Newsday.com Crossword Answer - Jul 28, 2014

 Newsday.com Crossword Solutions - Jul 28, 2014

Clue	Answer
''Better late __ never''	THAN
''__ boy!'' (''Way to go!'')	ATTA
87-octane fuel	REGULARGASOLINE
A US alliance	NATO
Apparel that's not dressy	EVERYDAYCLOTHES
Artist's cap	BERET
Author unknown: Abbr	ANON
Ballerina's skirt	TUTU
Banana coverings	PEELS
Be partial to	FAVOR
Bingo player's purchase	CARD
Biology or chemistry: Abbr	SCI
Black-and-white cookie	OREO
Breakfast, lunch, or dinner	MEAL
Canyon sound	ECHO
Casual shirt	TEE
Catch in a trap	SNARE
Center of a bagel	HOLE
Christmas song	NOEL
Clinton's vice president	GORE
Close forcefully	SLAM
Direct words at	SAYTO
Discussion venue	FORUM
Double-curve letter	ESS
Feeling achy	SORE
First part of a play	ACTI
Flat-topped hill	MESA
Fussy person	PRIG
Giggle sound	TEHEE
Grand house	MANOR
Granola tidbit	OAT
Hiker's walkway	PATH
Intelligent	SMART
Jigsaw-puzzle part	PIECE
Join forces	UNITE
Leg joint	KNEE
List-shortening abbr	ETAL
Military-camp eatery	MESSHALL
Mink or sable	FUR
Minor quarrel	SPAT
Mix together	STIR
Modify, as a manuscript	EDIT
Mural or statue	ART
Nerd	GEEK
Nitwit	DOLT
Not moving	INERT
Offer at retail	SELL
Office neckwear	TIE
Ore-processing plant	SMELTERY
Otherwise	ELSE
Outflow of water	DRAINAGE
Possesses	HAS
Raise, as a child	REAR
Region	AREA
Same old routines	RUTS
Sgt. or cpl	NCO
Short letter	NOTE
Snakelike fishes	EELS
Snapshots, for short	PICS
Something everyone's aware of	COMMONKNOWLEDGE
Spanish ''goodbye''	ADIOS
Stadium levels	TIERS
Store sign welcomed by night owls	OPENLATE
Stretched tight	TAUT
Suffix for kitchen	ETTE
Sweetie	HON
Tenants' dwellings: Abbr	APTS
Time-consuming	LONG
Tiny pantry invaders	ANTS
Tip of a comet	TAIL
Tire filler	AIR
Tiresome person	BORE
Toots the horn	HONKS
Top-rated	AONE
Violinist's stick	BOW
Vote into office	ELECT
Weight-loss plan	DIET
__-optic cable	FIBER