Wall Street Journal Crossword Answers December 31, 2019

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Author: Blake Slonecker

Across

Lose it GOB
Gin fizz holder HIGHB
Yoga surface MAT
Qualifying exam ORAL
Beyond belief UNREAL
Laudatory verse ODE
Brazilian soccer superstar PELE
Former 1-Down chair Michael STEELE
School of Buddhism ZEN
[CLUED ELSEWHERE] LISTIC
[CLUED ELSEWHERE] LGLASS
Recipe verb ADD
Ticklish Muppet ELMO
___ Rico PUERTO
Without charge FORFREE
Exercise wheel runner HAMSTER
Icy ALOOF
Entices LURES
Auctioned auto, often REPO
Streamlined SLEEK
Title matchmaker in an 1815 novel EMMA
Expressed disapproval TSKED
Sag DROOP
Houdini feats ESCAPES
Line from a con artist TRUSTME
Sports group LEAGUE
Nor. neighbor SWED
Owned HAD
Summer projectiles WATERB
Softer part of hard rock POWERB
Carry a balance OWE
Japanese floor covering TATAMI
Grub EATS
Sculler’s implement OAR
Catchphrase SLOGAN
Emotional request PLEA
Hosp. workers DRS
[CLUED ELSEWHERE] LOONS
[CLUED ELSEWHERE] LAD

Down

Dems.’ foes GOP
Assay specimen ORE
“Auld Lang Syne” trigger, and a hint to this puzzle’s theme BALLDROP
Scam HUSTLE
Before the buzzer INTIME
Flamenco star José GRECO
“___ Haw” HEE
Approximate BALLPARK
“Don Giovanni” composer MOZART
“___ Fideles” ADESTE
Tightening muscle TENSOR
Island garland LEI
Lentil or lima bean LEGUME
Lord’s lackey SERF
Social inferiors LESSERS
Way off AFAR
Big name in the fruit and vegetable business DOLE
Material for a film editor FOOTAGE
Shade HUE
Was in first place LED
Arcade game with a ramp SKEEBALL
“___ Misérables” LES
Remove from active service MOTHBALL
Inst. holding “Campbell’s Soup Cans” MOMA
Copied APED
Quick bursts SPURTS
“Bro!” DUDE
Jimmy’s “Harvey” role ELWOOD
Armada action SEAWAR
Cooks for crews, say CATERS
Like some bobsleds and saws TWOMAN
Gains back REWINS
Wolfgang Puck’s first restaurant SPAGO
1-Down member REP
Excessively TOO
Leaves to steep TEA
Down SAD