Newsday.com Crossword Answers - Mar 23, 2014

 Newsday.com Crossword Solutions - Mar 23, 2014

Clue	Answer
''Despicable Me'' girl	AGNES
''I'll take that as __''	ANO
''Put a sock in it!''	HUSH
''Semper Fi'' grp	USMC
''What a shame!''	ALAS
90 Across preceder	AKA
A natural sci	BIOL
A pushover	EASY
A symbol of Australia	KOALA
A third of ''tres''	UNO
Adjective for 113 Down	LARGEST
Aladdin, for one	WISHER
Amigo's emphatic assent	SISI
Arctic assistant	ELF
ATM input	PIN
Banquet host	EMCEE
Bar garnish	LEMONPEEL
Bard's river	AVON
Bear, to astronomers	URSA
Beast in the weasel family	OTTER
Beer variety	LAGER
Big citrus fruits	POMELOS
Bit of a laugh	HAR
Bloke	CHAP
Bonus feature	EXTRA
Boston suburb	LYNN
Bout ender	TKO
Boxer's aide	HANDLER
Brings up	REARS
Brother of Lisa and Maggie	BART
Bureaucrat	PAPERPUSHER
Captain Hook subordinate	SMEE
Chooses	PICKS
Chose, with ''for''	OPTED
Coffee-bar beverage	LATTE
Comics canine	ODIE
Consumed quickly	ATEUP
Coveted racing spot	POLEPOSITION
Crop measure	BUSHEL
Debt memos	IOUS
Den array, often	REMOTES
Ecology agency	EPA
Email him at eng.kremlin.ru	PUTIN
Enticement	LURE
Env. contents	ENC
Evita's surname	PERON
Exclamation of approval	OOHLALA
Experts	ACES
Expunge	REMOVE
Facilitate, as a felony	ABET
False witness	LIAR
Figurine mineral	ONYX
Fill with joy	ELATE
Finger jab	POKE
Fireplace by-product	SOOT
Floor models	DEMOS
Freezes over, as a port	ICESIN
Friendly	AMICABLE
Get angry	RAISECAIN
Girder material	STEEL
GNP, e.g	STAT
GPS reading	NNE
Gusto	ZEST
Ham it up	EMOTE
Hands-on-hips	AKIMBO
Have as a customer	SELLTO
High bond rating	AAA
Horror-film stock character	MUMMY
Hose-clamp fastener	TBOLT
Hospital area, for short	PREOP
Hunters' org	NRA
Inky mess	BLOT
It means ''atmosphere''	AER
It's about 100 mi. from Buffalo	ERIEPA
Itish pop singer	ENYA
JVC alternative	RCA
Large assembly	THRONG
Lyricist's quest	RHYME
Map blowups	INSETS
Minor mistakes	LAPSES
Minus	LESS
Miss the mark	ERR
Mom's boy	SON
More bizarre	EERIER
Move about	ROAM
Nary a soul	NONE
Ne'er-do-well	BUM
Netting	MESH
Nike rival	AVIA
NL Central team	STL
Nom de plume	ALIAS
Nominee's affiliation	POLITICALPARTY
Note next to F	GFLAT
Obliterate	ERASE
Obstruct	STOP
October birthstone	OPAL
Overly vivid	LURID
Part of 132 Across	EAST
Part of SSN	SOC
Pen holder	POCKETPROTECTOR
Perch or pike	PANFISH
Place to purchase pies	PIZZAPARLOR
PlayStation rival	WII
Poetic contraction	TWAS
Pointy tower	STEEPLE
Possible fruitcake ingredient	GRAPES
Prefix for legal	PARA
Prepares for battle	ARMS
Presidential candidate of '92	PEROT
Press for	URGE
Range	SCOPE
Residence	ABODE
Rodeo ride	BRONC
Rubbed roughly	ABRADED
Salty water	SEAS
Salty water	OCEAN
Sewing-machine inventor	HOWE
Shoe piece	SOLE
Siberia's setting	ASIA
Signed off on	OKD
Singer's uncommon skill	PERFECTPITCH
Small bill	ONE
Social connections	INS
Subsides	EBBS
Successfully invade	OVERRUN
Suits to __	ATEE
Sweeping stories	EPICS
Sweepstakes hopefuls	ENTRANTS
Tablet downloads	APPS
Telltale sign	ODOR
Tiny bit	IOTA
Tom Cruise ex	NICOLE
Totaled	RANTO
Towel material	TERRY
Town-square structure	GAZEBO
Traditional tea time	FOURPM
Try to rip open	TEARAT
Underhanded nature	SLYNESS
Vacation destination	SPA
Violinist Rieu	ANDRE
Washer cycle	PERMANENTPRESS
Wharton title character	FROME
Whoop-de-__	DOO
Yard-sale staples	LPS
Yearn (for)	ACHE
__ Mawr College	BRYN