News Day Crossword Puzzle Answers December 25 2017

Clue	Solution
__ Carlo, Monaco	MONTE
"__ seeing you!" ("So long!")	ILLBE
"Half" prefix for final	SEMI
"Shop __ you drop"	TIL
Ammo-loading gadget for a musket	RAMROD
Arrived at	GOTTO
Authorizes	OKAYS
Beauty pageant crowns	TIARAS
Bridle strap	REIN
Brief film excerpt	SCENE
Calm, as fears	ALLAY
Capital of Italy	ROME
Changed the color of again	REDYED
Clever accomplishment	COUP
Commotion	TODO
Confuses	ADDLES
Convention group from a state	DELEGATION
Day before a holiday	EVE
Decorate again	REDO
Des Moines' state	IOWA
Donate	GIVE
Dozed off	SLEPT
Eagerly excited	AGOG
Elaborate meal	FEAST
Factual	TRUE
Fender ding	DENT
First cousin's mom	AUNT
Get even for	AVENGE
Get to one's feet	STAND
Greatly admires	REVERES
Group that travels with a movie star	ENTOURAGE
Guys' campus group	FRATERNITY
Highest in quality	BEST
In for the evening	ATHOME
Labor Day mo.	SEP
Lambs' moms	EWES
Lock of hair	TRESS
Luau instruments, for short	UKES
Made a quick escape	FLED
Make less difficult	EASE
Mexican snacks in shells	TACOS
Miles away	AFAR
Mix with a spoon	STIR
Modify	ALTER
Money spent	OUTGO
Nest egg letters	IRA
Netlike fabric	MESH
Newspaper issue	EDITION
Nullified	NEGATED
Oil cartel letters	OPEC
Operate an auto	DRIVE
Poems of praise	ODES
Public persona	IMAGE
Sailor's distress signal	SOS
Scent detector	NOSE
Sesame __ bun	SEED
Sink-drain stop-ups	CLOGS
Sit for a bit	REST
Southeast Florida city	MIAMI
Spooky	EERIE
Steals from	ROBS
Submarine tracking device	SONAR
T-__ steak	BONE
Take effect	SETIN
Teachers' workplaces	SCHOOLS
Tennis court divider	NET
Thinnest American coin	DIME
Throw for __ (astonish)	ALOOP
Top of a toothpaste tube	CAP
Toy building-block brand	LEGO
Typical Saudi	ARAB
Unlock	OPEN
Velocity	SPEED
Very enthusiastic	AVID
What's placed in a glove	HAND
When some take a coffee break	ATTEN
Woodwind instrument	OBOE
Work group of legislators	COMMITTEE