Cause for failure

The clue "Cause for failure" was last spotted by us at the Wall Street Journal Crossword on May 16 2020.

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S T R E S S

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Wall Street Journal Clues May 16, 2020

Little rascals
Not at all like little rascals
Shakespeare in the Park founder Joseph
Old Deuteronomy or Bombalurina, for example
Lake Pontchartrain’s city, for short
Avoid disturbing
Home of the highest and lowest points on land
Use an axe on
Officer awarded the rank of General of the Army, in December 1944
Cal. column
Even the slightest
It runs down your leg
Where much mail ends up
Longtime film critic Gene
Mil. address
Floribunda plants
“___ So Fine”
Small but important chambers
Yellow striped balls
Serve the coffee
Sabbath celebrator?
Future reporter
Almost ready for release
Words of resignation
Wood-shaping tool
Important wires on bicycles
“___ Misérables”
Modern auto door opener
Wavy swimmer
Sought permission
Club hits, often
Game whose name is shouted during play
“I Loves You, Porgy” singer
Peach State school
Insurer named for a volcano
Robed govt. group
Gryffindor’s Minerva McGonagall, e.g.
Cause for failure
Off the table, perhaps
Closet feature
Max or Buddy of boxing fame
Chorus of dissent
Enter stealthily
Formal response to “Who’s there?”
Corp. engineering honcho
Unbuttered
Went first
Roaming about
Bell sound
Split to join
Major attractions
Drops by the ocean
She plays Frigga in “Thor”
Hero aided by the monkey king Sugriva
Good ___ (fixed)
Big name in cameras and lenses
Chi follower
Co-star of the film “American Beauty” and TV show “American Woman”
Radio anchor Shapiro
Attuned
Puma feature
Eda who wrote “It’s Better to Be Over the Hill Than Under It”
Rough weight of a giraffe
Former frosh
Searches that 23-, 33-, 52-, 73-, 90- and 109-Across experience
Go like all get-out
Southern cooking staple
High competition
Away from the wind
Goof
Really bright
Protestant martyr Hugh
Academy Awards word
Many cricket fans
S’more-like treat
Accompanying party at a party
Possessor of wisdom
Mission near the San Antonio River
Super ___ (old gaming console)
Leg, in old slang
Green of “Casino Royale”
Some university employees
Vowel-shaped girders
Michael of “Juno”
Miserably inadequate
Blanket over Pompeii
Only name used by three 20th-century popes
Outcasts
Yogi’s focal point
Work that starts “I sing of arms and the man”
Dance’s Tharp
Capitals star Eller
The woman in question
More determined
Catchy pitches
Geologist’s time unit
Forrest Gump’s shrimp-loving pal
Amateurs don’t get it
Geologist’s time unit
Defiant response to an order
Liver section
Relaxes
Show to be false
Sleep signifier, in the comics
Ancient region south of the Dead Sea
Stretch out
Gillette brand
Combines with heat
Available
Sock in a nursery
Respected woman
Prone to back talk
Library reprimand
Tease
Bent
Large part d’un cyclope
Occurring last month
Org. with a Carl Sagan Center
Grab greedily
Stands in for
Classic lab assistant name
Icons and such
Like the deities Inti and Mama Quilla
Symbol in an emoticon heart
MLB execs
Pressures
Org. for caregivers
Burdened by debt
Mexican wraps
Cardigan combo
“Luncheon of the Boating Party” painter
Longtime Disney honcho Michael
Round Table title
Class that’s for the birds
Gracefully slim
“West Side Story” song
Inner burning
Blow
Reference list abbr.
Attack pointedly
Support position
Cal. column
Sibs and rents, collectively
Rocks in a sling