Newsday.com - May 17 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Newsday.com - May 17 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
''I've no idea'' shoulder gesture	SHRUG
''Not guilty,'' e.g	PLEA
''Relax, soldier!''	ATEASE
''Say cheese!''	SMILE
''__ luck!''	LOTSA
A sound like something heard before	FAMILIARRING
Actor Epps or Sharif	OMAR
Actress Stone or Thompson	EMMA
Angry look	GLARE
Annoying noise	DIN
Arm of an octopus	TENTACLE
Arrest, informally	NAB
Baby bear	CUB
Bosc or Bartlett	PEAR
Chest of drawers	BUREAU
China's continent	ASIA
Christmas season	YULE
Close at hand	NEARBY
Decorate in a new way	REDO
Do something with	USE
Egotist's top priority	SELF
Ethical principle	TENET
Flowers-to-be	BUDS
Go off-script	ADLIB
Grind, as teeth	GNASH
Heat up in a microwave	ZAP
Hive dweller	BEE
Honey-colored	AMBER
IHOP or Arby's	RESTAURANTCHAIN
Junk email	SPAM
Justice Kagan	ELENA
Label on a sale item	REDTAG
Lima's country	PERU
Loathed	HATED
Lounge chair	CHAISE
Lowest in quality	WORST
Lug (around)	SCHLEP
Male sibs	BROS
Maui greeting	ALOHA
Moms-and-dads school grp	PTA
More friendly	WARMER
Much-admired person	IDOL
Neither here __ there	NOR
Obtain	GET
Odor detector	NOSE
One who's next for the throne	HEIR
Physically delicate	FRAIL
Pie chart alternative	BARGRAPH
Pie __ mode	ALA
Police rank below lt	SGT
Prepare to propose	KNEEL
President after George W	BARACK
Radio switch	AMFM
Recurring musical themes	MOTIFS
Rested on a chair	SAT
Revealed, as a secret	BARED
Skin opening	PORE
Small batteries	AAS
Soak in the tub	BATHE
Somewhat	ABIT
Spanish soccer chant	OLEOLE
Spoke hoarsely	RASPED
Stick on, as a stamp	AFFIX
Sulk	MOPE
Supposedly sly animal	FOX
Tenant's expense	RENT
The ''T'' in TV	TELE
Ticklish red Muppet	ELMO
Tidbit of corn	KERNEL
Truant GI	AWOL
U-turn from NNW	SSE
Veggies often pickled with dill	CUKES
Very tidy	ASNEATASAPIN
Video game ''Raider'' __ Croft	LARA
Went on one's way	LEFT
World-renowned	FAMED
__ Jima	IWO
__ oxide ointment	ZINC