News Day Crossword Puzzle Answers December 6 2017

Clue	Solution
__ Lee cakes	SARA
"French" soup ingredient	ONION
"I agree!"	YES
"That's correct!"	RIGHT
"The Blue Danube" composer	STRAUSS
24 sheets of paper	QUIRE
Actor Baldwin	ALEC
Apple desktop computer	MAC
Assemble, as a sweater	KNIT
Backtalk	SASS
Back-to-health program, for short	REHAB
Bit of Miss Muffet's meal	CURD
Blissful place	PARADISE
Bottomless pit	ABYSS
Brewery product	ALE
British bat-and-ball competition	CRICKETMATCH
Bug in a colony	ANT
Bullets, for short	AMMO
Businesses: Abbr.	COS
Cold-cream container	JAR
Compete	VIE
Connected to the Internet	ONLINE
Contract section	CLAUSE
CPR experts	EMTS
Deep sleep	COMA
Detest	ABHOR
Double-curve	ESS
Drizzles or showers	RAINS
Era	AGE
Espionage org.	CIA
Faux __ (minor error)	PAS
Flavor enhancer initials	MSG
Frilly, as some wedding gowns	LACY
Give up, as territory	CEDE
Headgear for a princess	TIARA
Inept soldier of the comics	BEETLEBAILEY
Inflexible	RIGID
Insurance broker	AGENT
Knight's title	SIR
Loud noise	DIN
Meat grilled on a skewer	KEBAB
Minor error	SLIP
Money in Mexico	PESO
Morning TV host Kelly	RIPA
Mosque leader	IMAM
Neighbor of Tarzan	APE
Neither here __ there	NOR
New Testament letters	EPISTLES
Of food programs	DIETARY
Parts of a min.	SECS
Petty complaints	NITS
Police officers, informally	COPS
Pops out, as a DVD	EJECTS
Powerful chess pieces	QUEENS
Printers' supplies	INKS
Pungent salad veggie	RADISH
Reluctant	AVERSE
River near Shakespeare's home	AVON
Secret meetings	TRYSTS
Secret stockpile	CACHE
Shape of a face	OVAL
Slight hints of color	TINGES
Software purchaser	USER
Stadium crowd sound	ROAR
Star-Kist competitor	BUMBLEBEETUNA
Summer hrs. in Pittsburgh	EDT
Suspenders alternative	BELT
Swap	TRADE
Take home a shelter animal	ADOPT
The Dalai __	LAMA
Thief during a power outage	LOOTER
Top-billed performers	STARS
Tracks down	TRACES
Traffic light color	AMBER
Wood fastener	SCREW
Woolly female	EWE
World Cup sport	SOCCER
Written in verse	POETIC