Newsday.com - Apr 25 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Newsday.com - Apr 25 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
''As a __ of fact . . .''	MATTER
''Better late __ never''	THAN
''Darn it!''	DRAT
''Don't you know who __?''	IAM
''Moving right __ . . .''	ALONG
''My country, 'tis of __ . . .''	THEE
''Platters'' played on turntables	VINYLRECORDS
''So that's it!''	AHA
''The buck stops __''	HERE
''__ do you do?''	HOW
'70s music cartridges	EIGHTTRACKTAPES
A- or B+	GRADE
Adjust back to zero	RESET
America's Uncle	SAM
Annoying person	PEST
Bar connecting auto wheels	AXLE
Barely passing mark	DEE
Bear's foot	PAW
Begin	START
Beverage in a corked bottle	WINE
Bird that's ''bald''	EAGLE
Bird's warbling sound	TRILL
Blissful places	EDENS
Brainstorms	IDEAS
Chicago's winter clock setting: Abbr	CST
Chops (off)	LOPS
Corporate bigwig, for short	EXEC
Dot on a radar screen	BLIP
Dry as a desert	ARID
Eerie glow	AURA
Elm or sycamore	TREE
Entering on a keyboard	TYPINGIN
Extra-cost purchase	ADDON
Fencing sword	EPEE
Foe	ENEMY
French-speaking Caribbean nation	HAITI
Glances at	SEES
Has some food	EATS
Hefty slices	SLABS
Heroic tale	EPIC
High-fiber cereal	BRAN
Highest phone-number digit	NINE
Jockey's strap	REIN
Lake near Niagara Falls	ERIE
Lasting mark	SCAR
Lumberjack's chopper	AXE
Medium or extra-large	SIZE
Music holders that succeeded cassettes	COMPACTDISCS
Neighbors of shinbones	KNEECAPS
Nevada city that rhymes with ''casino''	RENO
No longer valid	VOID
Oil cartel initials	OPEC
Open with a letter opener	SLIT
Pet bird that can talk	PARAKEET
Pigpen	STY
Place to bowl	ALLEY
Providence, __ Island	RHODE
Regulation	RULE
Retail chain for dogs, cats, etc	PETSMART
Sandwich bread	RYE
Sense of self	EGO
Sharp point on a ranch's wire fence	BARB
Soft-boiled breakfast	EGG
Strong glue	EPOXY
Subject being discussed	TOPIC
Suffix for meteor	ITE
Take a nap	DOZE
Takes a nap	SLEEPS
Talk too much	YAK
TGIF contraction	ITS
Tiny bit of rain	DROP
Traditional Indian dwelling	TEPEE
Traps spun by spiders	WEBS
Unseal, as an envelope	OPEN
Vanish __ thin air	INTO
Young fellow	LAD
__ bar (serves drinks)	TENDS
__ bear (Arctic mammal)	POLAR