Newsday.com Crossword Answer - May 19, 2014

 Newsday.com Crossword Solutions - May 19, 2014

Clue	Answer
''Absolutely!''	YES
''Absolutely!'' in Acapulco	SISI
''Constrictor'' snakes	BOAS
''Garfield'' dog	ODIE
''Me neither''	NORI
44th president	OBAMA
Ages upon ages of time	EONS
Annoying person	PEST
Approximately	ORSO
Aroma	ODOR
Cancel, as a rocket launch	ABORT
Capital of Italy	ROME
Centers of hurricanes	EYES
Chilled, as a drink	ICED
Christmas temps in red suits	SANTAS
Climber's assistance	BOOST
Coral formation	REEF
Cozy rooms	DENS
CPR experts	EMTS
Cul-de-__ (dead end)	SAC
Desirable traits	ASSETS
Difficult responsibility	ONUS
Dutch cheese	EDAM
Elaborate party	GALA
Evaluated	RATED
Fill with joy	ELATE
Fireplace wood	LOG
Fishing pole	ROD
Grad	ALUM
High-society group	ELITE
Historical period	ERA
Horse sound	NEIGH
Inclined surface	SLOPE
Lasting mark	SCAR
Light brown	BEIGE
Lion's sound	ROAR
Little bit	TAD
Make simpler	EASE
Monk's residence	ABBEY
Not as much	LESS
Pay-__-view movie	PER
Physician, for short	DOC
Piece of office furniture	DESK
Play with like a kitten	PAWAT
Prepares flour	SIFTS
Question again	REASK
Raised	LIFTED
Reduces, as prices	LOWERS
Require	NEED
Say aloud	UTTER
Self-images	EGOS
Sharp, as vision	KEEN
Short letter	NOTE
Slow-cooker meal	STEW
Soon	MINUTESFROMNOW
Soon	BEFOREYOUKNOWIT
Soon	INALITTLEWHILE
Sounded like a pigeon	COOED
Spew lava	ERUPT
Sport with greens and clubs	GOLF
Spots for earrings	LOBES
Take creases out of clothes	IRON
Teacher's request	SEEME
Therefore	ERGO
Thinnest coins	DIMES
Tiny pantry invaders	ANTS
Top-notch	AONE
Traditional folktales	LORE
Trash vessel	BARGE
Two-dot punctuation mark	COLON
Vein of gold in a mine	LODE
Violin holder	CASE
Vote into office	ELECT
Walked heavily	TROD
Works hard	LABORS
Works with watercolors	PAINTS
Yellow citrus fruit	LEMON
__ yesterday (gullible)	BORN