News Day Crossword Puzzle Answers November 6 2017

Clue	Solution
Castaways’ escape vehicles	RAFTS
”That’s funny!”	HAHA
Oil cartel letters	OPEC
Musical work for sopranos	OPERA
List-shortening abbr.	ETAL
Tiresome speaker	BORE
Tin or aluminum	METAL
Lounge around	LOLL
Actor Alda	ALAN
Man’s throat bulge	ADAMSAPPLE
Boat’s pole	MAST
Mornings: Abbr.	AMS
Looks angrily (at)	GLARES
Rough, as sandpaper	COARSE
Make an escape	FLEE
”You can leave now”	OKGO
Decide not to visit	SKIP
Dog’s tiny pests	FLEAS
About to say ”Here’s to you”	PROPOSINGATOAST
Enthusiastic	EAGER
Grassy fields	LEAS
Soft French cheese	BRIE
Full collections	SETS
Future attorney’s field of study	PRELAW
Green pasta sauces	PESTOS
Lion of the zodiac	LEO
At any __ (nevertheless)	RATE
Gambling token	CASINOCHIP
Fairy tale meanie	OGRE
Plow-pulling beasts	OXEN
Lamp covering	SHADE
Prepare for, as a vacation	PLAN
Offend the nose	REEK
Spud	TATER
Uses needle and thread	SEWS
Clucking sounds of disapproval	TSKS
T-bone or porterhouse	STEAK
Italy’s capital, to natives	ROMA
Imitated	APED
Cheese in Greek salads	FETA
Airport shuttle vehicle	TRAM
Spicy Mexican dips	SALSAS
Assists	HELPS
On the roof of	ATOP
School corridor	HALL
Claim without proof	ALLEGE
President from 2009-2017	OBAMA
__ bear (Arctic mammal)	POLAR
Remove pencil marks	ERASE
Pennies	CENTS
Make __ of (botch)	AMESS
Went away	LEFT
Deal with adversity	COPE
Vegetable in gumbo	OKRA
Wildly excited	AGOG
Lasso	ROPE
Speeders’ penalties	FINES
Women’s golf org.	LPGA
Bagpiper’s garment	KILT
Tip of the ear	LOBE
__ Grey tea	EARL
India’s continent	ASIA
Slow-cooker meal	STEW
Approximately	ORSO
Colorado ski resort	ASPEN
Accompany to a party	ESCORT
Henhouse perches	ROOSTS
Theater accessories	PROPS
”Bald” bird	EAGLE
Scarecrow filling	STRAW
Kids older than 12	TEENS
Parts of a chain necklace	LINKS
Lumberjacks’ tools	AXES
Search for	SEEK
Casual conversation	CHAT
Detest	HATE
Creative thought	IDEA
Enliven, with ”up”	PERK