Newsday.com - April 30 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Newsday.com Crossword Puzzle Solutions - Apr 30 2018

Clues	Answers
''__ a vacation!''	INEED
Accelerate in intensity	STEPUP
Adorable	CUTE
Ahead of time	EARLY
Anxious feeling	UNEASE
Artist's stand	EASEL
Blizzard or hurricane	STORM
Bouquet holders	VASES
British ''Bye-bye!''	TATA
Canyon sound	ECHO
Carry a __ (sing OK)	TUNE
Con game	SCAM
Cruise vessel	SHIP
Drills and saws	TOOLS
Egyptian snake	ASP
Eight-sided street sign	STOP
Factual	TRUE
Fan club favorite	IDOL
Find yourself needing help	BEINAPICKLE
First-rate	TIPTOP
Fist in the mouth, slangily	KNUCKLESANDWICH
Fly or gnat	INSECT
Formal ceremony	RITE
Full collections	SETS
Gambling tokens	CASINOCHIPS
Genuine	REAL
Give feedback	REACT
Gloomy	SOMBER
Grades K-12, for short	ELHI
Hardly __ (rarely)	EVER
Islamic holy book	KORAN
Jittery	TENSE
Jockey's strap	REIN
Just average	SOSO
Lab-maze runners	RATS
Letters before tees	ESSES
List-shortening abbr	ETAL
Lowest army rank: Abbr	PVT
Make a mistake	ERR
Make an escape	FLEE
Maximum road speed	LIMIT
Mexican coins	PESOS
Molecule part	ATOM
Mystical glow	AURA
Number on a sales tag	PRICE
Opening statement, for short	INTRO
Pantry invaders	ANTS
Passport stamp	VISA
Ping-Pong table barrier	NET
Playful aquatic mammals	OTTERS
Plumbing tube	PIPE
Pub beverage	ALE
Raisin __ cereal	BRAN
Residences	ABODES
River sediment	SILT
Russian liquor	VODKA
Santa's landing area	ROOF
Shade trees	ELMS
Short skirt	MINI
Small mountains	HILLS
Some S&L nest eggs	IRAS
Stay home for supper	EATIN
Still in bed	NOTUP
Sword fight	DUEL
Take care of	SEETO
Tax-return filing month	APRIL
Three-piece suit piece	VEST
Trees with acorns	OAKS
Try to track down	HUNT
Two hearts that beat __	ASONE
Underwater research site	SEALAB
Used a broom	SWEPT
Wager	BET
What a furnace provides	HEAT
Work at a keyboard	TYPE
Workshop gripper	CLAMP
__ and crafts	ARTS
__ moss (gardening material)	PEAT