Newsday.com Crossword Answers - Apr 21, 2014

 Newsday.com Crossword Solutions - Apr 21, 2014

Clue	Answer
''Absolutely!'' in Acapulco	SISI
''Half'' prefix for circle	SEMI
''Highly recommended!''	ITSGREAT
''Z __ zebra''	ASIN
''__ turn is it?''	WHOSE
April 15 taxing org	IRS
Art gallery event	SHOW
Baby's neckwear	BIB
Be durable	LAST
Bits of shattered glass	SHARDS
Bottomless pit	ABYSS
Brother of Cain	ABEL
Capital of France	PARIS
Casual eatery	DINER
Color of Santa's suit	RED
Competed in a marathon	RAN
Drove too fast	SPED
Electrical cord's end	PLUG
Fairy tale meanies	OGRES
Fake name	ALIAS
Gas in bright signs	NEON
Grad	ALUM
Guys	MEN
Head-moving assent	NOD
Healthful resorts	SPAS
Higher than	ABOVE
Hot herbal drink	TEA
Hour after midnight	ONE
Insurance seller	AGENT
It kicks off the Olympic Games	OPENINGCEREMONY
Julius Caesar garment	TOGA
Kitchen flooring pieces	TILES
Kitchen or den	ROOM
Leans slightly	SLANTS
Look impolitely at	OGLE
Major blood vessel	AORTA
Make angry	RILE
Male deer	STAG
Martini add-in	OLIVE
Metals in rocks	ORES
NFL tiebreaker periods	OTS
Nights before holidays	EVES
Odometer measure	MILE
One broadcasting programs	AIRER
Opera solo	ARIA
Org. for Tiger Woods	PGA
Perspire	SWEAT
Region	AREA
Report-card D, for example	LOWGRADE
Ripped	TORE
Rock-band sound boosters	AMPS
Rotini or rigatoni	PASTA
Rowed, as a boat	OARED
Says aloud	UTTERS
Sci-fi ''beam'' weapon	LASER
Seattle clock setting: Abbr	PST
Smartened (up)	WISED
Solitary	LONE
Some S&L nest eggs	IRAS
Starting all over	BEGINNINGAGAIN
Stately shade trees	ELMS
Strong desires	YENS
The ''S'' of GPS: Abbr	SYST
Tooth-care pros' org	ADA
Tread heavily	STOMP
Try to bite, puppy-style	NIPAT
Two-__ (deceitful)	FACED
Typical Kuwaiti	ARAB
Used to be	WAS
Very uncommon	RARE
Vote out	UNSEAT
Wage set for a new hiree	STARTINGSALARY
Was introduced to	MET
Wishes earnestly	HOPES
Woodwind instrument	OBOE
__ a soul (no one)	NARY
__ so (nevertheless)	EVEN
__ song (cheaply)	FORA