Newsday.com – January 9 2019
Published in Newsday.com Crossword. Tags: Europe, FLEE, OPERA, THEME.
| Clues | Answers |
| ”At the __ the day . . .” | ENDOF |
| ”Grand” musical production | OPERA |
| 401, to 18 Across | CDI |
| ACLU concerns | RTS |
| Acorn producers | OAKS |
| Active person | DOER |
| AFL-__ | CIO |
| Author unknown: Abbr | ANON |
| Basic principles | ABCS |
| Be bold | DARE |
| Beach resort locale | SEASIDE |
| Become preoccupied with | FIXON |
| Bread with a pocket | PITA |
| Brooks of country music | GARTH |
| Canceled, at NASA | NOGO |
| Cupcake topper | ICING |
| Custard dessert | FLAN |
| December tune | CAROL |
| Defer, with ”off” | PUT |
| Designed to entice | TEMPTING |
| Early synthetic fabric | ORLON |
| Escape in a hurry | FLEE |
| Face-to-face exam | ORAL |
| Faux __ (minor mistake) | PAS |
| Gas in store-window signs | NEON |
| Get wed on the run | ELOPE |
| Give to a cause | DONATE |
| Go by, as time | ELAPSE |
| Hibernation place | LAIR |
| Highest digit in sudoku | NINE |
| Hill-building bugs | ANTS |
| Historical time | ERA |
| Hit movie | BOXOFFICESMASH |
| Hit novel | BESTSELLINGBOOK |
| Hit song | POPCHARTTOPPER |
| Hotel employee | MAID |
| In __ (harmonious) | SYNC |
| Infamous Roman emperor | NERO |
| Jogging pace | TROT |
| Keyboard instrument | PIANO |
| Land east of Europe | ASIA |
| Line of rotation | AXIS |
| Line on a list | ITEM |
| Mail-drop opening | SLOT |
| Many urban rds | STS |
| Midleg joints | KNEES |
| Milky-white gem | OPAL |
| Morsel | BIT |
| Motif | THEME |
| Not known by | ALIENTO |
| Novelist Rice | ANNE |
| NYSE debut | IPO |
| One gathering intel | SPY |
| Palm tree berry | ACAI |
| Pay tribute to | HONOR |
| Physical condition | SHAPE |
| Poet’s ”before” | ERE |
| Rather tall | SIXONE |
| Relinquish, as territory | CEDE |
| Rigatoni or ravioli | PASTA |
| Sacred | HOLY |
| Salt Lake state | UTAH |
| Setters and spaniels | DOGS |
| Silly | INANE |
| Slammed door sound | BANG |
| Slice of the spectrum | HUE |
| Small gulf | BAY |
| Spelling contest | BEE |
| Stares at | OGLES |
| Sticks for the slopes | SKIPOLES |
| Suffix for percent | ILE |
| T.S. of literature | ELIOT |
| Takes care of, with ”to” | TENDS |
| Tennis great Arthur | ASHE |
| Thick heads of hair | MANES |
| Two-speaker system | STEREO |
| Wedding party member | USHER |
| Women | SHES |