Newsday.com - February 16 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Newsday.com Crossword Puzzle Solutions - Feb 16 2018 

Clues	Answers
''Jabberwocky'' starter	TWAS
Air France secondary hub	ORLY
As of	SINCE
Attempt to mediate	STEPIN
Authorized representative	AGENT
Auto radiator part	HOSE
Badge of a sort	IDTAG
Ballet step	PAS
Ballpark music maker	ORGAN
Choral platform	RISER
Cold War adversary	KGB
Concocted	BREWED
Contacts-list abbr	TEL
Cool, in the '90s	PHAT
Deposit in underground banks	ORE
Describes in detail	LAYSOUT
Director Mendes	SAM
Do tunneling	BORE
Dumpling of India	SAMOSA
Earnest request	PLEA
Fan fixations	IDOLS
Fasting period	RAMADAN
Felled in a forest	AXED
Formally pass	ENACT
Founder of the Shakers	ANNLEE
Gaming center	ARCADE
Golden Gate or Presidio, in SF	AVE
Gooey mess	GLOP
Heyerdahl's raft	KONTIKI
Horse handicapper's favorite	BESTBET
Important stretch	ERA
Interior appointments	DECOR
Is repentant	ATONES
Kite lifter	UPDRAFT
Loathsome	BAD
Longstanding squabble	FEUD
Magazine thickener	ADS
Make think twice	DETER
More ecological	GREENER
Morocco neighbor	ALGERIA
Musketeer's battle	DUEL
Never seen before	NEW
Nonstandard negative	AINT
Not clued in	UNAWARE
Pac-12 school	UCLA
Petroleum source	SHALE
Pop singer Del Rey	LANA
Prime-time hour	TEN
Professor's stand	LECTERN
Pudding flavor	TAPIOCA
Rather tall	SIXONE
Recuperation aid	BEDREST
RIGHT: __ before __ (Matthew 7:6 phrase)	PEARLSSWINE
RIGHT: __ before __ (optimistic outlook)	DARKESTDAWN
Sank below the horizon	SET
Shade of beige	ECRU
Show up	ATTEND
Some PX patrons	NCOS
Spicy, hot drink	CHAITEA
Stepped (on)	TROD
Still, surprisingly	EVENNOW
Strangely scary	EERIE
Stretches (out)	EKES
Tavern diversion	DARTS
Tiny fraction of a min	NSEC
Train depot displays	SKEDS
Upper-body muscle	PEC
Vacuum bag contents	DIRT
Visit overnight	STAYAT
Well-deserved	EARNED
What Tweety calls his adversary	TAT
Whittle down	PARE
WRONG: __ after __ (CIA directive)	BURNREADING
WRONG: __ after __ (very soon)	DAYTOMORROW