Newsday.com - February 20 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Newsday.com Crossword Puzzle Solutions - Feb 20 2018 

Clues	Answers
''Fine by me''	OKAY
''Sign me up!''	IMIN
''That's good enough''	ITLLDO
''__ operandi'' (usual procedure)	MODUS
All over again	ANEW
Aroma	ODOR
Arts and __	CRAFTS
Astronauts' org	NASA
At an end	OVER
Bartlett or Bosc	PEAR
Batman's sidekick	ROBIN
Be worthy of	EARN
Beef inspection agcy	USDA
Bird's bill	BEAK
Cats, dogs and fish	PETS
Change for a $20 bill	TENS
Confess	ADMIT
Dagger handle	HILT
Despises	HATES
Each, slangily	APOP
Enthusiasm, informally	OOMPH
Enthusiastic review	RAVE
Father, to a baby	DADA
Gawk at	OGLE
German auto	AUDI
Give off, as light	EMIT
Has supper	EATS
Hurry off	SCOOT
In separate pieces	APART
Leftover portion	REST
Long skirt	MAXI
Long-gone bird	DODO
Lose feathers	MOLT
Low card in a deck	DEUCE
Lowly worker	PEON
Made from medicinal plants	HERBAL
Makes a touchdown	SCORES
Matures	AGES
Mechanical worker	ROBOT
Molecule part	ATOM
Naval VIPs wearing stars	ADMS
Not at all spicy	MILD
Not so much	LESS
Notion	IDEA
Opinion piece	ESSAY
Outer boundary	EDGE
Picture holder	FRAME
Prying-open tool	LEVER
Range of view	SCOPE
Revered entertainer	IDOL
Rich soil	LOAM
Roll of sticky cellophane	TAPE
Roughly	ORSO
Scissors sound	SNIP
Shout like ''Scat!''	SHOO
Shut forcefully	SLAM
Slow-moving mammals	SLOTHS
Small sailboat	SLOOP
Small sheltered bay	COVE
Snake venom, for example	TOXIN
Southwestern brick	ADOBE
Spike of frozen water	ICICLE
Swampland	MARSH
Tilts	LEANS
Tiny amount	IOTA
Total confusion	CHAOS
Toward the dawn	EAST
Two-purpose	DUAL
Uncool one	DWEEB
Very impressed	INAWE
Whirls around	SPINS
Window screen material	MESH
Wise advisor	GURU
Work hard	TOIL
Yellow candy	LEMONDROP
Yellow vegetable	SWEETCORN
Yellow vehicle for students	SCHOOLBUS
Yellow wildflower	BUTTERCUP