Newsday.com - Oct 4 2018 Crossword Answer

Newsday.com - Oct 4 2018 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Most corny	HOKIEST
NBA great's nickname	MAGIC
New Mexico elevation	MESA
Not watchful in the least	ASLEEP
NYC's NBA arena	MSG
Oil-drilling setup	RIG
OK to sample	EDIBLE
Perfumer's compound	ESTER
Photo finish	GLOSS
Pivotal player	STAR
Prefix for thermal	GEO
Pressed for	URGED
Propeller sound	WHIR
Pundit piece	ESSAY
Rattlebrained	DITSY
Roughneck	APE
Rutabagas, for instance	TURNIPS
Scarecrow's center	STRAW
See 45 Down	LEER
Sends off	MAILS
Streamlined	SLEEK
Stressed type, for short	ITAL
Strive for	AIMAT
Succeeds in bull taming	BREAKSSTEER
Sudden energy burst	SPASM
Table leg creator	LATHE
The Bard	SHAKESPEARE
The other one	THAT
This: Sp	ESTO
Twisty turn	ESS
Uncorking sound	POP
United	WED
What a royal reign is often called	ERA
What NAFTA reduced	TARIFFS
Wholly	ALL
With 60 Down, cad's bad look	RAKES
__ noire	BETE
__ Rock (Australian landmark)	AYERS

Clues	Answers
''Cosmo'' competitor	ELLE
''Now I remember!''	AHA
24 sheets	QUIRE
Able	FIT
Absorb	TAKEIN
Absorb a loss	EATIT
Addison collaborator	STEELE
Bar bottles	RYES
Bar bottles	ALES
BBC detective series	SHERLOCK
Becomes immobile	SETS
Betray discomfort	SQUIRM
Big groups	FLOCKS
Blunders	ERRS
Contented comments	AAHS
Deductions from par	BIRDIES
Diplomatic successes	PACTS
Duck hunters, naturally	DRAKESFEAR
Elucidates	MAKESCLEAR
Equal	ARE
Essential	KEY
Expressed disapproval of	TSKED
Fairway bend	DOGLEG
Favors	LIKES
Flagpole	STAFF
French states	ETATS
Frightful	TERRIBLE
Green shade	KELLY
Grumpy guy	CRAB
Harpo Productions boss	OPRAH
High spirits	GLEE
Himalayan cleric	LAMA
Holder of 14 Grand Slam titles	SAMPRAS
Hole puncher	AWL
It's south of Sinai	REDSEA
Mark down much	SLASH
Metaphor for confusion	FOG
Minimally	ATAD