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 |