NewsDay Crossword January 24 2023 Answers

ACROSS

• Applaud
  CLAP
• Crimson and scarlet
  REDS
• Row of bushes
  HEDGE
• ‘That hurts!’
  OUCH
• Corporate boss, for short
  EXEC
• ‘Eat crow’ or ‘talk turkey’
  IDIOM
• Norway’s capital
  OSLO
• __ monster (Arizona lizard)
  GILA
• Moral principle
  TENET
• Goose EGGs, on a baseball scoreboard
  SHUTOUTINNINGS
• Hooting bird
  OWL
• Grab a chair
  SIT
• Big city in Mo.
  STL
• Identify
  NAME
• Fast-growing tree
  POPLAR
• Taken by mouth
  ORAL
• Car with a meter
  TAXI
• Car’s emergency light
  FLARE
• Nest EGGs for the future
  RETIREMENTFUNDS
• Lake near Reno
  TAHOE
• Curved part of a shoe
  ARCH
• Edinburgh native
  SCOT
• Bad smell
  STENCH
• ‘My country, ’tis of __’
  THEE
• 13 Down’s destinations
  ERS
• ‘I’ll be glad to’
  YES
• Farm mail abbr.
  RFD
• Chicken-and-EGG question
  WHICHCAMEFIRST
• Turtle’s enclosure
  SHELL
• Prayer’s last word
  AMEN
• Evaluate
  RATE
• Weird and scary
  EERIE
• Spanish bull
  TORO
• Factual
  TRUE
• Coarse woolen fabric
  TWEED
• Distort, as facts
  SKEW
• Longings
  YENS

DOWN

• Pigeon sounds
  COOS
• Rich with vegetation
  LUSH
• Rights advocacy grp.
  ACLU
• Snapshot
  PHOTO
• Control, as temperature
  REGULATE
• Highway off-ramp
  EXIT
• Local sandwich shop
  DELI
• Reads, as a bar code
  SCANS
• Become friends quickly
  HITITOFF
• Biblical paradise
  EDEN
• Small dent
  DING
• Departs
  GOES
• CPR expert
  EMT
• Possess
  OWN
• Puppy’s bite
  NIP
• Puts in alphabetical order
  SORTS
• ‘Sweeter’ Halloween option
  TREAT
• Wood-shaping machine
  LATHE
• Papa’s wife
  MAMA
• Wield, as force
  EXERT
• ‘Also . . .’
  PLUS
• Jouster’s weapon
  LANCE
• Great enthusiasm
  ARDOR
• Takes a break
  RESTS
• Jungle roarer
  LION
• Twelfth of a foot
  INCH
• Used again, as paper or bottles
  RECYCLED
• Comforting words
  THERENOW
• Sarcastic laugh
  HEH
• Letter before gee
  EFF
• Leaves in a hurry
  SCATS
• Needing a scrubbing
  DIRTY
• ‘That was close!’
  WHEW
• In this place
  HERE
• ‘Why would __ to you?’
  ILIE
• Run __ (go wild)
  AMOK
• Insignificant
  MERE
• Seldom seen
  RARE
• Leave speechless
  STUN
• Golf pegs
  TEES
• Make ready, as a dinner table
  SET