NewsDay Crossword December 19 2022 Answers

ACROSS

• Homes for hens
  COOPS
• Partly melted snow
  SLUSH
• Recordings that replaced LPs
  CDS
• Archery missile
  ARROW
• Green sauce for pasta
  PESTO
• ‘__ may I help you?’
  HOW
• Program like ‘Survivor’ or ‘American Idol’
  REALITYSHOW
• Poem of praise
  ODE
• Instant-replay speed, for short
  SLOMO
• Make bigger
  ENLARGE
• Globe’s shape
  SPHERE
• Red vegetable
  BEET
• Went away
  LEFT
• Solo of ‘Star Wars’
  HAN
• Pre-grown grass
  SOD
• At any time
  EVER
• Basics for beginning readers
  ABCS
• Wished earnestly
  HOPED
• Program with a laugh track
  SITUATIONCOMEDY
• Shuts loudly, as doors
  SLAMS
• Musical threesome
  TRIO
• Cleveland’s Great Lake
  ERIE
• Writing tablet
  PAD
• University email suffix
  EDU
• Pecans and cashews
  NUTS
• Big canvas bag
  TOTE
• Early __ (people who get up before dawn)
  RISERS
• Love, anger, or joy
  EMOTION
• Safe and __ (out of danger)
  SOUND
• Grab a snack
  EAT
• Program based on historical facts
  DOCUMENTARY
• Run-of-__-mill
  THE
• Camel’s South American cousin
  LLAMA
• Croc’s close relative
  GATOR
• Omelet meat
  HAM
• English class composition
  ESSAY
• Retail stores
  SHOPS

DOWN

• Sedan or convertible
  CAR
• Metallic rocks
  ORES
• Spoken aloud
  ORAL
• Sport played on horseback
  POLO
• Takes a dip in a pool
  SWIMS
• Secret agent
  SPY
• ‘__ Misrables’
  LES
• Theater seat finder
  USHER
• Pebbles and boulders
  STONES
• Wolf’s wail
  HOWL
• Any household task
  CHORE
• Evade, as a question
  DODGE
• Sugary
  SWEET
• Uncle Sam’s headwear
  TOPHAT
• Belly, more formally
  ABDOMEN
• Customary behavior
  HABIT
• Bonuses at a concert
  ENCORES
• Not as much
  LESS
• Wicked
  EVIL
• White Greek cheese
  FETA
• Instrument like a bugle
  TRUMPET
• Taunting shout
  OHO
• Scornful, as remarks
  SNIDE
• Lima’s country
  PERU
• Revise for publication
  EDIT
• Hair salon colorings
  DYES
• Fresh __ daisy
  ASA
• Place where golfers play
  COURSE
• Salivates excessively
  DROOLS
• What dentists examine
  TEETH
• Nebraska’s largest city
  OMAHA
• __ pole (tribal carving)
  TOTEM
• Ancient South Americans
  INCAS
• Tunes that are performed
  SONGS
• Not doing anything
  IDLE
• Great Salt Lake’s state
  UTAH
• Western alliance acronym
  NATO
• Tiny bit of rain
  DROP
• Actress Thurman
  UMA
• It follows April
  MAY
• Twelve-month periods: Abbr.
  YRS