Newsday.com - October 20 2019 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

Newsday.com - Oct 20 2019  

Clues	Answers
''Brown Eyed Girl'' singer [2016]	VANMORRISON
''But of course!''	WHYYES
''Candle in the Wind'' singer [1998]	ELTONJOHN
''Inter'' __ (among others)	ALIA
''Mad Dogs and Englishmen'' composer [1969]	NOELCOWARD
''Maggie May'' singer [2016]	RODSTEWART
''Moonstruck'' Oscar winner	CHER
''__ creature was stirring . . .''	NOTA
''__ fair in . . . ''	ALLS
''__ open book!''	IMAN
A Bolivian capital	SUCRE
About 3,300 feet, to runners	ONEK
Actress Teri	GARR
African scavengers	HYENAS
Alliance	BLOC
Apple or pear	POME
Arcade regular	GAMER
Author Wiesel	ELIE
Barest minimums	LEASTS
Beasts with tusks	BOARS
Bee Gees cofounder [2018]	BARRYGIBB
Besides	ATTHAT
Big Apple's Arthur __ Stadium	ASHE
Bit of truth	FACT
Branson's region	OZARKS
Break of day	DAWN
Burst of activity	SPASM
Cantina tidbit	TAPA
Captain Hook associate	SMEE
Carrot, for a snowman	NOSE
Caught on to	GOT
Chocolate substitute	CAROB
Choose	OPTFOR
City north of Des Moines	AMES
City on the Missouri	OMAHA
Civil rights icon Parks	ROSA
Common Russian female name	OLGA
Cool-headed	SOBER
Cpl. or sgt	NCO
Cruise ship facilities	SPAS
Didn't return	KEPT
Dock area	SEAFRONT
Dr. show locales	ORS
Draws in	LURES
Dull finish	MATTE
Earliest stage	ONSET
Easy to grasp	CLEAR
Ending like -arian	STER
Extremely small	TEENY
Farm animals	RAMS
Filmmaker brothers' surname	COEN
Finnish tech giant	NOKIA
Flamingo descriptor	LEGGY
Food truck fare	TACO
Footnote notation	IBID
For naught	INVAIN
Forecast stat	TEMP
Former Israeli leader Barak	EHUD
Francs' successors	EUROS
Frittata base	EGG
Galileo's hometown	PISA
Get ready, for short	PREP
Gist	ESSENCE
Glass of public radio	IRA
Got a glimpse of	EYED
Governmental center	SEAT
Had a follow-up session	REMET
Halloween decorations	BATS
Highest Scrabble tile point value	TEN
Hobby farm animals	ANTS
Honda's luxury line	ACURA
Incendiary crime	ARSON
Infomercial ritual	DEMO
Instigate	POWER
Irish flutist [2001]	JAMESGALWAY
Island in the Commonwealth	MALTA
Jai __	ALAI
Key beside G	AFLAT
Lacrosse stick attachments	NETS
Large inlets	BAYS
Large quantity	HOST
Large quantity	RAFT
Large quantity, in Quito	MUCHO
Latest thing	CRAZE
Lunchtime for many	NOONDAY
Merit badge holder	SASH
Mideast royal house	SAUD
More boorish	CRUDER
Most despicable	BASEST
Mum	SILENT
National Lawn and Garden Mo	APR
Natural balm	ALOE
Neighbor of Yemen	OMAN
Nickname like Dolph	RUDY
Not ruling out	OPENTO
Nutmeg spice	MACE
On a road trip	AWAY
One of the Fab Four [1997]	PAULMCCARTNEY
Oven-prepared desserts	PIES
Overfill	SATIATE
Overly sweet	SUGARY
Paretsky of whodunits	SARA
Places to lodge	INNS
Places to lodge	ROOSTS
Previously enjoyed	USED
Public commotion	SCENE
Reusable bag	TOTE
Roll-call votes	AYES
Rolling Stones leader [2003]	MICKJAGGER
Runs like sap	OOZES
Rwanda native	HUTU
San __ (Costa Rica's capital)	JOSE
Sentence shortener	PAROLE
Set free on a farm	UNPEN
Singer Joplin	JANIS
Small pop groups	TRIOS
Soaking settings	BATHTUBS
Social slight	SNUB
Solid reasoning	LOGIC
Source of sandwich seeds	CARAWAY
Stale, as jokes	HOARY
Steady look	GAZE
Sudden rise	SURGE
Suspenseful	TENSE
Symbol of growth potential	ACORN
Task to do	JOB
Thesaurus pioneer	ROGET
They may be ''best''	WISHES
Toy box	CHEST
Traditional wedding serving	CAKE
Tribulation	WOE
Trim down	PARE
Turn down	DENY
Typewriter roller	PLATEN
Wagner genre	OPERA
Watson of films	EMMA
Weasel cousin	SABLE
What Brits call some beans	SOYA
What the eight male musicians in this puzzle all achieved	KNIGHTHOOD
Whirling water	EDDY
Workers in wicker	CANERS
Zip	NONE
__ Romeo (Italian auto)	ALFA
__ sauce (seafood topping)	TARTAR
__ to go (eager)	RARIN
__ torch (luau light)	TIKI