Newsday.com - Mar 6 2016 Crossword Answer

Newsday.com - Mar 6 2016 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
$5 bills	FINS
''Casablanca'' pianist	SAM
''CSI'' procedures	LABTESTS
''Downton Abbey'' countess	CORA
''Moonstruck'' Oscar winner	OLYMPIADUKAKIS
''The Zoo Story'' playwright	ALBEE
''Turn up the heat!''	BRR
11th grader's exam: Abbr	PSAT
Art on arms, for short	TATS
Auto dealer's offerings	LEASES
Basis of organic chemistry	CARBON
Bassoon cousin	OBOE
Beginners	NOVICES
Belittle	ABASE
Berate	DRESSDOWN
Bradstreet's partner	DUN
Cameo mineral	ONYX
Carefully chosen	SELECT
Chihuahua cheers	OLES
City near Salt Lake	OGDEN
College football award	HEISMAN
Compass reading	ENE
Concludes one's case	RESTS
Cone holders	PINES
Confidential	PRIVATE
Cooking meas	TBSP
Cool one's heels	WAIT
Cope with change	ADAPT
Corporation designation	INC
Coup d'__	ETAT
CPR pro	EMT
Crucifix letters	INRI
Cultural pursuits	ARTS
Daughter of Desi	LUCIE
Day fraction	HOUR
Destroys gradually	ERODES
Director Dunham	LENA
Discerning	KEEN
Discoloration	BLOTCH
Engage in vote swapping	LOGROLL
Enliven, with ''up''	SPICE
Erstwhile children's clothes retailer	KIDSRUS
Exclamation of celebration	YAY
Falsified	FAKED
Family business abbr	BROS
First on the moon, alphabetically	ALDRIN
Fly fast	ZOOM
Folk story	TALE
Golf pro Ernie	ELS
Grass pieces	BLADES
Gray's subj	ANAT
Group to be auctioned	LOT
Guatemala neighbor	BELIZE
Half of EU	EUROPEAN
Half of hex-	TRI
Heat conduit	DUCT
Hibernation place	DEN
Homer Simpson's boss	MONTGOMERYBURNS
Iconic Old West marshal	HICKOK
ICU personnel	RNS
Ill will	RANCOR
Inherently	BYNATURE
JFK's WWII service	USN
John __ Lennon	ONO
Key related to C	AMINOR
Lackluster	BLAH
Language class lessons	TENSES
Leafy lunches	SALADS
Literature Nobelist Munro	ALICE
Lithography legend	IVES
Long-nosed fish	PIKE
Mail-routing abbr	ATTN

Clues	Answers
Main course	ENTREE
Major DC lobby	NRA
Make sure of	SEETO
Makes a comparison	RELATES
Maltreated	ABUSED
Many ''Deck the Halls'' syllables	LAS
Mascara mishap	SMEAR
Med. scan	MRI
Media statistician Silver	NATE
Metaphor for drastic cutting	MEATAX
Mike Myers film role	AUSTINPOWERS
Miles away	AFAR
Most comical	ZANIEST
Muckraking journalist	LINCOLNSTEFFENS
Munich Mrs	FRAU
Name in the news since 1958	UPI
NL East team	ATL
Noisy bug	CICADA
Oil drilling equipment	RIG
Once around a track	LAP
One with a Nome home	ALASKAN
Over the moon	ECSTATIC
Painter known as ''The Dripper''	JACKSONPOLLOCK
Paper Mate rival	BIC
Peeved	INAPET
Piece of work	TASK
Piggy's frog friend	KERMIT
Pinnacle	ACME
Plus	AND
Polite denial	NOTI
Pop-culture phenomenon	FAD
Rental ad abbr	RMS
Retired Czech tennis pro	HELENASUKOVA
Retired TV talk host	LENO
Santa __, CA	CLARA
Secondhand transactions	RESALES
See 66 Across	CARDIN
Setting for Singapore	ASIA
Shade of purple	MAUVE
Show for sure	PROVE
Singer LaBelle	PATTI
Sluggish	SLOW
Small brown bird	WREN
Small sweet sandwich	OREO
Something extra	MORE
Sound of surprise	OHO
Speechless	ATALOSS
Spiny houseplant	ALOE
Spring suddenly	POUNCE
Start to catch up	GAIN
Stinging remarks	BARBS
Stir-fry skillet	WOK
Study of verses	PROSODY
Summer setting in Va	EDT
Swiped	TOOK
Switch label	ONOFF
Symbols of sleep	ZEES
Syndicated game-show host	SAJAK
Texting alternative	EMAIL
Time-traveling canine toon	PEABODY
Tiny fly	GNAT
Ultimatum ender	ELSE
Underused auto parts	BLINKERS
Unkempt place	STY
Unnamed wine-list selections	HOUSEREDS
Unvarying voice	MONOTONE
Went astray	ERRED
What to call a clipper	SHE
When shadows are shortest	NOON
Whopping	HEFTY
With 68 Across, French designer	PIERRE
__ voce (orally)	VIVA