Newsday.com Crossword Answer - May 20, 2014

 Newsday.com Crossword Solutions - May 20, 2014

Clue	Answer
''No __, ands or buts!''	IFS
''Sad to say . . .''	ALAS
''That makes sense''	ISEE
Additionally	ALSO
Aide: Abbr	ASST
Alpine song	YODEL
Appraise	RATE
Approx. takeoff times	ETDS
Attention-getting sound	PSST
Banquet	FEAST
Beer barrels	KEGS
Bird of peace	DOVE
Blog entry	POST
Boy Scout group	TROOP
Boyfriend	BEAU
Bridle straps	REINS
British nobleman	LORD
Brontosaurus, for short	DINO
Bullring shout	OLE
Catch with a snare	TRAP
Cheerios grain	OAT
Church seats	PEWS
Cob of corn	EAR
Company VIP	EXEC
Conversation	DIALOGUE
Crowbar, e.g	LEVER
Detective's work	CASE
Distant	FAROFF
Doe's mate	STAG
Dog-biscuit shape	BONE
Double punch in boxing	ONETWO
DVR button	REC
Egged on	URGED
Enclosed, as a community	GATED
Fairy-tale monster	OGRE
Feeling pleased	GLAD
Fishing spool	REEL
Frolicked	ROMPED
Genealogist's chart	TREE
Hardest to find	RAREST
Have pizza delivered, say	ORDEROUT
High-pitched bark	YELP
Hotel visitor	GUEST
Just average	SOSO
Just slightly	ABIT
Kid's snack with milk	SUGARCOOKIE
Make public	BARE
Makes a knot	TIES
Mental faculties	WITS
Off the leash	LOOSE
Opera solo	ARIA
Overly lucrative contracts	SWEETHEARTDEALS
Pay increase	RAISE
Period of history	ERA
Phone letters near 0	OPER
Pleads	BEGS
Rain hard	POUR
Ready for a challenge	UPTOIT
Ride the waves	SURF
Rushed toward	RANAT
Scarcely any	PRECIOUSFEW
Shooting star	METEOR
Smidgens	IOTAS
Strong glue	EPOXY
Suffix for kitchen	ETTE
Sundae topping	HOTFUDGE
Superior school grade	APLUS
Supermarket walkway	AISLE
Tip of a shoe	TOE
Took first prize	WON
Tree juice	SAP
Wear away	ERODE
Winding road curves	ESSES
Writer of song words	LYRICIST
Yours and mine	OURS
__ Day (tree-planting time)	ARBOR
__ Major (bear constellation)	URSA
__-edged (highest-quality)	GILT