Newsday.com Crossword Answer - Aug 24, 2014

 Newsday.com Crossword Solutions - Aug 24, 2014

Clue	Answer
$5 bill	ABE
''American Hunter'' publisher	NRA
''Did my best''	ITRIED
''East of Eden'' director	KAZAN
''Garfield'' dog	ODIE
''Oliver Twist'' villain	FAGIN
''Qué __?''	PASA
''Real'' property	ESTATE
''Where America's day begins''	GUAM
''__ never fly!''	ITLL
90-degree shapes	ELLS
Alphabet ender, in Canada	ZED
Arctic bird	AUK
Arrestee's rights, familiarly	MIRANDA
Ate like a chicken	PECKED
Attends	SEES
B&B, e.g	INN
Banister post	NEWEL
Be winded	PANT
Beech or peach	TREE
Best effort, informally	AGAME
Black Friday scenes	MOBS
Brimless hat	TAM
Bug-eyed	AGOG
Bylaws, in brief	REGS
Caviar source	ROE
Choice assignments	PLUMS
Chronicle	TALE
City south of Tel Aviv	GAZA
Coffee break time	TENAM
Comics bark	ARF
Corkscrew shape	SPIRAL
Cotton capsule	BOLL
County Kerry seat	TRALEE
Cruise stop	PORT
Demanded	EXACTED
Designer Lagerfeld	KARL
Diamond ploy	BUNT
Elaborate display*	PAGEANTRY
Epic stories	SAGAS
Exchange words	SPAR
Fallon's employer	NBC
Far from exciting	TAME
Feels sore	ACHES
Figures (out)	DOPES
Final authority	SAYSO
Fit for duty	ABLE
Fragrance	SCENT
From Spain to Siberia	EURASIA
Geologic periods	ERAS
Glance over	SKIM
Go along	AGREE
Go up against	FACE
Gobbled up	ATE
Google Earth offerings	MAPS
Grammy winner Judd	NAOMI
Greek column style	IONIC
Grouchy Muppet	OSCAR
He coined the answers to all the starred clues	SHAKESPEARE
Highlander	GAEL
Ho-hum*	LACKLUSTER
Honey bunch	BEES
Iams alternative	ALPO
Ill humor	SPLEEN
In itself	PERSE
In seemingly constant motion	ONTHEGO
Iowa State locale	AMES
Is crawling (with)	TEEMS
It's a no-no	TABOO
Jupiter counterpart	ZEUS
Land heavily	THUD
Leave speechless	STUN
Lectern spot	DAIS
Legal document	TITLE
Level to the ground	RAZE
Long ago	ONCE
Matthau's wife in ''Grumpier Old Men''	LOREN
Melodic	TONAL
Microsoft cofounder	ALLEN
More than impressed*	BEDAZZLED
Mother-of-pearl	NACRE
Mr. Peanut accessory	CANE
Mr. Potato Head parts	EARS
Musical number	PIECE
Nautical direction	AFT
Network revenue source*	ADVERTISING
Nordic name	SVEN
North African capital	RABAT
Novel*	NEWFANGLED
Oath affirmation	IDO
Of great importance*	MONUMENTAL
Of hearing	AURAL
Olympics blade	EPEE
Options list	MENU
Out-of-focus image	BLUR
Overly formal	PRIM
Parts of Santa costumes	BEARDS
Parts of Uncle Sam costumes	SILKHATS
Payroll ID	SSN
Pea protectors	PODS
Peas, to pranksters	AMMO
Performing art	DANCE
Person with high aspirations*	MOUNTAINEER
Picky eater of rhyme	SPRAT
Piece next to a sofa	ENDTABLE
Pierre's pals	AMIS
Poem portion	STANZA
Puts an end to	CEASES
Religious image	ICON
Rubber-stamp refresher	INKPAD
Ryder rival	UHAUL
Santa __ winds	ANA
Scout shelters	TENTS
Search out	SEEK
Sellout's lack	SEATS
Shareholder	OWNER
Shrek, for one	OGRE
Skin soother	ALOE
Sloppy Joe holder	BUN
Small towns	BURGS
Sound in a pound	HOWL
Sound of relief	AAH
Sound-off button	MUTE
Soup legumes	LENTILS
Square-dance ladies	GALS
Srs.' lobby	AARP
Subadolescent	TWEEN
Subtly suggest	GETAT
Supernatural sign	OMEN
Sushi condiment	GINGER
Taiwan's former name	FORMOSA
Take too much of	HOG
The Joker, for Batman*	ARCHVILLAIN
They're placed under desks	KNEES
To this day	STILL
Torah authority	RABBI
Tree surgeon's tool	SAW
Veejay's employer	MTV
VISA alternative	AMEX
Washington portraitist	STUART
What you own*	BELONGINGS
Wicked one	FIEND
Winter accessory	SCARF
Withhold	KEEP
__ voce (softly)	SOTTO
__-edged investment	GILT