Newsday.com - July 3 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer

Newsday.com Crossword Puzzle Solution - July 3 2016
Clues

	Answers
#5 baby girl name for 2014	AVA
''Happy Days'' nickname	FONZ
''I Love Lucy'' surname	MERTZ
''Knock it off!''	ENOUGH
''Over There'' composer	COHAN
''Ratatouille'' rat	EMILE
''Rendezvous With'' __ (Clarke novel)	RAMA
''__ for Evidence'' (Grafton novel)	EIS
. . . at a carnival	MERRYGOROUND
. . . at the Laundromat	DRYERDRUM
. . . in the kitchen	BLENDERBLADE
. . . in the living room	CEILINGFAN
. . . on a stage	BALLERINA
. . . on an office desk, a while back	PHONEDIAL
. . . on the front of Big Ben	CLOCKHANDS
. . . on the road	AUTOTIRES
1990s card fad	POKEMON
Act like	APE
Actress Jessica	BIEL
After-tax	NET
Airplane's freight	CARGO
Announcement before ''go''	GETSET
Assigned tasks	DUTIES
Attention getter	HEYYOU
Banquet host	EMCEE
Barely visible	TINY
Bit of glitter	SPANGLE
Bit of help	BOOST
Break one's word	RENEGE
Brewpub servings	ALES
Britcom, briefly	ABFAB
C sharp alias	DFLAT
Ceramists' ovens	KILNS
Certain runner	MILER
Coordinated	TIEDIN
Cowboy gear	ROPE
Crockett's weapon	RIFLE
Crop up	OCCUR
Curator's deg., often	MFA
December temp	SANTA
Decide to take part	OPTIN
Deep sleeps	COMAS
Demean	ABASE
Dentist's directive	FLOSS
Disoriented	INADAZE
Do business	OPERATE
Eleanor, to Teddy	NIECE
Emphatic refusal	IDONOT
Ending for exist	ENCE
Enter cautiously	EDGEIN
Evenings, on marquees	NITES
Expose, as a fraud	DEBUNK
Facebook page entries	POSTS
Fam. member	REL
Few and far between	SPARSE
Field of expertise	AREA
Fissure	CLEFT
Fivers	ABES
Floral garland	LEI
Flows away	EBBS
Footnote abbr	OPCIT
Former ''Today'' cohost	VIEIRA
Fortune 100 insurer	AETNA
Freezing temps	TEENS
Frequent debater of 2016	CRUZ
Fund-raising dinner	GALA
Glimpse	SEE
Gooey dirt	MUCK
Hatcher or Garr	TERI
Hold dear	PRIZE
Hoop group	NBA
Hospital staffers	INTERNS

Clues	Answers
Hungarian statesman Nagy	IMRE
Ian of ''The Hobbit''	HOLM
In fifth grade, quite possibly	AGETEN
Just like	ALA
Just okay	NOTSOHOT
Kelly's former TV partner	REGIS
Less lax	STERNER
Lessees	TENANTS
Made pinker, perhaps	REDYED
Marked, as a questionnaire box	XDIN
Massive bunch	HORDE
Mideast land	ISRAEL
Moral code	ETHOS
Morose	DOUR
Navratilova rival	EVERT
Nestled in	SNUG
New Mexico art town	TAOS
Norwegian playwright	IBSEN
Of few words	LACONIC
Off the topic	UNAPT
On the outs	INBAD
Opposite of infra-	ULTRA
Optometrist's offerings	EYEEXAMS
Oscar actor Benicio __ Toro	DEL
Part of a long poem	CANTO
Passport endorsement	VISA
Peace Prize city	OSLO
Peter Pan adversary	SMEE
Pixar blockbuster	CARS
Poet Federico __ Lorca	GARCIA
Recipe verb	SAUTE
Red-carpet walkers	STARS
Replay speed	SLOMO
Rum drink	MAITAI
Sandra's ''Speed'' costar	KEANU
Self-esteem	EGO
Shoebox letters	EEE
Show indifference	SHRUG
Skirt companion	BLOUSE
So	ERGO
Standard partner	POORS
Stir-fry request	NOMSG
Superlative suffix	EST
Surveillance network, for short	CCTV
Swindled	STUNG
Telly network	BEEB
Tennis official	SCORER
Testimonial dinners. e.g	TRIBUTES
Times to remember	ERAS
Tough-to-please actress	DIVA
Town near the tallest Eastern Alp	STMORITZ
Treacherous one	SNAKE
Triple-decker treat	OREO
TV anchor Dobbs	LOU
Twig homes	NESTS
Umbrella part	RIB
Unenviable grade	DPLUS
Uni- relative	MONO
Unpleasantly wet	SOGGY
Unwritten exams	ORALS
USN officer	LIEUT
Verizon subsidiary	AOL
Video game pioneer	ATARI
Walk through a puddle	SLOSH
Was snoopy	NOSED
Wasn't at one's best	AILED
When prompted	ONCUE
With precision	TOAT
Yale students	ELIS
Yankee great Jeter	DEREK
__ Selassie	HAILE
__ souci (carefree)	SANS