Newsday.com Crossword Puzzle Answer - Feb 11, 2015

Newsday.com Crossword Puzzle Solution - Feb 11, 2015

Clues	Answers
''Gimme a break!''	OHMAN
''Pulp Fiction'' actress	UMATHURMAN
''Rats!''	PHOOEY
''Rocky III'' villain	MRT
''Steady as __ goes''	SHE
4 Across' home	LAMP
Actress Hathaway	ANNE
Aladdin's magic pal	GENIE
Architect from China	IMPEI
Australian flightless birds	EMUS
Bees' collection	NECTAR
Before, in poetry	ERE
Beverly Hills shopping venue	RODEODRIVE
Bi- + 1	TRI
Capital of Belarus	MINSK
Cherished by	DEARTO
Chili or jalapeño	PEPPER
Christmas season	YULE
Clothing	APPAREL
Clownish behavior	APERY
Conformity	ACCORDANCE
Detective's gig	CASE
Disneyland meetable character	MICKEYMOUSE
European Union predecessor: Abbr	EEC
Exam for HS juniors	PSAT
Examined closely	EYED
Fall behind	LAG
Get-up-and-go	OOMPH
Grade-school volunteer	HALLMONITOR
Havana's land	CUBA
Instructions starter	STEPONE
Lasagna cheese	RICOTTA
Lobbying org	PAC
Longtime Chinese leader	MAO
Make public	AIR
Mambo bandleader Puente	TITO
Modes of fashion	STYLES
Movers' vehicle	VAN
Neighbor of the Simpsons	NED

Clues	Answers
Oil cartel	OPEC
Ousted	DEPOSED
Performing group	CAST
Performs	DOES
Perturb	IRK
Portugal + Spain	IBERIA
Possible other title for a CEO	PRES
Prefix meaning ''coil''	SPIRO
Proofreader's ''leave it'' mark	STET
Public persona	IMAGE
Put up a fuss	PROTEST
Raison d'__	ETRE
Ridiculously small	PALTRY
Rowboat tool	OAR
Salty snack	POTATOCHIP
Scratch up	MAR
Send payment	REMIT
Silly	INANE
Sitcom installment	EPISODE
Smartphone predecessor: Abbr	PDA
Sound of scissors	SNIP
Start of many work wks	MON
Stock mkt. premiere	IPO
Supermarket ID	UPC
Swiss mountains	ALPS
They're on the team	PLAYERS
Thumbs-down vote	NAY
Thumbs-up votes	YESES
Tourist draw	MECCA
Trims back	PARES
Typical high-schoolers	TEENS
Urban rd	AVE
Video-game face	AVATAR
Wet dirt	MUD
Whispered attention-getter	PSST
Willing to try	GAME
Working in a mess hall	ONKP
__ Beta Kappa	PHI
__ manner of speaking	INA