NewsDay Crossword March 1 2023 Answers

• Very soft mineral
  TALC
• Alternative to Maytag
  AMANA
• Woodworker’s tool
  SAW
• Actor Epps or Sharif
  OMAR
• Batman’s partner
  ROBIN
• Mystical glow
  AURA
• Good base to build on
  SOLIDFOUNDATION
• 37 Down player’s shoe
  SKATE
• Numbered hwy.
  RTE
• Offer of assistance
  LETME
• ‘ __ shocked!’
  IAM
• Install in advance, as software
  PRELOAD
• Machines spinning at construction sites
  CONCRETEMIXERS
• Important ‘numero’
  UNO
• Czech or Serb
  SLAV
• Fuel for some stoves
  GAS
• Nevada casino center
  RENO
• Liquor in martinis
  GIN
• Offered at retail
  SOLD
• Half of a semicolon
  DOT
• The thing right here
  THIS
• What fills a basketball
  AIR
• Recreation requiring exertion
  PHYSICALSPORTS
• Big name celebrity
  ALISTER
• Energy, informally
  PEP
• Heavy, as a fog
  DENSE
• Self-importance
  EGO
• Country in the Himalayas
  NEPAL
• Courtroom testifier
  MATERIALWITNESS
• Brit’s outcry
  ISAY
• Military horse
  STEED
• Queen in ‘Frozen’
  ELSA
• After-tax amount
  NET
• Follows the advice of
  HEEDS
• Minor fender bump
  DENT

• Throw softly
  TOSS
• Run __ (go wild)
  AMOK
• Tra __ (singing sounds)
  LALA
• Restaurant rater
  CRITIC
• Comics barking sound
  ARF
• Tie up at a dock
  MOOR
• Be adjacent to
  ABUT
• Prime-time hour
  NINEPM
• ‘Not only that . . .’
  AND
• Gentleman caller
  SUITOR
• Floral attractions
  AROMAS
• Faded away
  WANED
• Had a lighter lunch, say
  ATELESS
• Beloved ones
  DEARS
• Amazon’s speaker voice
  ALEXA
• Gibson or Brooks
  MEL
• Prearrange illegally
  RIG
• Mongrel dog
  CUR
• Lowest sudoku digit
  ONE
• Persona __ grata
  NON
• Label on luggage
  TAG
• Musical about the Perns
  EVITA
• Epic journey
  ODYSSEY
• Stanley Cup org.
  NHL
• Rowboat implement
  OAR
• Illuminated
  LIT
• Physicians, for short
  DRS
• Brand of blenders
  OSTER
• Game with no winner
  TIE
• Online-access co.
  ISP
• Paid out
  SPENT
• Gratify
  PLEASE
• Allude to
  HINTAT
• Invent
  CREATE
• Made the first bet
  OPENED
• __ asst. (office aide)
  ADMIN
• Great delight
  GLEE
• Had debts
  OWED
• Brazilian soccer legend
  PELE
• Special interest grp.
  ASSN
• Exam for would-be attys.
  LSAT
• Suffix meaning ‘somewhat’
  ISH
• Passports and dog tags
  IDS