Newsday.com - May 26 2017 Crossword Answer

Newsday.com - May 26 2017 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
#5 nation by population	BRAZIL
''Cosmic'' jazz keyboardist	SUNRA
''I __ noticed''	HADNT
''She's the one''	HER
A bit open	AJAR
Agcy. in ''The Martian''	NASA
Aphrodite's heroic son	AENEAS
Apology starter	MEA
Bard's preposition	TWIXT
Biathlon gear	SKI
Board meeting attendee	CFO
Bouquet decoration	FERN
Brit __ (Hardy category)	LIT
Broncos' first big win	SUPERBOWLXXXII
Burgeon	GROW
Buy and sell	DEALIN
California zinfandel center	LODI
Center of a black key trio	AFLAT
Chaucer pilgrim	MONK
Court name since 2009	SONIA
Crafter's cutter	XACTO
Drive away, as a comic	BOOOFFTHESTAGE
Easter lead-in	NOR
Ends' predecessor	ODDS
Enticement	LURE
Explosive sound	SNEEZE
Facebook area	ADSPACE
First half of a hoo-ha	HUE
Flummoxed	ATSEA
Foils, for instance	SWORDS
French wine-list heading	BLANCS
Gospel triad	MAGI
Ham radio oversight grp	FCC
Honshu's high point	MTFUJI
Innate	NATURAL
Inveigled	ENTICED
It holds a bit of Yellowstone	IDAHO
Last person named in ''A Christmas Carol''	TIM

Clues	Answers
London-to-Paris dir	SSE
Mellow out	MATURE
Michelle successor	MELANIA
Minor worker	COG
Much, with ''of''	OODLES
Name on 1000+ theaters	IMAX
Nautical nose	PROW
Not a whit	NIL
Not likely to collapse	STURDY
Online arcade offerer	ATARI
Oral encouragement	OLE
Oral encouragement	CHEER
Outplays consistently	OWNS
Owl's weapon	CLAW
Part of an Uncle Sam costume	HAT
Progress metaphor	STRIDE
Pull back	EBB
Refugees	EMIGRES
Scrabble owner	HASBRO
Scurry	RACE
Second half of a hoo-ha	CRY
Shine, in brand names	GLO
Skid starter	ANTI
Sorority letter	ETA
Spring sign	ARIES
Supportive, so to speak	ONBOARD
Tetra- less one	TRI
Theme of the puzzle	TICTACTOE
Tops off, in a way	ICES
Universal Studios tour vehicle	TRAM
Venue of many Winter Olympics	ALPS
Viral sensation	MEME
Votes for	YEAS
Wasn't steady	WOBBLED
What's tried first	PLANA
Word before pie and roast	POT
Written opinion	ESSAY
Yew, for one	CONIFER