Puzzle Answers - Candy Canes - December 20–21, 2014 - The Wall Street Journal - (SPOILER ALERT!)

Puzzle Answers - Candy Canes - December 20–21, 2014 - The Wall Street Journal - (SPOILER ALERT!)

The Journal Sunday Puzzle | edited by Mike Shenk
Candy Canes | by Patrick Berry



Canes

1. Italian region considered the birthplace of the Renaissance = TUSCANY

Near-extinct relative of the coyote (2 wds.) = RED WOLF


2. Cleaning brand owned by the Clorox Company (Hyph.) = PINE-SOL

Island nation reachable from Florida by ferry = BAHAMAS


3. Valiantly refuse to stop (2 wds.) = PRESS ON

Small golf group = TWOSOME


4. Young boys, informally = SHAVERS

“I have no problem with that” (2 wds.) = SUITS ME


5. Up on the deck = TOPSIDE

Goes by = ELAPSES


6. Internet service that’s the focus of the 2013 documentary “Downloaded” = NAPSTER

Story with a lesson = PARABLE


7. Impolite and vulgar (Hyph.) = ILL-BRED

Poem in which Polyphemus is blinded = ODYSSEY


8. Prickling with excitement = ATINGLE

Receptionist’s device = HEADSET


9. Draws a caricature of = DEPICTS

Enjoying success after success (3 wds.) = ON A ROLL


10. Plantation house feature = VERANDA

Met with a welcome = GREETED


11. Desert sights = MIRAGES

Tool used to cut metal = HACKSAW



Rows

• Fills with joy = ELATES

Pop alternative = DADDY


• Game period = HALF

Unvarnished truth, with “the” = LOWDOWN


• Holy Ark’s contents = TORAH

Wee bit = SMIDGE


• Arrive too late to see = MISS

Yosemite National Park features = CANYONS


• Untanned hide = PELT

Stayed loyal (to) = ADHERED


• Assume to be true = POSIT

In need of an airing = SMELLY


• Bananas = INSANE

Judiciously decreases, with “down” = PARES


• Sparrow’s portrayer = DEPP

Pioneer offerings = STEREOS


• Anthropoid animals = APES

Overhauls = REVAMPS


• Nearly tied = CLOSE

State gem of the Gem State = GARNET


• What the Bessemer process produces = STEEL

Her waist was widened in 1997 = BARBIE


• Like car engines at stoplights = IDLING

Run along = LEAVE


• Approximately = ABOUT

Illusionist’s interjection = PRESTO


• Dieters avoid them = SNACKS

Clued in = AWARE


• Body parts that get clogged = SINUSES

“I want you to have this = HERE


Numbered Squares = PINE NEEDLES