Newsday.com – Nov 20 2018
Published in Newsday.com Crossword. Tags: Academy Award, ATOM, ENTRANTS, SPEAR.
Clues | Answers |
”Be that __ may . . .” | ASIT |
”Either you do it, __ will!” | ORI |
”Me, too” | ASAMI |
”My country, ’tis of __” | THEE |
”Time to ask for directions, folks” | WERELOST |
Academy Award | OSCAR |
African beast larger than a rhino | HIPPO |
Alternative to Maytag | AMANA |
Ancient | OLD |
Annoys | IRKS |
Baby cow | CALF |
Bases-clearing hit | HOMER |
Be dressed in | WEAR |
Big and strong | BURLY |
Billiards bounce | CAROM |
Birthday party dessert | CAKE |
Cafeteria carrier | TRAY |
Canine sound | ARF |
Central position | MIDST |
Chick’s chirp | PEEP |
Cincinnati’s state | OHIO |
Clothes-smoothing appliance | IRON |
Contestants | ENTRANTS |
Cushiony | SOFT |
Deplete | USEUP |
Desert haven | OASIS |
Despise | HATE |
Dice throws | ROLLS |
Dog’s restraint | LEASH |
Dove’s sound | COO |
Feel unwell | AIL |
Flip-chart stand | EASEL |
Frozen spike | ICICLE |
Gathered in a pile | HEAPED |
Gut feeling | HUNCH |
Half a quart | PINT |
Hand-washing bar | SOAP |
Have the lead role | STAR |
Land by the sea | SHORE |
Leaf-gathering implement | RAKE |
Liquid explosive, for short | NITRO |
Make less difficult | EASE |
Make snake sounds | HISS |
Matured | AGED |
Mediocre grades | CEES |
Molecule part | ATOM |
Muscle spasm | CRAMP |
New Haven school | YALE |
Newspaper-printing machine | PRESS |
Not-so-great poker hand | PAIROFTENS |
Old West chow | GRUB |
Opera solos | ARIAS |
Otherwise | ELSE |
Pantry invaders | ANTS |
Pick-me-up beverage | TONIC |
Picture puzzle | REBUS |
Piece of asparagus | SPEAR |
Pilfered | STOLE |
Poker hand that beats a 20 Across | THREEACES |
Poker hand that beats a 35 Down | ROYALFLUSH |
Poker hand that beats an 11 Down | FULLHOUSE |
Salon colorist | DYER |
Scottish girl | LASS |
Signs of the future | OMENS |
Something to scratch | ITCH |
Speak unclearly | SLUR |
Spiced tea | CHAI |
Sports cable channel | ESPN |
Tax form ID | SSN |
Thaws | MELTS |
Therefore | THUS |
Three-layer cookie | OREO |
Trumpet or bugle | HORN |
Was fond of | LIKED |
Wood used for homebuilding | LUMBER |
Work at a keyboard | TYPE |
World __ (baseball championship) | SERIES |
__ view mirror (windshield attachment) | REAR |