NewsDay Crossword March 29 2023 Answers

• PC ‘get out’ key
  ESC
• Bunch of bees
  SWARM
• Small perfume bottle
  VIAL
• Liverpool lavatory
  LOO
• Spooky
  EERIE
• Vampire novelist Rice
  ANNE
• Green Mexican dip
  SALSAVERDE
• Corp. budgetary execs
  CFOS
• Military uniform ornament
  EPAULET
• Muscle overexertions
  STRAINS
• Atmospheric prefix for sphere
  IONO
• Rustic lodging
  INN
• __ helmet (safari gear)
  PITH
• Trash bag closures
  TWISTTIES
• Patronize for a meal
  DINEAT
• __ and hearty (in good shape)
  HALE
• Three, in Sicily
  TRE
• Clumsy one
  OAF
• One-horned safari beast
  RHINO
• Keogh plan alternative
  IRA
• Prefix meaning ‘singular’
  UNI
• Corn eaters’ leftovers
  COBS
• Dam-building mammal
  BEAVER
• Circular spots on fabrics
  POLKADOTS
• Argued a legal case
  PLED
• Lowest card in a royal flush
  TEN
• Frozen rain
  HAIL
• Sincere
  EARNEST
• Workers’ earnings
  INCOMES
• Actor Alda or Rickman
  ALAN
• Much-contested area in presidential elections
  SWINGSTATE
• Dove’s home
  COTE
• More pleasant
  NICER
• Shoe without laces, for short
  MOC
• Achilles’ weak spot
  HEEL
• Prepare for an exam
  STUDY
• Unwelcome picnic arrival
  ANT

• Other than that
  ELSE
• Lather producer
  SOAP
• Dark soft drink
  COLA
• Early evening hour
  SEVEN
• Infant
  WEETOT
• Incoming LAX flight
  ARR
• Disposes (of)
  RIDS
• Get together
  MEET
• Available for rent
  VACANT
• Basic verb form
  INFINITIVE
• ‘Author unknown,’ for short
  ANON
• Not as much
  LESS
• Hotel’s deluxe offering
  SUITE
• Maui greeting
  ALOHA
• Baptism or bar mitzvah
  RITE
• Cocktail lounge instrument
  PIANO
• Join a group, as for spying
  INFILTRATE
• Forerunner of bridge
  WHIST
• Fleming of fiction fame
  IAN
• Less-than-ideal roommate
  SLOB
• Went astray
  ERRED
• Char on a grill
  SEAR
• Beautify, informally
  DOUP
• Walked heavily
  TROD
• Pioneering cable movie channel
  HBO
• Walking stick
  CANE
• Monumental tales
  EPICS
• Parcel out
  ALLOT
• Hound’s hotel
  KENNEL
• Polished, as shoes
  SHINED
• Furious
  ANGRY
• Priced individually
  EACH
• Sunblock ingredient
  ALOE
• Tax form IDs
  SSNS
• Ridicule
  TWIT
• Parental nickname
  MAMA
• British prep school
  ETON
• Offshoot group
  SECT
• Post-op area
  ICU