Newsday.com Crossword Answer - Nov 10, 2014

 Newsday.com Crossword Solutions - Nov 10, 2014

Clue	Answer
''Very funny!''	HAHA
''__ la vista!''	HASTA
Abound	TEEM
Back street	ALLEY
Become a member	JOIN
Before, in poems	ERE
Bike's wheel	TIRE
Black paving material	TAR
Blender setting	PUREE
Boot bottom	SOLE
Bouncing toy	BALL
Cake portion	PIECE
Chilled, as a drink	ICED
Coal digger	MINER
Coaxed	URGED
Days of __ (long ago)	YORE
Edgar __ Poe	ALLAN
Enthusiasm	VIM
Eye-color area	IRIS
Fireplace residue	ASH
Gorillas and chimps	APES
Had a meal	ATE
Half a quart	PINT
High-tech ''fingerprint'': Abbr	DNA
Hiking path	TRAIL
Karenina or Christie	ANNA
Luau garlands	LEIS
Made an attempt	TRIED
Make an escape	FLEE
Makes a mistake	ERRS
Male horse	STALLION
Meatless midday meal	VEGETARIANLUNCH
Military no-show, for short	AWOL
More pleasant	NICER
Most restless	ANTSIEST
Nest-egg letters	IRA
Not as much	LESS
Not as tanned	PALER
Occupied a chair	SAT
On vacation	AWAY
One of the Great Lakes	ERIE
Open-handed smack	SLAP
Otherwise	ELSE
Overly formal	PRIM
Poles for fishing	RODS
Postal delivery	MAIL
Preparation period	LEADTIME
Prescription, for short	MED
Pub beverages	ALES
Puts behind bars	JAILS
Reduced-price evening meal	EARLYBIRDDINNER
Region	AREA
Remove the rind from	PARE
Ricelike pasta	ORZO
River blockers	DAMS
Ruse	PLOY
School tests	EXAMS
Sharp, as vision	KEEN
Shopping place	MART
Sixth sense, for short	ESP
Small lake	POND
Small or extra large	SIZE
Smell __ (be suspicious)	ARAT
Soaked up, as a sponge	ABSORBED
Social blunder	GAFFE
Some car turns	LEFTS
Square-dance ladies	GALS
Stick-to-the-ribs morning meal	HEARTYBREAKFAST
Takes the bus	RIDES
Temporary calms	LULLS
Tex-Mex folded food	TACO
Thickly packed	DENSE
Venomous snake	ASP
Vote down, informally	NIX
Walk slowly	AMBLE
Wisdom tooth, for example	MOLAR
With no warranty	ASIS
__ point (center of attention)	FOCAL