Wall Street Journal - Aug 22 2020 - Coaching Advice From Captain Obvious

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“Bus Stop” writer INGE
“Carmen” composer BIZET
“No way, man...” AWCMON
“Spirited Away” genre ANIME
“That’s my cue!” IMUP
“Turn up the heat!” BRR
“Well, I didn’t expect that!” HUH
+ or – particle ION
...from a crew coach DONTROCKTHEBOAT
...from a hammer throw coach YOUGOTTALETITGO
...from a pole vault coach RAISETHEBAR
...from a sport climbing coach HANGINTHERE
...from a water polo coach HOLDYOURHEADHIGH
Abbrs. on old vitamin bottles RDAS
About INRE
Absorb SOPUP
Airport screening org TSA
Alma mater of the WNBA’s Lisa Leslie USC
Annie of “Designing Women” POTTS
Approach NEAR
Army groups UNITS
As well TOO
Assistant who had quite a hunch IGOR
At some time in the future ONEDAY
Author Umberto ECO
Banned TABOO
Banned insecticide DDT
Barack gave her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013 OPRAH
Beehive State tribe UTES
Big event sites ARENAS
Big seller of suits SPEEDO
Bird sacred to Thoth IBIS
Blood type system ABO
Budgeting consideration FINANCES
Bumped into MET
Butt RAM
Button on many remotes VOL
Cars with Supercharging credits TESLAS
Ceaseless ETERNAL
Character of a people ETHOS
Check a check, say READD
Children’s author Silverstein SHEL
Comic-Con dress-up COSPLAY
Corsage flower ORCHID
Crew needs OARS
Crows’ cousins JAYS
Decays ROTS
Decorate ADORN
Deliberately impairs SABOTAGES
Dispensary fill DRUGS
Driver on movie sets ADAM
Droop SAG
Earbuds effect STEREO
Element 102 is named for him NOBEL
Emulated Ahab WHALED
Firebug PYRO
Fixes a hole in a tennis racket RESTRINGS
Flight segment LEG
Flight segment STAIR
Foil alternative EPEE
Follower of Ignatius of Loyola JESUIT
Fortnite fanatic GAMER
Giant in electronic goods SONY
Girl’s name meaning “ninth” NONA
Godsend BOON
Grand move in the grandstands WAVE
Happy housemate DOC
Hip-hop wordsmiths MCS
Impatient acknowledgment YESYES
Impertinent SAUCY
Clues Answers
In isolation ALONE
It became a state in 1845 TEXAS
It became a state in 1864 NEVADA
It became a state in 1890 IDAHO
It’s twisted in cells DNA
Jackson Hole backdrop TETONS
James of the “Divergent” films THEO
Kept a check (on) RODEHERD
Lady with 11 Grammys GAGA
Laotian money KIP
Late tourney round SEMI
Leader at a powwow SHAMAN
Leaves out OMITS
Leonidas’s kingdom SPARTA
Like some medicines and stocks: Abbr OTC
Lovelace of early computing ADA
Mama’s mate PAPA
Mena of “American Beauty” SUVARI
Mine matter ORE
Moody genre EMO
Morocco’s capital RABAT
Mother Teresa’s most blessed achievement SAINTHOOD
Move about ROAM
Move up and down BOB
Muscat native OMANI
Numerical comparisons RATIOS
Occupied INUSE
Old Spanish currency PESETA
Opposable digit THUMB
Org. for retirees SSA
Org. for seniors AARP
Peace Prize winner from Egypt SADAT
Platte River people OTOE
Producer of props SCENESHOP
Quality of oracular answers, often AMBIGUITY
Recipe instruction STIR
River to the Gulf of Guinea NIGER
Riyadh resident SAUDI
Savings option IRA
Schlep from car to kitchen LUGIN
Scotch partner SODA
Scotland’s longest river TAY
See 66-Across YOURGOALS
Share magazine billing COEDIT
Shout at the end of a virtuoso performance ENCORE
Singer, of a sort DIRTYRAT
Sites for C-sections ORS
Sleep disturbers NOISES
Smoked topper LOX
Snare TRAP
Soccer stadium cheer OLE
Sound accompanying widened eyes OOH
Squash like a bug STEPON
Starch-yielding palm SAGO
Street urchins WAIFS
Sunny hotel areas ATRIA
Take on HIRE
Talkative birds MYNAHS
Tip for writers? NIB
Took down ATE
Topper for a seasonal worker SANTAHAT
Tortoise’s rival HARE
Two-time Latin Pop Grammy winner Jon SECADA
Very OHSO
What a mute button mutes AUDIO
Where nobody puts Baby, according to Johnny INACORNER
White-furred weasel ERMINE
With 71-Across, ...from a soccer coach VISUALIZE
Wrap for a rani SARI
Wry words of wisdom...from a hurdles coach GOABOVEANDBEYOND