Newsday.com – Apr 16 2018
Published in Newsday.com Crossword. Tags: ABEL, INVEST, Japan, LONE, MASKS, NUNS, ORAL, RODEO.
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| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ”Here’s to you!”, for one | TOAST |
| ”Hey, you!” | PSST |
| ”That’s too bad” | ALAS |
| A Great Lake | ERIE |
| A smaller number | FEWER |
| Adolescent | TEEN |
| Ancient fable teller | AESOP |
| And others: Abbr | ETAL |
| Arm joints | ELBOWS |
| Ask formally to appear | SUMMON |
| Baby’s bed | CRIB |
| Back talk | SASS |
| Beef or pork | MEAT |
| Brother of Cain | ABEL |
| Buy stocks or bonds | INVEST |
| Buyer-protection agency | CONSUMERAFFAIRS |
| Cake decorator | ICER |
| Carpet fastener | TACK |
| Catch sight of | SPOT |
| Chop finely | MINCE |
| Church sale | BAZAAR |
| Commonplace | USUAL |
| Competes in a marathon | RUNS |
| Confront boldly | FACE |
| Convent dwellers | NUNS |
| Costumes’ head coverings | MASKS |
| Cowboy show | RODEO |
| Creative thought | IDEA |
| Diamond weight measure | CARAT |
| Driver of flying reindeer | SANTA |
| Emphatic typeface: Abbr | ITAL |
| Fedora or beret | HAT |
| Fender mishap | DENT |
| Flower stalk | STEM |
| Forms of a verb | TENSES |
| Go up a mountain | CLIMB |
| Grown-up boys | MEN |
| Highways: Abbr | RTES |
| Holder for eyeglasses | CASE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| In addition | ALSO |
| Informal ”I understand” | GOTCHA |
| Informal language | SLANG |
| Invalidate | UNDO |
| Japan’s continent | ASIA |
| Locale | SITE |
| Major happening | EVENT |
| Make simpler | EASE |
| Metallic rocks | ORES |
| Metered vehicle | TAXI |
| More or __ (approximately) | LESS |
| Most prudent | WISEST |
| No-no | TABOO |
| Not doing anything | IDLE |
| Not fooled by | ONTO |
| Outlandishly comical | ZANY |
| Paper Mate’s pen rivals | BICS |
| Perched on | ATOP |
| Piece of lettuce | LEAF |
| Portions of corn | EARS |
| Pub drinks | ALES |
| Red vegetables | BEETS |
| Roster | LIST |
| Shorthand expert, for short | STENO |
| Sign up for something | ENROLL |
| Singing groups without sopranos or altos | MALECHOIRS |
| Spouse’s mom or dad | INLAW |
| Sultan’s group of wives | HAREM |
| Take a crack __ (try) | ATIT |
| Thaws | MELTS |
| The __ Ranger (Western hero) | LONE |
| Turn out to be | ENDUP |
| Underway, to Sherlock | AFOOT |
| Volcano outflow | LAVA |
| Watch secretly | SPYON |
| Water-supply storage areas | RESERVOIRS |
| Word-of-mouth | ORAL |
| Yoked animals | OXEN |
| __ of the above (something else) | NONE |