Newsday.com – Feb 29 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ”Grizzly” beast |
BEAR |
| ”That is to say . . .” |
IMEAN |
| Air-gun ammo |
BBS |
| Also |
TOO |
| Amaze |
AWE |
| Backyard barbecue area |
PATIO |
| Basil or oregano |
HERB |
| Be worthy of |
EARN |
| Beret or bonnet |
HAT |
| Blender setting |
PUREE |
| Boxing match ender, for short |
TKO |
| Bro’s sibling |
SIS |
| Capital of Vietnam |
HANOI |
| Cavalry swords |
SABERS |
| Centers of peaches |
PITS |
| Color of Santa’s suit |
RED |
| Compact-__ player (audio device) |
DISC |
| Corrosive compound |
ACID |
| Empty space |
GAP |
| Fate |
KARMA |
| Fence openings |
GATES |
| Fire-setting crime |
ARSON |
| For weeks __ (continuously) |
ONEND |
| Gym’s storage compartment |
LOCKER |
| Hawaiian necklace |
LEI |
| Hot herbal drinks |
TEAS |
| Hunter constellation |
ORION |
| Indy 500 attendee |
RACEGOER |
| Large coffee dispensers |
URNS |
| Leave for a trip |
DEPART |
| Leaves a car in a lot |
PARKS |
| Letter before tee |
ESS |
| London taverns |
PUBS |
| Look forward to |
AWAIT |
| Loosen, as laces |
UNTIE |
| Luxurious |
POSH |
| Mas’ mates |
PAS |
| Microwave oven sound |
BEEP |
| Misbehave |
ACTUP |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Molecule part |
ATOM |
| Monotonous routine |
RUT |
| Nine-digit tax IDs |
SSNS |
| Obligated legally |
BOUNDBYCONTRACT |
| One of the Great Lakes |
ERIE |
| One-person performance |
SOLO |
| Pacific or Atlantic |
OCEAN |
| Penny-__ poker |
ANTE |
| Pieces of a chain |
LINKS |
| Pull apart, as paper |
TEAR |
| Quick punches |
JABS |
| Racetrack postings |
ODDS |
| Region |
AREA |
| Reviving, as a car battery |
JUMPSTARTING |
| Rural hotel |
INN |
| Sample of soup |
SIP |
| Sells for |
COSTS |
| Ship’s docking spot |
PIER |
| Solar system’s center |
SUN |
| Sprinkler attachment |
HOSE |
| Staircase part |
STEP |
| Summits |
ACMES |
| Sunbather’s goal |
TAN |
| Sunflower stalks |
STEMS |
| Tax-collecting agcy |
IRS |
| Theater actor’s accessory |
STAGEPROP |
| Theory of relativity physicist |
EINSTEIN |
| They walk back and forth |
PACERS |
| Times when collegians head to Florida |
SPRINGBREAKS |
| Top poker card |
ACE |
| Top-billed performer |
STAR |
| Train lines: Abbr |
RRS |
| Transmitted |
SENT |
| Tube-shaped pasta |
PENNE |
| University sports org |
NCAA |
| Vision-testing wall postings |
EYECHARTS |
| Vowel quintet |
AEIOU |
| Went by bus or train |
RODE |
| __ over backwards (try hard) |
BEND |