Wall Street Journal puzzle clues 2016 Nov 18

• 53-Down, for one Crossword Clue
• Access controller Crossword Clue
• Advocate of boots on the ground Crossword Clue
• As is proper Crossword Clue
• Assimilate Crossword Clue
• Big bettor at the casino Crossword Clue
• Book reviewer Crossword Clue
• 'C'mon, I dare you!' Crossword Clue
• Creative springboard Crossword Clue
• Cry like a baby Crossword Clue
• Culkin of 'Igby Goes Down' Crossword Clue
• Declining Crossword Clue
• Denim worker Crossword Clue
• Dental directive Crossword Clue
• Drummer's punchline follow-up Crossword Clue
• Elemental bit Crossword Clue
• Epic of roughly 24,000 couplets Crossword Clue
• Familial nickname Crossword Clue
• Forwent frugality Crossword Clue
• Gave a promotion Crossword Clue
• Hex halved Crossword Clue
• Hockey Hall of Famer Mikita Crossword Clue
• Horse whisperer, e.g Crossword Clue
• Keynote speaker at the 2004 Democratic National Convention Crossword Clue
• Lapse Crossword Clue
• Laundromat Crossword Clue
• Lifeguard's concern Crossword Clue
• 'Lohengrin' lady Crossword Clue
• Longest-serving Speaker of the House Crossword Clue
• Merit Crossword Clue
• Merman's milieu Crossword Clue
• 'My baby at my breast,' to Shakespeare's Cleopatra Crossword Clue
• Olympic fighter Crossword Clue
• Oscar of 'Ex Machina' Crossword Clue
• 'Rapsodie Espagnole' composer Crossword Clue
• 'Reader, I married him' speaker Crossword Clue
• Shower collection Crossword Clue
• Soup sample Crossword Clue
• Spring setting Crossword Clue
• Take away Crossword Clue
• Targets of zapping Crossword Clue
• Teachers' org Crossword Clue
• 'Tear down this wall!' speaker Crossword Clue
• Truck part Crossword Clue
• Union representative Crossword Clue
• U.S. region from 1838 to 1846 Crossword Clue
• Volcano production Crossword Clue
• Waxed lyrical Crossword Clue
• 'Whatever you prefer' Crossword Clue
• When Ophelia drowns Crossword Clue
• Where the elated walk Crossword Clue
• Whitman of 'Parenthood' Crossword Clue
• Words on some pastel cards Crossword Clue