Newsday.com Crossword Answer - Sep 19, 2014

 Newsday.com Crossword Solutions - Sep 19, 2014

Clue	Answer
''Ask Me Another'' airer	NPR
''Good'' cholesterol	HDL
''Star Wars'' sage	YODA
''Tender Mercies'' Oscar winner	DUVALL
Aerial descendant	DISH
Airline with no Saturday flights	ELAL
Alacrity	SPEED
Alphabetic trio	DEF
Ancient Asia Minor region	IONIA
Art museum in Westminster	TATE
Avant-garde prefix	NEO
Bad-mouth	BASH
Being, to Baudelaire	ETRE
Besmirch	TAR
BILLY Bookcase seller	IKEA
Blackbeard's fuel-economy concern	MILESPERGALLEON
Book after James	IPETER
Breach of faith	PERFIDY
Capital of Bangladesh	DHAKA
Capital of Niger	NIAMEY
Cartoon sound effect	SPLAT
Connect with	LINKTO
Cotton fabric	PIMA
Diminutive dogs	PEKES
Doc Brown in ''Back to the Future''	LLOYD
Dynamic starter	AERO
Edwards __, CA	AFB
Encourages	PRODS
End of an FDR quote	ITSELF
Exasperate	ROIL
Fashionable	TONY
Folk-rock pioneer	DYLAN
Gets smart with	SASSES
Green Hornet's surname	REID
Healthful, in product names	NUTRI
Henry VIII's sixth	PARR
Hex-sign flower	TULIP
Husband of Pocahontas	ROLFE
Jack Sparrow's favorite dinner	VEALCUTLASS
Kipling novel	KIM
Legally responsible	OFAGE
Lose one's cool	RANT
Mad scramble	RATRACE
Mall conveniences	ATMS
Melodramatic cry	AHA
Minor run-in	SPAT
Natural soother	ALOE
Niagara River source	ERIE
Nothing more than	ONLY
NY Knicks' home	MSG
Occupy, as a desk	SEATAT
Optimistic	UPBEAT
PC key near F1	ESC
Periphery	EDGES
Pet parasites	FLEAS
Phoebe on ''Charmed''	ALYSSA
Piece of gossip	ITEM
Place for some pins	LAPEL
Prepares for walking, à la Kidd	DRAWSAPLANK
Presidential nickname	ABE
Professional helpers, for short	PARAS
Pump order	FILLERUP
Retro group at Woodstock	SHANANA
Rhythmic writing	POEM
Short putts	TAPINS
Spanish marinade	ADOBO
Twelve Oaks neighbor	TARA
Urban rec center	YMCA
Wanes	DIESAWAY
War-room fixtures	MAPS
Wedding amenity	OPENBAR
Whom Venice's airport is named for	POLO
Yacht spot	SLIP
__ Day (September 19th celebration)	TALKLIKEAPIRATE