Wall Street Journal - Oct 15 2004 - October 15, 2004 - Contrary Cliches

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Clues Answers
'All systems go' AOK
'Cradle of Polynesia' SAMOA
'Enough!' SPAREME
'I'll show you...' WATCH
'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade' villainess ELSA
'Miss Saigon' setting NAM
'Poppycock!' ROT
'Sorry to say...' ALAS
'The Gates of Hell' sculptor RODIN
'Tush!' POOH
'___ fired!' YOURE
'___ yellow ribbon...' TIEA
1930s heavyweight champ BAER
A lot OFTEN
Accept formally ADOPT
Aleutian attire PARKA
Alibi STORY
Alpha or omega VOWEL
As regards INRE
Back, in a way ENDOW
Be a sign of BODE
Big clod APE
Big name in metals ALCOA
Blade brand ATRA
Bomber plane org. from 1946 to 1992 SAC
Brooding mother HEN
Brussels-based org. NATO
Buddy-buddy CLOSE
Campbell creations SOUPS
Card-carrying REAL
Carnegie foundation? STEEL
City in which you'd find the Mughal Gardens DELHI
Clueless ATALOSS
College World Series setting OMAHA
Cologne cries ACHS
Commuters' home, perhaps BURBS
Cornered ATBAY
Corrupted, as computer data HOSED
Council member, perhaps ELDER
Court activity HOOPS
CPA's suggestion IRA
Credit union offering LOAN
Cross letters INRI
Crow's home TEPEE
De ___ (actual) FACTO
Deep-six SCRAP
Den device VCR
Destroy by degrees ERODE
Duel distance PACE
Early lesson ABCS
Early password user ALIBABA
Electronic music pioneer MOOG
Elevated lines ODE
Encouragement for Manolete OLE
Everybody's doing it TREND
Excite, with 'up' REV
Exploit FEAT
Facing charges ONTRIAL
Fair SOSO
Faith in music NOLAN
Famed furrier ASTOR
Fan setting ARENA
Fancy entrance ARCH
First mate? EVE
Flowery greeting LEI
Forensic workplace CRIMELAB
Gaza grp. PLO
General under Dwight OMAR
Get in on a deal ANTE
Golden rule word UNTO
Governor's daughter in 'Lakmé' ELLEN
He wrote some of his best paragraphs on Friday DEFOE
Clues Answers
Hersey's fictional town ADANO
Hibachi fill COALS
In debt OWING
It turns in its work LATHE
It's dammed at Iriklinsky URAL
Jones with a locker DAVY
Julia of 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' RAUL
Kind of model SCALE
Last part of a basketball play? OOP
Life saver, e.g. HERO
Like Richard Burton WELSH
Like some discounts DEEP
Liner course SEAWAY
Mail carrier's beat ROUTE
Michael Phelps, for one MEDALIST
More than tear up BAWL
New Age superstar ENYA
New face STRANGER
One with an electric organ EEL
Org. of Wizards and Magic NBA
Others, to Ovid ALIA
Outlaw BAN
Oxford rival AETNA
Pandemonium HAVOC
Pierce player ALDA
Plow pioneer DEERE
Plumber's challenge CLOG
Print measures ENS
Profit surplus MELON
Prompt EGGON
R&B legend James ETTA
Roman in the movie business POLANSKI
Round pounders PEENS
Runway model? PLANE
Salary bump RAISE
Seasoned stew OLLA
Secluded chambers HAREM
Second starter NANO
Sesame Street regular ELMO
Sewing machine inventor Howe ELIAS
Sgt., e.g. NCO
Shady lawyer SHYSTER
Shirt spoiler STAIN
Shuts tight SEALSUP
Sign of a cheap wine SCREWCAP
Singer Tori AMOS
Slammer PRISON
Slim yet strong WIRY
Sly look PEEK
Son of Snuffy Smith, in the comics TATER
Start of a 'Snow White' song HEIGH
Takes most of HOGS
Tariff-eliminating accord NAFTA
The Crystals' '___ Rebel' HESA
Timecard abbr. HRS
Tizzy SNIT
Underworld overlord MRBIG
Up in the air ALOFT
Used a firehouse pole SLID
Very chapped? ROUGHASANADULTSBOTTOM
Very difficult? HARDASGETTINGONALOG
Very tranquil? CALMASADRYHEN
Very wealthy? RICHASASECULARMOUSE
Very well-dressed? CLOTHEDASTHEDAYHEDIED
Voluble GLIB
Vulgarian's specialty BADTASTE
Way out AFAR
Where to find the biggest floor OCEAN
White water feature FROTH
Winner of 12 batting titles COBB
WWII female enlistee WAC
___ once ALLAT