Newsday.com - Jan 15 2019

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Clues Answers
''Believe __ not . . .'' ITOR
''Easy to clean,'' in adspeak NOMESS
''Is __ so?'' THAT
''It __ necessarily so'' AINT
2001, to Caesar MMI
A __ in the right direction STEP
Actor Baldwin ALEC
Ancient relic ARTIFACT
Aspirations AIMS
Attention-getting sound PSST
Balloon contents AIR
Ballpoints PENS
Barely managing, with ''out'' EKING
Be suddenly terrified PANIC
Big bullies BRUTES
Bullfight beast TORO
Butterfly-catching devices NETS
Cincinnati's state OHIO
Cpls., for example NCOS
Decides one will OPTSTO
Deserve to receive MERIT
Does better than TOPS
Double-curve letter ESS
Drop dramatically PLUNGE
Emulating others FOLLOWINGSUIT
Faucet TAP
Feeling of rage IRE
Flower stalk STEM
Friend from France AMI
Gaining an unfair advantage STACKINGTHEDECK
Game show host EMCEE
Goad SPUR
Great Salt Lake state UTAH
Halt STOP
Having a higher height TALLER
Health care pro NURSE
High-school math course TRIG
Inspirational slogan MOTTO
Intensifying a situation UPPINGTHEANTE
Clues Answers
Jog TROT
Junior, to his dad NAMESAKE
Kingly address SIRE
Koreans and Japanese ASIANS
Large African beasts HIPPOS
Luau instruments UKES
Lubricate OIL
Made a vow SWORE
Nevada city RENO
Not yet achieved, as goals UNMET
Octopus-arm count EIGHT
One of the 34 Down: Abbr SGT
Ostrich's Australian cousin EMU
Oyster's gem PEARL
Parakeet or poodle PET
Piece of office furniture DESK
Pocketbook BAG
Reminds continually NAGS
Seize control of USURP
Short memo NOTE
Soap bubbles SUDS
Sorrowful SAD
Spews lava ERUPTS
St. Louis winter hrs CST
Start a winning streak GETHOT
T-bone and sirloin STEAKS
Take for granted ASSUME
Teach one-on-one TUTOR
That woman's HERS
Throat-clearing sound AHEM
Tire pressure measure: Abbr PSI
Tough question POSER
Triple-decker cookie OREO
Tune SONG
Unacceptable NOTOK
Untruthful ones LIARS
Used-merchandise transaction RESALE
Wall calendar page MONTH
__ and cheese sandwich HAM