Wall Street Journal - Jun 10 2021 - Spell Binding

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Clues Answers
“You wish!” DREAMON
Back in the navy AFT
Be behind OWE
Bearing typified by Mafiosi? FAMILYMIEN
Bunch in a mess GIS
Campfire treats SMORES
Caves, sometimes DENS
Checking out EYEING
Choice word EENIE
Dict. offering DEF
Digital communication method: Abbr ASL
Dundee dish HAGGIS
Extremely awesome BADASS
Fancies DESIRES
Figure in frosting, perhaps AGE
Garlicky sauce AIOLI
Gave the cook a break ATEOUT
Green, maybe UNRIPE
He played Pinky in “Horse Feathers” HARPO
Home to about a sixth of humans AFRICA
Honker SCHNOZ
How some stocks are sold ATPAR
Interconnected negotiations? TIEDTALKS
Its second-largest town is Kópavogur ICELAND
Light yellowish brown SANDY
Like Proxima Centauri, of all stars but the sun NEAREST
Louvre pyramid architect IMPEI
Maker of Miracle Rescue hair products PANTENE
Monopolist’s share ALL
Monopoly token choice HAT
Mr. Tibbs’s portrayer POITIER
Narrow inlet RIA
Nat and Natalie COLES
Norse narrative SAGA
Not clerical LAIC
Open-face, lattice or deep-dish, say? PIECLASS
Parasitic pests LICE
Part of a spelling rule, and a hint to this puzzle’s theme IBEFOREE
Clues Answers
Pastoral sound BAA
Poem portion STAVE
Pretentious ARTSY
Previously AGO
Queeg’s command CAINE
Query from the curious MAYISEE
Rage FAD
Red October, e.g SUB
Remini of “The King of Queens” LEAH
River racers SCULLS
Sandwich letters BLT
Scrollwork shape ESS
Sea swallow TERN
Season opener? PRE
She was June in “Henry & June” UMA
Skein formers GEESE
Skye who’s Donovan’s daughter IONE
Slicer inserts LOAVES
Some war reporters EMBEDS
Source of 1-Down, perhaps EWE
Spurred GOOSED
Stick again REPASTE
Strip of icons TOOLBAR
Sullen sorts MOPERS
Symbol of strength OAK
Tab, e.g COLA
Term retired by the New York Times in 2021 in favor of “guest essay” OPED
Time for eggnog YULE
Tribal shaman? MAGICCHIEF
Trunk TORSO
Two for a buck ANTLERS
Uploading letters FTP
Volcanic island group of Portugal AZORES
Way out ALIBI
Went unused SAT
With it ALERT
Words with distance or disadvantage ATA
Wrath IRE