Newsday.com - February 15 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Newsday.com Crossword Puzzle Solutions - Feb 15 2018 

Clues	Answers
''Bargain'' receptacle	BIN
''Force Behind the Forces'' org	USO
''Law & Order'' star	ORBACH
''Makes sense''	ISEE
''Victory is ours!''	WEWIN
Act of respect	BOW
Action film weapon	UZI
Actor Wheaton	WIL
Agree to take part	OPTIN
Antibiotic specification	DOSE
Asian cuisine	THAI
Ballpark souvenir	BOBBLEHEAD
Basic cable channel	USA
Biblical refuge	ARK
Chitchat	GAB
Choosing rhyme start	EENY
Comply with	ABIDEBY
Contribute	ADD
Cook quickly	ZAP
Creative skill	ART
Dairy dozen	EGGS
Declutters	CLEARS
Dense hardwood	EBONY
Depletes	EXHAUSTS
Detective story pioneer	POE
Diminish	EBB
Display stand	EASEL
Engine additive letters	STP
Extended silence on the radio	DEADAIR
Feminizing finish	ENNE
Game cube	DIE
Gathers dust	SITS
Gift-bag goodies	SWAG
Granny's girls	AUNTS
Guys wielding axes	WOODSMEN
Hard-drive measure	MEG
Heckled	RODE
High points	ZENITHS
In the past	ONCE
Largest coffee producer	BRAZIL
Leatherworking tools	AWLS
Low-fat breakfast serving	TURKEYBACON
Lummox	STUMBLEBUM
Minimally acceptable	SOSO
More than needed	EXTRA
Narrow path	LANE
Not for tots, as some films	RATEDR
Nourish oneself (on)	SUBSIST
Novelist Paretsky	SARA
Obstacle course challenge	WALL
One courting	BEAU
One of the eco-friendly three R's	REUSE
Overuses the mirror	PREENS
Pop singer from Nigeria	SADE
Prefix for political	GEO
Proof of purchase	SALESSLIP
Pupil protector	LASH
Reduce gradually	WHITTLEDOWN
Ring stats	KOS
Running total of rounds	BARTAB
Seed protector	POD
Shift course	VEER
Soup seasoning	SALT
Stood up	ROSE
Stop, look and listen	VERBS
Stuffed shirt	SNOB
Swedish money	KRONA
Symbol of aggression	FIST
Terse admission	IDIDIT
To begin with	ATFIRST
Toon imp since the '80s	BART
Twangy in speech	NASAL
Venerable news agency	REUTERS
Visionworks alternative	PEARLE
Water beside Toledo	ERIE
Way to go: Abbr	RTE
With the appropriate skill	ABLY
Yogi Bear catchphrase	HEYBOOBOO