Newsday.com - May 2 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Newsday.com - May 2 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
''Have __ news for you!''	IGOT
''The Red Planet''	MARS
''Very funny!''	HAHA
50%	HALF
Accountant's inspection	AUDIT
Auto fuel	GAS
Bank's cash dispensers: Abbr	ATMS
Becomes less hot	COOLS
Blow one's top	GOAPE
Canvas shelter for camping	TENT
Chain of hills	RIDGE
Clear off ice from a windshield	DEFROST
Clothes-pressing appliance	IRON
Community recreation center: Abbr	YMCA
Conclusions	ENDS
Corrosive liquid	ACID
Decide to participate	OPTIN
Elegant party	GALA
Enormous	HUGE
Female deer	DOE
Fruits, meats, cookies, etc	FOODS
German auto	AUDI
Get a FREE ride using your thumb	HITCHHIKE
Get __ (exact revenge)	EVEN
Good for cutting with	SHARP
Grain found in sushi	RICE
Group of seven musicians	SEPTET
Have a meal	EAT
Have faith in	RELYON
Have sore muscles	ACHE
Have the lead role	STAR
Highly perceptive, as vision	KEEN
Home for Eve and Adam	EDEN
Indoor sports venues	ARENAS
Ink smear	BLOT
Ink-filled implements	PENS
Insects in a pantry	ANTS
Keep __ (be persistent)	ATIT
Layers of paint	COATS
Leopards and lions	CATS
Loafed around	IDLED
Luggage attachment with your name	IDTAG
Major blood vessel	AORTA
Mellowed, as wine	AGED
Merit badge earner	SCOUT
Nuisance	PEST
On EASY street	PROSPEROUS
Person giving a party	HOST
Persuade gently	COAX
Piled carelessly	INAHEAP
Polite request for permission	MAYI
Railroad's baggage handler	REDCAP
Rant and __ (show anger)	RAVE
Remote-control aircraft	DRONE
Revered entertainer	IDOL
Roll of sticky cellophane	TAPE
Salt Lake City's state	UTAH
Sci-fi author Asimov	ISAAC
Scored 100% on	ACED
Secret message	CODE
Shipped off	SENT
Size bigger than Medium	LARGE
Small pouch for pekoe	TEABAG
So-so grade	CEE
Strengthen, informally	BEEFUP
Tool to move a rowboat	OAR
Try out, as a product	TEST
TV psychologist Dr. __ McGraw	PHIL
Two aces or jacks	PAIR
Unhappy, loud spectator	BOOER
Unseal, as an envelope	OPEN
User of FREE weights in a gym	EXERCISER
Vicinity	AREA
What EASY-to-read handwriting has	LEGIBILITY
Whisper for attention	PSST
Without illumination	UNLIT
Yak and yak and yak	GAB
__ and aah	OOH