Newsday.com - Dec 2 2018 Crossword Answer

Newsday.com - Dec 2 2018 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Loses one's footing	TRIPS
Mailbag	POUCH
Make a desperate attempt	GRASPATSTRAWS
Makes watertight	SEALS
Makeup mishap	SMEAR
Mandolin kin	LUTE
Marble cake pattern	SWIRL
Melville novel	OMOO
Migratory birds	GEESE
Monocle, essentially	LENS
Most unfortunate	SADDEST
Muscular	TONED
Mystical glow	AURA
NL Central team	STL
Non-unlawful holdup	DELAY
Not up on the latest	OUTOFTOUCH
Nun's beads	ROSARY
Ornamental shrub	SPIREA
Pamper too much	SPOIL
PC alternatives	MACS
Philosopher Descartes	RENE
Pizazz	ELAN
Poe maiden ''by the sea''	LEE
Postpaid enclosure: Abbr	SASE
Pre-college, for short	ELHI
Purple shade	PLUM
Quarterback Manning	ELI
Quite a while	AGES
Resolve, with ''out''	IRON
Respectful address	SIR
Self-regard	EGO
Shade	COLOR
Shakespearean teen	ROMEO
Shout	CRY
Sidekick	PAL
Singer Carly __ Jepsen	RAE
Skeptic's question	WHATSTHECATCH
Ski resort vehicle	SNOCAT
Small hill	KNOLL
Snappy comeback	RETORT
Snow coasters	SLEDS
Some DJ discs	LPS
Some of the earliest color TVs	RCAS
Sparkle	GLINT
Specialty area	REALM
Sporting blade	EPEE
Spreadsheet array	DATASET
Stage portrayal	ROLE
Stare at	OGLE
Start golfing	TEEOFF
Still wrapped	NEW
Striker's demand, perhaps	MOREPAY
Sushi staple	TUNA
Sweater fabric	MOHAIR
Symbol on a freeway exit sign	ARROW
Takes the helm	STEERS
Tennis officials	REFS
Thumbs (through)	LEAFS
Tightly closed	SHUT
Town near Santa Fe	TAOS
Tread heavily	STOMP
Type of red algae	SEAMOSS
Ultimate exam	FINAL
Undercover missions, for short	OPS
Very funny one	RIOT
Viking in the comics	HAGAR
Visionary giving advice	SEER
What combs contain	TEETH
Where Victoria was empress	INDIA
Whipped up	MADE
Worldly	SECULAR
Wrath	IRE
Zilch	NIL

Clues	Answers
''Already?''	SOSOON
''King'' of music	ELVIS
''No talking!''	SHH
''Not so loud!''	HOLDITDOWN
''Not so!'' reply	ISTOO
''Spring forward'' period: Abbr	DST
''That was close!''	WHEW
'90s Russian leader	YELTSIN
131 Boat bottoms	KEELS
132 Brief film excerpt	SCENE
133 Haus wife	FRAU
134 Lord's spouse	LADY
135 Melodious	SWEET
136 Make confetti out of	SHRED
137 Rapidly	FAST
Actor Rogen	SETH
Agreeable to	FOR
Alpaca cousin	LLAMA
Ancestor of Italian	LATIN
Ancestral diagrams	TREES
Appeared to be	SEEMED
Arena level	TIER
Atoll features	LAGOONS
Author Silverstein	SHEL
Authorizes	ALLOWS
Auto racer Earnhardt	DALE
Away from here	GONE
Be bossy with	PUSHAROUND
Be very frugal	PINCHPENNIES
Become a contestant	ENTER
Bit of broccoli	SPEAR
Bouillon brand	KNORR
Brick or cherry	RED
Calming down	GETTINGAGRIP
Canal components	LOCKS
Cap-and-gown renter	SENIOR
Carefree escapades	LARKS
Cathedral section	APSE
Chaperone, typically	ADULT
Checks over carefully	VETS
Chicks' chirps	PEEPS
Chinese takeout appetizer	EGGROLL
Choir voice	TENOR
Closes in on	NEARS
Coast Guard operation	RESCUE
Covert org	CIA
Cranny colleague	NOOK
Cruise ship	LINER
Decorative pitcher	EWER
Did the catering for	FED
Doodler's tablet	SCRATCHPAD
Drains of energy	SAPS
Dress carefully	PRIMP
Earth tremor	SEISM
Earth-friendly prefix	ECO
Enticed	TEMPTED
Fire engine gear	LADDER
Gangplank, e.g	RAMP
Garlicky mayo	AIOLI
Grandson of Adam	ENOS
Had totally fooled	SNOWED
Hieroglyphics reptiles	ASPS
Hogwarts potions professor	SNAPE
HS math	ALG
In a sneaky way	SLYLY
In the midst of	AMONG
In unison	ASONE
Incline	SLANT
IRS ID	SSN
Junk email	SPAM
Justice Sotomayor	SONIA
Kibbles 'n Bits alternative	ALPO
Locomotive power	STEAM