Newsday.com Feb 23 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

Newsday.com Crossword February 23 2020 Answers

Clues	Answers
$5 bills	ABES
''And away __!''	WEGO
''I'll take that as __''	ANO
''In my wild dreams''	IWISH
''Real Time'' host on HBO	MAHER
''__ for Evidence'' (Grafton novel)	EIS
''__ gonna do about it?''	WHATCHA
''__ not amused''	WEARE
'90s Britcom	ABFAB
A fifth of MX	CCII
Admiral's armada	FLEET
Adversary of the Avengers	LOKI
Andean nation	PERU
Aqua __ (strong acid)	REGIA
Arafat successor	ABBAS
As __ resort	ALAST
Auspices	EGIS
Available if needed	ONTAP
Aware of	ONTO
Bands of brothers	FRATS
Banquet job	MCING
Bar of soap	CAKE
Barrel of laughs	YUKFEST
Battle river of 1914	MARNE
Become entangled	SNAG
Beef cut	SKIRTSTEAK
Beef cut	TOPSIRLOIN
Bestower of PG's and R's, formerly	MPAA
Bit of land in a river	ISLET
Bite-size sandwich	MINIOREO
Bounces about	BOBS
British blade	SABRE
Buttercup cousin	PEONY
California almond brand	BLUEDIAMOND
Camping accommodations	TENTBEDS
Celebrated period	ERA
Charter NATO member	BELG
Clark Kent colleague	OLSEN
Close __ (approach)	INON
Common quote attribution	ANON
Count of jazz fame	BASIE
Crooner's rendition	BALLAD
Cylindrical lunch	CHICKENWRAP
Detrimental	ILL
Diplomatic establishment	EMBASSY
Director Gus Van __	SANT
Disguises (as noun or verb)	MASKS
Disorder, in thermodynamics	ENTROPY
Do as you're told	OBEY
Dutch South Africans	BOERS
Embarrassing commotion	SCENE
Euro predecessor in Palermo	LIRA
Farfalle, at a trattoria	BOWTIEPASTA
Feathery scarves	BOAS
Fervid	INTENSE
Find believable	ACCEPT
First in ''Who's Who in the Bible''	AARON
Fresh talk	SASS
Fried side	ONIONRINGS
Frosty coating	HOAR
GM make since 1908	BUICK
Goes on the lam	FLEES
Grouchy ones	OGRES
Half of 55 Down	POORS
Handled clumsily	PAWED
Have no use for	DETEST
High-debt Wall St. deals	LBOS
Hip-hop dudes	BBOYS
Hog call	SOOEY
Honduras' hemisphere	NORTHERN
Honey bunch	BEES
Hose-clamp fastener	TBOLT
Innately	BORN
Input again	RETYPE
Intention	AIM
Ireland nickname	ERIN
Journalist Farrow	RONAN
Keep anyone from entering	SEALOFF
Legendary Indy champ	AJFOYT
Linger	TARRY
Lodge letters	BPOE
Lorna of literature	DOONE
Low ''número''	TRES
Male whales	BULLS
Mascara mishap	SMEAR
Math procedures, for short	ALGOS
Meadowlark cousin	BOBOLINK
Military guardians	SENTRIES
Mine extractions	ORES
Modem measures	BAUDS
Most miscellaneous	MOTLIEST
Much of ''Deck the Halls''	LALAS
Multi-rack roast	CROWNOFLAMB
Nation split in 2011	SUDAN
Needing a fill-up	LOW
No longer fizzy	FLAT
Nonmember	OUTSIDER
Norse pantheon	AESIR
Novelist O'Brien	EDNA
Orchestral contingent	OBOES
Participated, with ''in''	OPTED
Poetic lament	ALAS
Pop singer Iglesias	JULIO
Postgame summary	RECAP
Prefix like contra-	ANTI
Prefix like equi-	ISO
Puts the collar on	NABS
Raucous	NOISY
Rectangular shape	OBLONG
Riverbank buildup	SILT
San __ (Palo Alto neighbor)	MATEO
Ship's cargo area	HOLD
Ships before payment	SENDSCOD
Shoppers' references	LISTS
Slanted	ATILT
Small fry	CHILDREN
Spanish gold	ELORO
Splinter group	SECT
Spots of dust	MOTES
Stock stat source, for short	SANDP
Stuffed fungal fare	MUSHROOMCAP
Swim meet practice	LAPS
These, to Ruiz	ESTOS
Transmission selection	GEAR
Transport for Hiawatha	CANOE
UCLA marching program	ROTC
Unalterable destiny	FATE
Underwater tracker	SONAR
Vacuum ''feature''	NOAIR
Verizon's ISP	AOL
Very, unfortunately	ALLTOO
Vision correction acronym	LASIK
Vodka/cranberry juice cocktail	CAPECODDER
Western watering hole	SALOON
What psis look like	TRIDENTS
What surrounds some yards	FENCE
With no tickets, as a driver's license	CLEAN
Women's touring org	LPGA
Yuletide confection	RIBBONCANDY
__ up (got smart)	WISED