Newsday.com - March 25 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Newsday.com Crossword Puzzle Solutions - Mar 25 2018 

Clues	Answers
''May I help you?''	YES
''Republic'' writer	PLATO
''Sometimes you feel like __ . . .''	ANUT
''Unfortunately, . . .''	ALAS
''Waterloo'' group	ABBA
'50s Ford	EDSEL
1300 hours	ONEPM
24/7 news pioneer	CNN
Absent	AWAY
Add to	AUGMENT
Add, at a record studio	DUBIN
Allude to	GETAT
Almanac section	ATLAS
Amenity for green commuters	BIKESTAND
Arabian sultanate	OMAN
Athlete's-foot treatment brand	DESENEX
Attire	GARB
Author Jong	ERICA
Automatic reaction	REFLEX
Back out a commitment	RENEGE
Be too persistent	NAG
Beast in 12 Down's logo	STAG
Below par	ILL
Benefits	SAKES
Big name in elevators	OTIS
Break from a sitcom	TVAD
By __ (barely)	ANOSE
Candlelike	WAXY
Canine from China	PUGDOG
Carton sealer	TAPE
Cat-collar attachments	BELLS
Caterpillar competitor	DEERE
Central part	HEART
Certain security staffer	BANKGUARD
Chase off	SHOO
Check an addition	RETOTAL
Checkup, for instance	EXAM
Chopped down	AXED
City in Yemen	ADEN
City mentioned in ''That's Amore''	NAPOLI
City north of Bonn	ESSEN
Confounded	ADDLED
Consist of	ARE
Created like pigtails	PLAITED
Crowd-scene actor	EXTRA
Deface	MAR
Didn't look forward to	DREADED
Diminutive toymaker	ELF
Director Howard	RON
Distort, as data	SKEW
Divests	RIDS
Dollar sign shape	ESS
Doorstep covering	MAT
Early American fur tycoon	ASTOR
Family nickname	SIS
Family, so to speak	TRIBE
Famous folks	CELEBS
From the UK, say	FGN
Genesis 4 figure	ABEL
Get happy or angry	FLIP
GI's offense	AWOL
Go up alone	FLYSOLO
GPS reading	ENE
Great, in retro reviews	BOFFO
Greatly removed	FAR
Half of the checkers	REDS
Hardwood tree	ASH
Harries	BESETS
Helped out	AIDED
High-minded	NOBLE
Historian __ Kearns Goodwin	DORIS
In a nonpermanent way	MUTABLY
In a prone position	LYING
Inc. cousin	LLC
Infamy	SHAME
Ingot, for instance	BAR
Investment choice	BALANCEDFUND
It means ''trillion''	TERA
Lacking slack	TAUT
Less assured	DICIER
Libyan port city	TOBRUK
Line count in a sonnet	FOURTEEN
Linguistic suffix	ESE
Long sandwich	HERO
Mailed	SENT
Major Russian river	URAL
Mani-__	PEDI
Many times, in verse	OFT
McGregor of movies	EWAN
Med. clinic workers	LPNS
Money in Malta	EURO
More inane	STUPIDER
Morning TV cohost	RIPA
Most squarish	BOXIEST
Nautical record	LOG
NFL scores	TDS
NHL extra periods	OTS
Oddly scary	EERIE
Office aide	GOFER
One living abroad	EXPAT
Operatic piece	ARIA
Opulent residence	ESTATE
OR activity: Abbr	SURG
Org. for code crackers	ACA
Pacific battleground of 1943	TARAWA
Patrons of 115 Down	GUESTS
Petrol measure	LITRE
Places to stay	INNS
Prayed, in Paris	PRIE
Predecessor of Sadat	NASSER
Prefix for political	GEO
Prefix for present	OMNI
Prius or Tesla	ECOCAR
Put a stop to	ENDED
Road crew material	TAR
Roam around	WANDER
Ruminate (over)	PORE
Sad-eyed pooch	BASSETHOUND
Sharp break	SNAP
Sheepskin boot	UGG
Shoe with a blade	ICESKATE
Simple rhyme scheme	ABA
Something seen in a profile	EAR
Sorority hopeful	RUSHEE
Spread gossip	DISHED
Starter like contra-	ANTI
Step up from a spinet	BABYGRAND
Sweet loaf	BANANABREAD
Take a loss	EATIT
Take for granted	ASSUME
Take on or take in	ADOPT
Tall tale	YARN
Tax-shelter vehicle	IRA
The slightest sound	PEEP
Timber wolf	LOBO
Tire descriptor	TUBELESS
Triple-decker sandwich	CLUB
Tundra	BARRENGROUND
Urban wailer	SIREN
US Govt. security	TBOND
Valuable violin, for short	STRAD
Wedding cake figure	BRIDE
What eight long answers here do	COVERBAND
Wines and dines	WOOS
World Series setting	BASEBALLDIAMOND
__ toast (soup partner)	MELBA