Wall Street Journal - Dec 12 2019 - The Pretenders

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Clues Answers
“For real, I promise!” ITSSO
“Marilyn Diptych” artist WARHOL
“You betcha!” SURE
Ages and ages EON
Anthony Eden’s earldom AVON
Betsy DeVos’s dept EDUC
Big do FRO
Bob’s companion? WEAVE
Boost STEAL
Bounty buy ROLL
Bus-riding requirements, often EXACTFARES
Candidate’s concern RACE
Copy changes EDITS
Countermand UNDO
Cross SPAN
Defendant’s plea, for short NOLO
Done, in Dunkirk FINI
Doofuses DOPES
Facility with tubs SPA
Fleeting deviation from the norm BLIP
Football’s Hilliard, Taylor and Boettger IKES
Fortune founder LUCE
Free of skin PARE
Gaping hole ABYSS
German count’s start EINS
Gifford’s successor on TV RIPA
Goal END
Goals TARGETS
Got nosy PRIED
Grin’s partner BEARIT
Healthy look GLOW
Investor’s order STOP
Island with very little population LILLIPUT
It debuted after “Three’s Company” in 1978 TAXI
Justice covers ROBES
Key location FLORIDA
Letter-shaped fastener TNUT
Letters on a rubber check NSF
Manila money PESO
Clues Answers
Many a Christmas tree SPRUCE
Maugham’s “___ the Villa” UPAT
Mazola rival WESSON
Meander WEND
Milky gem OPAL
Negotiator’s skill TACT
Not bright PALE
Offend innocent ears SWEAR
One with a record EXCON
Pac-12 member UCLA
Pairs DUADS
Panhandle handle TEX
Parquetry feature INLAY
Piper descriptor PIED
Pitch from Pelfrey SINKER
Pituitary hormone, for short ACTH
Place to hoist a pint PUB
Pontiac’s tribe OTTAWA
Pool pick TEAM
Pretend, and what you’ll find five times in this puzzle PUTONANACT
Professional storyteller BARD
QB’s try ATT
Salon products TONERS
See 4-Down STRAW
Setting of 191 gates in Chicago OHARE
Singer Rimes LEANN
Sounds flustered SPUTTERS
Texter’s “ta-ta!” TTYL
Took courses ATE
Touching the floor, in ballet ATERRE
Trivia tidbit FACTOID
Unable to operate KAPUT
Unit symbolized by an omega OHM
Use a 48-Down SUCK
Without zip DULLY
Wolverine’s cousin OTTER
Words of intimidation ORELSE
Yield OUTPUT
Young in Hollywood LORETTA