NewsDay Crossword February 28 2023 Answers

• Female parents
  MOMS
• Stare open-mouthed
  GAPE
• One walking through water
  WADER
• Freeway off-ramp
  EXIT
• In the center of
  AMID
• __ and kicking (in good health)
  ALIVE
• Bit of heredity
  GENE
• Narrow road
  LANE
• Book of fiction
  NOVEL
• Where chimps or elephants are kept safe
  ANIMALSANCTUARY
• __ Angeles, CA
  LOS
• Once possessed
  HAD
• Border of a printed page
  MARGIN
• Null and __ (not valid)
  VOID
• Org. of expert putters
  PGA
• Pseudonym
  ALIAS
• Ivy League school in Philly
  PENN
• In addition
  PLUS
• Marble sculptures of famous Americans in Washington
  CAPITOLSTATUARY
• Prayer-ending word
  AMEN
• Western alliance acronym
  NATO
• With perfect timing
  ONCUE
• Was victorious
  WON
• Family rooms
  DENS
• Most current
  LATEST
• Earl Grey or pekoe
  TEA
• Distress signal at sea
  SOS
• Insurance risk expert
  ENROLLEDACTUARY
• Trip itinerary
  ROUTE
• ‘Upper’ or ‘lower’ bed
  BUNK
• ‘Scat!’
  SHOO
• Balance sheet ‘plus’
  ASSET
• Initial poker payment
  ANTE
• Damp, as morning lawns
  DEWY
• Brief note from a teacher
  SEEME
• 12-month period
  YEAR
• Reply to ‘Are not!’
  AMSO

• ‘Big’ prefix for bucks or phone
  MEGA
• Plow-pulling bovines
  OXEN
• Short skirt
  MINI
• Flower stalk
  STEM
• Gasoline measure
  GALLON
• Collect in great quantity
  AMASS
• __ colada c*cktail
  PINA
• Garden for Eve
  EDEN
• Newspaper’s job listing
  WANTAD
• Audibly
  ALOUD
• Female opera star
  DIVA
• At any time
  EVER
• Depend (on)
  RELY
• Elite group of guests
  ALIST
• Fancy dinnerware
  CHINA
• Big-beaked parrot
  MACAW
• San Antonio landmark
  ALAMO
• Become ready to harvest
  RIPEN
• Weight increase
  GAIN
• ‘Bulletproof’ clothes
  VESTS
• Not fooled by
  ONTO
• ‘There’s no __ like home’
  PLACE
• Wise advisors
  GURUS
• So far
  ASYET
• Make preparations
  PLAN
• Fourth-down football kick
  PUNT
• Hoops great Shaquille
  ONEAL
• Bread that’s browned
  TOAST
• Erase, as computer files
  DELETE
• Gym’s storage compartment
  LOCKER
• __ pole (tribal carving)
  TOTEM
• December sleigh driver
  SANTA
• Historical periods
  ERAS
• Odor-sensing organ
  NOSE
• Sneaky scheme
  RUSE
• Online auctioneer
  EBAY
• Sand hill
  DUNE
• Beef inspection agcy.
  USDA
• Attention-getting sound
  AHEM
• Lines of theater seats
  ROWS
• Round toy on a string
  YOYO