Newsday.com Crossword Answers - Mar 17, 2014

 Newsday.com Crossword Solutions - Mar 17, 2014

Clue	Answer
''Battle Hymn'' repeated word	GLORY
''Beauty and the Beast'' girl	BELLE
''Bus Stop'' playwright	INGE
''C'mon, take a bite''	TRYIT
''Cats'' inspiration	ELIOT
''Get it?''	SEE
''The King and I'' setting	SIAM
16 Across inventory	LPS
2012 voice of the Lorax	DEVITO
48 Down winner as Erin	JULIA
A great distance	AFAR
Amenable	OPEN
Animated character	TOON
Assistants	SECONDBANANAS
Astronomer's reference	STARMAP
Banned insecticide	DDT
Be in charge of	RUN
Bert's'' Sesame Street'' pal	ERNIE
Better on stage	OUTACT
Boxer, informally	PUG
Break up, as a club	DISBAND
Bruce Willis film of '99	THESIXTHSENSE
Buddies	CHUMS
Buffoons	OAFS
Bugs built in Bavaria	VWS
Camcorder button	REC
Camel cousin	ALPACA
Camping gear	TENTS
Canadian coin	CENT
Caterpillar, for one	LARVA
Charles Mason's partner	DIXON
Cinema statuette	OSCAR
Close tightly	SHUT
Condo dwellings	UNITS
Corp. milestone	IPO
Corporate planning dept	RANDD
Criticize	RIP
Cul-de-__	SAC
Daily delivery	MAIL
Easy pace	JOG
End of a kid's song	EIEIO
Ended in a tie	DRAWN
Engrave deeply	ETCH
Erode	EAT
Evergreen tree	SPRUCE
Farm enclosures	PENS
Felt poorly	AILED
Fine wools	ANGORAS
First-rate	AONE
Floral necklace	LEI
Fusses	ADOS
Game for tots	TBALL
Get off the fence	DECIDE
Has coming	EARNS
Help out	AID
Highest possible	MAXIMAL
Hip-hop hosts	DJS
Housetops	ROOFS
Hypothetical concept in physics	FIFTHDIMENSION
Ice-skating spot	POND
Illusionary illustrator	MCESCHER
Immigrant's subj	ESL
Impertinent	SASSY
Important person	BIGWIG
Individually	APIECE
Insignificant	MERE
Insufficiency	LACK
Interjects	ADDS
It's east of Miss	ALA
Jacob's twin	ESAU
Japanese commercial center	OSAKA
Kayak accessory	OAR
Language that gave us ''clan''	GAELIC
Leave the Limited	DETRAIN
Lines with Xings	RRS
Link in a train	CAR
Low poker pair	TWOS
March honoree, for short	STPAT
May honoree	MOM
Medicating	DOSING
Military ctrs	FTS
Military ctrs	HQS
Misfortune	WOE
Museum pieces	ART
Narrative	TALE
New staffer	HIREE
Not quite a majority	HALF
October to December	FOURTHQUARTER
One-time Air France plane	SST
Onion cousin	SHALLOT
Order taker	WAITER
Pacino et al	ALS
Penalty callers	REFS
Place for a pants patch	KNEE
Popeye's girlfriend	OYL
Porcupine quill	SPINE
Product at some parlors	TATTOOS
Promoted recruit	PRIVATEFIRSTCLASS
Publicity package	PRESSKIT
Putting back together	FIXING
Quick punches	JABS
Raised the roof	HADAFIT
Raising the roof	IRATE
Rarely used subs	THIRDSTRINGERS
Recycling container	BIN
Resided	LIVED
Resort near Venice	LIDO
River at Yuma	GILA
Rotation line	AXIS
S&L offerings	CDS
Sail support	MAST
Scouting mission	RECON
Set of principles	CODE
SFO stats	ETAS
Snow vehicle	SLED
Something simple	SNAP
Sound from a TV	AUDIO
Southern casino city	BILOXI
Spanish national hero	ELCID
Sports stadiums	ARENAS
Steer clear of	AVOID
Storyline	ARC
Strop user	HONER
Suffix for leather	ETTE
Sun Bowl city	ELPASO
Superman insignia	ESS
Surmounting	ATOP
Taj Mahal city	AGRA
Takes the wheel	STEERS
Teachers' org	NEA
Temporary fix	STOPGAP
The Barber of Seville	FIGARO
Thick-soled shoe	CLOG
Timecard abbr	HRS
Took a break	SAT
Tourist draw	MECCA
Unexpected obstacles	SNAGS
Vuitton competitor	PRADA
Was in front	LED
Web popups	ADS
What shirt collars cover	NAPES
What you eat	DIET
What you may say after finishing the puzzle	IMINSEVENTHHEAVEN
Wholesale quantity	CASE
Without a break	ONEND
WWII GI	DOGFACE