Newsday.com Crossword Answer - Nov 12, 2014

 Newsday.com Crossword Solutions - Nov 12, 2014

Clue	Answer
''Amazing Race'' network	CBS
1,760 yards	MILE
About, datewise	CIRCA
Actress Hathaway	ANNE
Altercation	RUNIN
Bamboo-eating bear	PANDA
Baseball officials	UMPS
Basting, as a turkey	MOISTENING
Be patient for	AWAIT
Beaver projects	DAMS
Car-directions phrase	TAKEARIGHT
Coffeehouse orders	LATTES
Colonizing insect	ANT
Corporate VIPs	CEOS
Crafts' partner	ARTS
Dallas nickname	BIGD
Director Spike	LEE
Do many things at once	JUGGLE
Docking place	PORT
Dog treat	BONE
Drake or bull	MALE
Fairy-tale monsters	OGRES
First First Lady	MARTHA
Flimsy, as an excuse	LAME
Get in touch	MAKEACONNECTION
Greek cheese	FETA
Green gem	JADE
Harbor boat	TUG
High-IQ club	MENSA
His and __	HERS
Home, in Honduras	CASA
Hoops group	NBA
Hour after midnight	ONEAM
Hurricane center	EYE
Impolite	RUDE
In the neighborhood	NEAR
Key point	CRUX
Long ago	ONCE
Luau dances	HULAS
Many IRS employees	CPAS
Model maker's wood	BALSA
Modifies	ALTERS
Musical rattle	MARACA
No longer in fashion	PASSE
One of the Beatles	PAUL
Online auctioneer	EBAY
Opponents	FOES
Out of the office	AWAY
Pains in the neck	PESTS
Passed-down tales	LORE
Persuade	COAX
Philatelist's pride	STAMPCOLLECTION
Plays on words	PUNS
Poker-hand starter	ANTE
Police officer	COP
Prepare for a photo	POSE
Pro golfer Mickelson	PHIL
Rapper on ''Law & Order: SVU''	ICET
Reason for overtime	TIE
Ritzy	POSH
Select group	ALIST
Select group	ELITE
Sit __ by (do nothing)	IDLY
Something easy	SNAP
Sore spot	ACHE
Sound booster	AMP
Southwest tablelands	MESAS
Stage scenery	SETS
State north of New Mexico	UTAH
Swelter	BOIL
Thorough investigation	PROBE
Topping on 25 Across	FROTH
Two-band, as a radio	AMFM
Veggies in pods	PEAS
What contact lenses provide	SIGHTCORRECTION
Wonderland visitor	ALICE
Woodworking machines	LATHES
Wool source	SHEEP