News Day Crossword Answers October 1 2017

Clue	Solution
Toothpaste portion	GLOB
Braying beasts	ASSES
Face-valued, as bonds	ATPAR
French arm	BRAS
Entertainer Falana	LOLA
Pastel purple	LILAC
Emmy category	DRAMA
Kappa preceder	IOTA
Typical Saudi	ARAB
Rental agreement	LEASE
Slightly wet	MOIST
Common mirror shape	OVAL
Do the unexpected	DEFYCONVENTION
Paying attention	ALERT
Trial software	BETAS
Seniors’ group	AARP
Adventurous vacations	SAFARIS
Gown fabrics	SATINS
Lake bordering Buffalo	ERIE
Fix up, as a building	REHAB
Circumvent	AVERT
Spring weather event	APRILSHOWER
Teeth expert’s deg.	DDS
Musical groups	BANDS
Nada	ZERO
List line	ITEM
Without commitments	FREE
Vietnam Veterans Memorial architect	LIN
Money in Milan	EURO
Casual eatery	DINER
Aerial camera carrier	BLIMP
Quarterback Manning	ELI
Slow-cooker entrée	PORKROAST
Gift giver’s prompt	OPENIT
Teacakes	SCONES
Korean car	KIA
Common landscaping tree	PINOAK
Conspiring factions	CABALS
Industrious employee, informally	WORKERBEE
Yoga accessory	MAT
Mindful (of)	AWARE
Prone to large fluctuations	SPIKY
Plant on trunks	MOSS
1950s headline nickname	IKE
One and only	SOLE
Pigeon sounds	COOS
Aforementioned	SAME
Low poker pair	SIXES
Square-corner shape	ELL
Cell phone user’s woe	NORECEPTION
Prepared to propose	KNELT
Where a judge is in charge	COURT
Corn product	MEAL
Jeweled toppers	TIARAS
Tenacious	SCRAPPY
Engine sound	PURR
Overwhelm with tasks	SWAMP
Difficult task	CHORE
Election faction	POLITICALPARTY
Ready for picking	RIPE
Sunlit lobbies	ATRIA
High society	ELITE
Romance novelist Roberts	NORA
Preholiday times	EVES
Raise, as a flag	HOIST
Very funny folks	RIOTS
Object of adulation	IDOL
Ties the knot	WEDS
”That’s a shame!”	AWGEE
Have an inkling	SENSE
Relinquish formally	CEDE
Delighted	GLAD
Anecdotal wisdom	LORE
Snowman in ”Frozen”	OLAF
Nestling	BABYBIRD
Parcels out	ALLOTS
City near Florence	SIENA
Czechs and Serbs	SLAVS
Lighten (up)	EASE
Plot outline	SCENARIO
Thinks highly of	ADMIRES
March together	TROOP
Nuisance	PAIN
Morning hrs.	AMS
Scoundrel	RAT
Class with microscopes	BIOLAB
Nomad	ROVER
Video arcade pioneer	ATARI
De-ices, in a way	SALTS
52 Across fractions	CENTS
Aft part of a plane	TAIL
At a distance	AFAR
Tailor at work	SEWER
Subtle ”Excuse me . . .”	AHEM
Mink relative	SABLE
Be of use to	AVAIL
Racket target	TENNISBALL
Reason to recalculate	ERROR
Repetitive learning	ROTE
Sky blue	AZURE
Exec’s extras	PERKS
Aid for the stumped	HINT
Tonic or ginger ale	DRINKMIXER
Actress Moore	DEMI
Equinox mo.	SEPT
Canine irritant	FLEA
Very long time	EONS
Supermarket section	DAIRY
Author Dinesen	ISAK
Fraternal org.	BPOE
Global extreme	POLE
”Quit nagging me!”	OKOK
Tip jar fillers	ONES
Attention to detail	CARE
Teaser ad	PROMO
”Peer Gynt” playwright	IBSEN
Wholesale quantity	CASE
USAF offense	AWOL
The Badger St.	WISC
Texting ancestor	EMAIL
Cub Scout leader	AKELA
Dry runs	TESTS
Regretful	SORRY
Burns or Byron	POET
Brilliant accomplishment	COUP
Appetizers, on some menus	STARTERS
Cut corners	SKIMP
Much more than worried	INAPANIC
Informal refusal	NOPE
Be like	EMULATE
Prefix for scope	PERI
Gentle touch	CARESS
”Honor Thy Father” author	TALESE
Bookcase fastener	SCREW
Chip-dip tidbit	CHIVE
Cordoned (off)	ROPED
Presence of mind	POISE
Descendant	SCION
Light bulb measures	WATTS
Fussy person	PRIG
”Would __ to you?”	ILIE
Was transported	RODE
Trampled (on)	TROD
Prestigious law school	YALE
Shout of discovery	AHA
Bring to a garage, perhaps	TOW