Puzzle Answers - Belt Line - The Wall Street Journal Saturday Puzzle November 22, 2014 (SPOILER ALERT!)

Puzzle Answers - Belt Line - The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Saturday Puzzle November 22, 2014 (SPOILER ALERT!)

Get the solution to this week’s Journal Saturday Puzzle

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1. Authentication of a will = PROBATE

Intensity = VIGOR

Blow the whistle = TELL

___ City (name for heaven in “The Pilgrim’s Progress”) = CELESTIAL

Playlist components = SONGS

2. Place with pastoral charm (2 wds.) = GARDEN SPOT

Spy who infiltrates = MOLE

Point of view = ANGLE

Bind with a cord = LASH

Captured criminal? (2 wds.) = MUG SHOT

3. Minivans from Kia = SEDONAS

Estate units = ACRES

Call a radio show (2 wds.) = PHONE IN

Address for a king = SIRE

Rouses (oneself) = BESTIRS

4. Happy expression = GRIN

Weary motorist’s stop (2 wds.) REST AREA

Casting director? = FISHER

Getting back = RECOUPING

5. Word following “Ye” = OLDE

With good cheer = GAILY

Work-out-the-kinks iteration (2 wds.) = TRIAL RUN

Deep cuts = GASHES

What “Twilight” vampires do in sunlight = SPARKLE

6. Rapidity = HASTE

Denounce bitterly (2 wds.) = RAIL AT

Drawback = DOWNSIDE

Bandit drove one in “Smokey and the Bandit” (2 wds.) = TRANS AM

Iconic role for Ingrid = ILSA

7. Mafiosi’s enemies = FEDS

Hester Prynne portrayer of 1995 (2 wds.) = DEMI MOORE

James Taylor’s musical genre (2 wds.) = SOFT ROCK

John Hughes comedy that takes place at Christmas (2 wds.) = HOME ALONE

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A. “A rolling stone gathers no moths,” for example = MALAPROPISM

Candle’s light = GLOW

Crowe’s “A Beautiful Mind” character = NASH

Quarter pound of butter = STICK

Early Civil War battle for Grant = SHILOH

B. Weather report numbers = HIGHS

Somewhat (3 wds.) = TO A DEGREE

“Sighted sub, ___ same” = SANK

“Really Useful Engine” of children’s books = THOMAS

Items put in frames = LENSES

C. Makes people obey, as a law = ENFORCES

Immodest swimsuit = THONG

Sliding part of a lock = BOLT

Flat replacement = SPARE

Star bearers = GENERALS

D. Polar masses, for short = BERGS

Concerning (3 wds.) = IN REGARD TO

Naval rank just above commodore (2 wds.) = REAR ADMIRAL

Very much (2 wds.) = A LOT

E. Insect’s end point? = STINGER

One raised on the coast? (2 wds.) = SAND CASTLE

Oxy target = ACNE

Prepared to throw a punch (2 wds.) = HAULED OFF

F. Vacate the premises = LEAVE

Cold shower? = SLEET

Too early or too late (Hyph.) = ILL-TIMED

“Strangers With Candy”star Amy = SEDARIS

Police pursuit sound = SIREN

G. Singer who plays Prince’s rival in “Purple Rain” (2 wds.) = MORRIS DAY

Celeb’s Twitter followers = FANS

Making a choice = OPTING

Play boisterously = ROMP

Formal speech = ORATION

WHAT'S ANOTHER WORD FOR THESAURUS? —STEPHEN WRIGHT