Newsday.com - Sep 4 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Newsday.com Puzzle - September 4 2020 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
#1 pal, lately	BFF
''I am a __ first of all'': Nin	WOMAN
''Think nothing of it''	GLADTO
''What a ride!''	WHEE
''What You Want Wid Bess?'', for one	ARIA
100 __ in __	TILESSCRABBLE
28 __ in __	DEEDSMONOPOLY
4 __ in __	BISHOPSCHESS
6 __ in __	SUSPECTSCLUE
A Congo is its newest member	OPEC
A question of confirmation	ISITTRUE
Alley arrangement	TENPINS
Alpine wild goat	IBEX
Apt to brag	SMUG
Atmospheric prefix	AER
Beverage with osso buco	VINO
Bob singing ''Night Moves''	SEGER
Bodybuilder's pride	LATS
Bone of contention in arm wrestling	ULNA
Breakfast cylindroid	LINK
Certain raving writers	ODISTS
Coming together	UNION
Command to a canine	HEEL
Communally	ASONE
Dickensian narrator	PIP
Emulate a crook	FLEX
Explorer Tasman	ABEL
Exposition setting	ACTI
ExxonMobil brand	ESSO
Fully	ALL
Furry fish eaters	OTTERS
Game for little sluggers	TBALL
General __ chicken	TSOS
Gunk	MUCK
Instance	CASE
Inviting a slap	RUDE
Large trailer puller	SEMI
List shortener	ETAL
Master-to-be's hurdle	GRE
Melted cheese, on nachos	GLOB
Military incursions	OPS
NHL retiree	ALUMNUS
Old Testament prophet	EZRA
Opposite of ''no rush''	ASAP
Outlet channel	FLUE
Parting words	BYES
Pickets for fences	PALING
Prepare for ice skating	LACEUP
Regatta craft	SLOOP
Region bordering Tuscany	UMBRIA
Resembling	ALA
Rubber-strand toy sphere	KOOSH
See 51 Across	REST
Shade of purple	PUCE
Shrinking superhero	ANTMAN
Slip about money	CHIT
Slip about money	IOU
Small dance troupe	TRIO
Sock fabric	LISLE
Socks on the head	BOPS
Soup server	TUREEN
Spanish ''this''	ESTO
Start of a spelling clarification	ASIN
Sticking point	BARB
Stop on the ocean	AVAST
Successful student	LEARNER
Supply chain service	UPS
The latest arrivals	NEWIES
They're weaselly	SNEAKS
Three-orb alignments	SYZYGIES
Tolkien's novelist pal	CSLEWIS
Trails behind	LAGS
TV pro bono ad	PSA
Unavailable (please wait)	INUSE
Vinylphiles flip for it	BSIDE
With ''to'' and 26 Down, pacify	SET