Wall Street Journal - Dec 6 2021 - Inside Dirt

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Clues Answers
“College GameDay” channel ESPN
“Erin Burnett OutFront” channel CNN
“It’s hopeless for us!” WERESUNK
“Ring of Fire” singer Johnny CASH
“The Daily Show” correspondent Lydic DESI
Airline whose final flight was a 2021 trip from Sardinia to Rome ALITALIA
Answerer without a body SIRI
Avenue shaders ELMS
Ballpark souvenir CAP
Before, in verses ERE
Boat landings PIERS
Bottle for oil or vinegar CRUET
Brand that might cause tail wagging ALPO
Casual wardrobe staple TEE
Childish IMMATURE
Chopped into small cubes DICED
Color akin to turquoise TEAL
Counterparts of sperm OVA
Deduce INFER
Delicate fringe LACE
Dirt on a long seat? BENCHMARK
Dirt on a plumbing fixture? ELBOWGREASE
Dirt on a portrait? FEATUREFILM
Dirt on a window covering? BLINDSPOT
Downhearted GLUM
Drips in ERs IVS
Fish that inflate like balloons PUFFERS
Flashes one’s pearly whites GRINS
Flaws DEFECTS
Focus of early east-west trade SPICES
Football field housing ARENA
Forty winks NAP
Frasier’s TV brother NILES
Gang’s domain TURF
Hit the bottle TOPE
Holds in high regard ESTEEMS
Id ___ (that is) EST
It follows the overture ACTI
Clues Answers
Javelin, essentially SPEAR
Jazz great Hancock HERBIE
Jean Grey, Storm, Cyclops et al XMEN
Job of many characters on “The Office” SALESREP
Julie Andrews and Maggie Smith, for example DAMES
Least productive IDLEST
Like a lottery winner LUCKY
Like some sloths TWOTOED
Memorable time ERA
Must have NEED
Neighbor of Braz. and Arg URU
On the other hand ELSE
Only female member of Kirk’s bridge crew UHURA
Org. with a seniors championship PGA
Out-and-out UTTER
Pied-à-___ (secondary home) TERRE
Place LOCALE
Really shine EXCEL
Resistant AVERSE
See 36-Across STREAK
Sent a message by wire CABLED
Shredded cabbage dish SLAW
Signal from an impatient driver HONK
Slack-jawed, perhaps INAWE
Snarled warning GRR
Solution in a vat DYE
Strong attraction ALLURE
Sunrise DAWN
Tehran’s nation IRAN
Title of a trickster rabbit BRER
Took a hike WALKED
TV show interrupters ADS
Unimpressed response MEH
Visiting from the country, say INTOWN
Way out EGRESS
Wink, maybe FLIRT
With 38-Across, dirt on cutlery? SILVER
Zero NIL