE
Tony winner Arianda NINA
What some games end in ATIE
What the doctor ordered TESTS
What you will ESTATE
With reservations INAWAY