Puzzle Answers - Changing Direction - July 11-12, 2015 - The Wall Street Journal - (SPOILER ALERT!)
ROWS
1.
Down and out = POOR
Dust Bowl migrant = OKIE
Annual music festival in Tennessee = BONNAROO
2.
Bugs = ANNOYS
Wasn't caught by, say = OUTRAN
"American Idol" contestants = SINGERS
3.
Athletes who wear silks = JOCKEYS
Of historic significance = MOMENTOUS
4.
Film set on Pandora = AVATAR
Parmesan substitute = ROMANO
5.
Portions out = METES
Monument Valley sight = MESA
Pricey fur = SABLE
Egyptian headdress symbol = ASP
6.
Many a Sinai Peninsula dweller = ARAB
Comes down with something (2 wds) = TAKES ILL
7.
Sudden outpouring = SPATE
Imitate a bunny = HOP
8.
Pull down = EARN
Shish ______ (Turkish Dish) = KEBAB
Guilty party, in cop lingo = PERP
Democratic politician Feingold = RUSS
9.
Offset one's bad deeds = ATONE
Muckracking journalist Bly = NELLIE
Piedmont city = ASTI
10.
Like new releases of old albums, often = REMASTERED
Jeeves-to-Wooster address = SIR
11.
Colosseum racer of old = CHARIOTEER
12.
State capital whose name means "sheltered bay" = HONOLULU
COLUMNS
1.
Successfully persuaded (2 wds.) WON OVER
"Open" sporting events (Hyph.) = PRO-AMS
Germany's second-largest city, after Berlin = HAMBURG
2.
Geologic time unit divided into eras = EON
Firstborn con = CAIN
Goes on a spree = SHOPS
Ivy League school briefly = PENN
3.
Unmanned craft = DRONE
Posthumous 2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee (2 wds.) = LOU
REED
4.
Group's senior member = DOYEN
Pieces in the game Go = TONES
"Up" voice actor Ed = ASNER
5.
Working well together = In SYNC
Yalta Conference participant = STALIN
6.
#10 on the periodic table = NEON
Hatchery residents = HENS
Volkswagon model designed in the 1930s = BEETLE
Attends as a visitor (2 wds.) = SITS IN
7.
Sugar in the blood = GLUCOSE
"Malcolm in the Middle" dad = HAL
Help a worrywart = REASSURE
8.
Little One = TOT
Ultracurrent, as technology = SPACE-AGE
9.
In need of medical attention = HURT
Italian seafood entree = SCAMPI
Demonstrated audacity = DARED
10.
Bank offering, for short = IRA
Pals of Tarzan = APES
Largely obsolete telecom device = BEEPER
11.
Stimpy's compatriot = REN
Low in fat = LEAN
____ Minor (Polaris constellation) = URSA
12. = DESI
