Newsday.com Mar 23 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

Newsday.com Crossword - Mar 23 2020 - Puzzle Answers

Clues	Answers
''My __ are sealed!''	LIPS
Actor's role	PART
And others: Abbr	ETAL
At any time	EVER
Big inconvenience	HASSLE
Boot camp leader, familiarly	SARGE
Bread with a pocket	PITA
By-mouth	ORAL
Carryall bags	TOTES
Cincinnati's state	OHIO
Currently in the lead	AHEAD
Dark wines	REDS
Drag with difficulty	HAUL
Dutch flower from a bulb	TULIP
Entangling trap	SNARE
Evades capture by	ELUDES
Fawned-over celebrity	IDOL
Folk wisdom	LORE
Forest mammals with quills	PORCUPINES
Giraffe-spotting expedition	SAFARI
Goose liver spread	PATE
Grad	ALUM
Graduation cap dangler	TASSEL
Hand-washing bar	SOAP
Higher than	ABOVE
Improvise a speech	ADLIB
Job for a detective	CASE
Judge's mallet	GAVEL
Long-jawed African reptiles	CROCODILES
Long-jawed Florida reptiles	ALLIGATORS
Made to pay a penalty	FINED
Mail carrier's circuit	ROUTE
Male offspring	SON
Maui or Oahu	ISLE
Moisten, as morning grass	BEDEW
Monthly apartment fee	RENT
More sensible	SANER
Notion	IDEA
On __ (slanting)	ATILT
Only slightly	ABIT
Open-mouth stare	GAPE
Outer margin	EDGE
Parakeet food	SEED
Perfume's aroma	SCENT
Pieces of firewood	LOGS
Poetic tributes	ODES
Pre-owned	USED
Prefix for phone or vision	TELE
Ready to harvest	RIPE
Require	NEED
Rip (up)	TEAR
Sea's rise and fall	TIDE
Shout like ''Scat!''	SHOO
Small mountains	HILLS
Snacked on	ATE
Snaky-shaped letter	ESS
Something prohibited	NONO
South American mountains	ANDES
Spoil, as a surprise	RUIN
Spread out haphazardly	SPRAWL
Sum's bottom line	TOTAL
Swelled heads	EGOS
Sword handle	HILT
Take a break	REST
Teheran's county	IRAN
Thick carpet style	SHAG
Thick-plated desert mammals	ARMADILLOS
Toy brick brand	LEGO
Unlock	OPEN
Unpleasant aroma	ODOR
Wash suds from	RINSE
Wear away	ERODE
Whirl on one foot	PIVOT
Winery tubs	VATS
Winning player	VICTOR
Wish granter in a lamp	GENIE
Writing tablets	PADS
__ Lee (frozen cake maker)	SARA