Newsday.com - Jan 8 2018

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Clues Answers
''Of course!'' YES
''So __!'' (''Me, too!'') AMI
Airplane flier PILOT
Alphabetizes SORTS
Appraise once again REASSESS
Approximately ORSO
Be introduced to MEET
Big family CLAN
Black-and-white cookie OREO
Blacken on the barbecue CHAR
Boca __, FL RATON
Brand-name of steel-wool scrubbers SOSPADS
Coaster on snow SLED
Complete collections SETS
Crossword-clue heading ACROSS
Diminish slowly WANE
Discourage DETER
Dramatic daytime programs SOAPOPERAS
Elite group of guests ALIST
Give a nudge to PROD
Go from bad to __ WORSE
Golf pegs TEES
Great joy GLEE
Have being EXIST
Held in one's hand GRASPED
Helper: Abbr ASST
High-calorie cake TORTE
Hit the road DEPART
Hits the road GOES
Hunter's wooden duck DECOY
Icy Arctic hazards BERGS
In the company of AMONG
Irritating person TEASER
Just average SOSO
Latest fashions TRENDS
Leaf-gathering tool RAKE
Limited-episode TV programs MINISERIES
Mexican money PESO
Most docile TAMEST
Clues Answers
Not too many AFEW
Opera solo ARIA
Pea holders PODS
Peeled, as a 42 Down PARED
Plastic container for a garbage can TRASHBAG
Poems of praise ODES
Poet's ''before'' ERE
Price paid COST
Programs on current events NEWSCASTS
Programs with contestants GAMESHOWS
Radiate, as charm EXUDE
Region AREA
Religious sects CULTS
Run leisurely TROT
San Antonio tourist attraction ALAMO
Scottish caps TAMS
Shows concern CARES
Skillets and woks PANS
Soft French cheese BRIE
Source for French fries POTATO
Spanish bar munchies TAPAS
Spiral shape COIL
Stacks of stuff PILES
Standard golf scores PARS
Stare in amazement GAPE
Supply party food for CATER
Swap TRADE
Take on employees HIRE
Tax agcy IRS
Toll road PIKE
Turn topsy-turvy UPEND
Venomous snakes ASPS
Very knowledgeable WISE
Very long time EONS
Wear away ERODE
What radiators give off HEAT
Wished earnestly HOPED
__ story (biography) LIFE
__ the wrong way (annoy) RUB