Newsday.com - July 15 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

Newsday.com Puzzle - Jul 15 2020 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
''Potted'' windowsill decor	PLANT
''Tall'' story	TALE
100%, as gold	PURE
Activist Parks	ROSA
At the head of the line	FIRST
Band larger than a 3 Down	OCTET
Beginning stage	ONSET
Blue part of a globe	OCEAN
Brit's exclamation	ISAY
Capital of Peru	LIMA
Cause raised eyebrows from	AMAZE
Changes the color of	DYES
Charged towards	RANTO
Coming from the brain	MENTAL
Earth's natural orbiter	MOON
Extinguish, as a fire	DOUSE
Extreme degree	NTH
Factual	REAL
Feel poorly	AIL
Floor level	STORY
Frosting on the cake	ICING
Gave the once over	EYED
Golf hazard	TRAP
Grasp firmly	GRIP
Great Lake near Niagara Falls	ERIE
Had a spat	ARGUED
Hair-raising	EERIE
Hand-held calculator of yore	SLIDERULE
Hen's perch	ROOST
In the distance	AFAR
Indicate the direction	POINT
Insect spray, for example	Repellant
Kennel dweller	DOG
Landed	ALIT
Leading lady of a film	HEROINE
Leak slowly	SEEP
Lounge in a hammock	LAZE
Make a demand of	ORDER
Make a secret plan	PLOT
Make angry	RILE
Makes angry	GALLS
Natural ability	GIFT
Nevertheless	YET
Office errand runner	AIDE
Oil cartel acronym	OPEC
On an even __	KEEL
On the rocks	ICED
One way off an island	PLANE
Overpriced eatery	CLIPJOINT
Pig's pen	STY
Plane that sprays stuff	CROPDUSTER
Prefix for final	SEMI
Provides for a while	LENDS
Remove from a DVD player	EJECT
River near the Sphinx	NILE
Saintly circles	HALOS
San __ (city south of Los Angeles)	DIEGO
School beside Sunset Blvd	UCLA
Service branch with jets: Abbr	USAF
Share a border with	ABUT
Slightly open	AJAR
Small band	TRIO
Soft mineral	TALC
Something to salute	FLAG
Somewhat sore	MIFFED
Sound of a Siamese	PURR
States with certainty	AVERS
Supermarket section with slicers	DELI
Taking the most time	LONGEST
Tried out	TESTED
Upper hand	EDGE
URL's diagonal divider	SLASHMARK
Well-toned body	TRIMFIGURE
Wicked	EVIL
Wind instrument	OBOE
Young ladies	GIRLS
__ alai	JAI
__ for (decides to choose)	OPTS