Newsday.com Crossword Answer - Sep 02, 2014

 Newsday.com Crossword Solutions - Sep 02, 2014

Clue	Answer
''Beware the __ of March''	IDES
''Hurry up!''	CMON
''The TV show is starting''	ITSON
''__ you serious?''	ARE
1/12 of a foot	INCH
Alaskan port	NOME
All lathered up	SOAPY
Andes Mountains country	PERU
Assist in a felony	ABET
At any time	EVER
Athlete's negotiator	AGENT
Beam of sunshine	RAY
Boyfriend	BEAU
Castaway's home	ISLE
Chinese or Thai	ASIAN
Chooses to take part	OPTSIN
Clock reading	TIME
Clumsy ones	CLODS
Comedy-club performances	ACTS
Computer owners	USERS
Cone-shaped tent	TEPEE
Controls something carefully	KEEPSATIGHTREIN
Cruel	HARSH
Cry of accomplishment	TADA
Digital music player	IPOD
Do-nothing person	IDLER
Drought ender	RAIN
Employer's security screening	BACKGROUNDCHECK
Envelope abbr. for Manhattan	NYNY
Festive event	GALA
First Lady before Michelle	LAURA
Fresh thought	IDEA
Gator's cousin	CROC
Genesis paradise	EDEN
Get gradually narrower	TAPER
Goofs up	ERRS
Goose's sound	HONK
Grand-scale	EPIC
Home for hatchlings	NEST
Ireland nickname	ERIN
IRS form experts	CPAS
Kitchen cover-up	APRON
Left the premises	WENT
March 17 honoree, for short	STPAT
Measure of distance	LENGTH
Mermaid's home	SEA
Minimal	SLIGHT
Mix with a spoon	STIR
Needing to scratch	ITCHY
Nile snake	ASP
Not together	APART
Nothing, in Mexico	NADA
Park your car, perhaps	PULLUPTOTHECURB
Plumbing problem	LEAK
Regions	AREAS
Repair, as a pool cue	RETIP
Repetitive learning method	ROTE
Road coating	TAR
Roof overhang	EAVE
Sampras of tennis	PETE
Scent	SMELL
Short burst of energy	SPURT
Sign of the future	OMEN
Simplicity	EASE
Social stratum	CASTE
Southwestern tableland	MESA
Spanish bull	TORO
Spine-tingling	EERIE
Team list	ROSTER
Think logically	REASON
Threesome	TRIO
Toe count	TEN
Treeless plain	TUNDRA
Underprivileged	NEEDY
Was sure of	KNEW
Wild guess	STAB
__ Day (tree-planting time)	ARBOR
__ dish (fries or rice)	SIDE