Newsday.com Crossword Answer - Oct 22, 2014

 Newsday.com Crossword Solutions- Oct 22, 2014

Clue	Answer
''Skyfall'' singer	ADELE
''Steady as __ goes''	SHE
1200, in Old Rome	MCC
Absolute ruler	CZAR
Acts sulky	MOPES
And more of the same: Abbr	ETC
Apple computer	MAC
Away from port	ATSEA
Beast of burden	ASS
Bird in a Poe poem	RAVEN
Body art, for short	TAT
Brand of pens	BIC
Central points	NODES
Chair part	ARM
Cherry centers	PITS
Chinese side dish	STEAMEDRICE
Coffee dispensers	URNS
Cold War letters	USSR
Computer device	MODEM
Cowboy's workplace	RANCH
Cpl. or sgt	NCO
Curved path	ARC
Dutch Caribbean isle	ARUBA
Enthusiastic	ARDENT
Family cars	SEDANS
Finger jabs	POKES
Flower stalk	STEM
Former Tower of London surrounder	MOAT
Grand __ Opry	OLE
Handcuff	MANACLE
Historical span	ERA
Homecoming returnees	ALUMS
Insect stage	LARVA
Italian wine region	TUSCANY
JetBlue fleet	PLANES
Jeweled crown	TIARA
Large artery	AORTA
Largest amount	MOST
Long, long __	AGO
Luau music makers	UKES
Lyrical verse	ODE
Milking-machine attachment	UDDER
Minor malady	AILMENT
Mixed-breed pups	MUTTS
Monks' residence	ABBEY
Once more	AGAIN
Outdo in performance	UPSTAGE
Overcharge for tickets	SCALP
Oyster relative	CLAM
Package of paper	REAM
Pal from the 'hood	HOMIE
Papa	DAD
Pastor, for short	REV
Patriotic songs	ANTHEMS
Peaceful	CALM
Peanut-butter holder	JAR
Pet-collar attachments	IDTAGS
Prefix meaning ''one''	UNI
Prince of India	RAJA
Pumpkin-pie spice	NUTMEG
Rental agreement	LEASE
Secondhand	USED
Sets of principles	CODES
Something optional	EXTRA
Sturgeon eggs	ROE
Teeming (with)	ALIVE
Tire pattern	TREAD
Top athlete	ALLSTAR
Top of a wave	CREST
Touchy issue	SORESUBJECT
Type of pear	ANJOU
Tyrannosaurus __	REX
Use one's reflexes	REACT
Uses the backspace key	ERASES
Vatican leader	POPE
Venerable satire publication	MADMAGAZINE
Vine, to Hollywood Boulevard	CROSSSTREET
Washbowl	BASIN