Newsday.com - June 3 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Newsday.com Crossword Puzzle Solutions - June 3 2017 

Clue	Solution
City near Gibraltar	CADIZ
Trial boss	JUDGE
Type of tuber, familiarly	SPUD
Not very exciting	TAME
Mad Hatter’s guest	ALICE
Fairy tale fiends	OGRES
Voice quality	TONE
Sitting on	ATOP
Speaker’s pointer	LASER
Icky stuff	SLIME
Diva’s solo	ARIA
Con __ (quickly, in music)	MOTO
High-tech circuits invented in Dallas (1958)	MICROCHIPS
Nickname for the Dallas-Fort Worth region	METROPLEX
18 Down et al.	GLUES
The one here	THIS
Come-from-behind charge	RALLY
Prefix for van	MINI
Musical talent	EAR
Nickel, for example	COIN
Sketcher’s buy	PAD
Chair’s list	AGENDA
Latin music	SALSA
Where cocktails don’t cost	OPENBAR
Lone Star State symbol	MOCKINGBIRD
City on historic Route 66	AMARILLO
Old Testament vessel	ARK
Set of chromosomes	GENOME
Village leader	ELDER
Steer sounds	MOOS
Solidify	FIRMUP
Quaint complaint	EGAD
Rib-eye alternative	TBONE
Sailboat pole	SPRIT
Site of the first Six Flags theme park	ARLINGTON
”Montagnes” of France	ALPES
Corn-crop holders	CRIBS
Curve in a river	BEND
Get-up-and-go	ENERGY
Knock about	ROVE
Treat with contempt	SCORN
Anagram and antonym of ”unites”	UNTIES
Time-honored	OLD
Fort Worth-based airline	AMERICAN
”Dallas Buyers Club” Oscar winner	MCCONAUGHEY
City bordering Berlin	POTSDAM
Newspaper descriptor	DAILY
Quick learner, informally	SPONGE
Cost	ARE
Satchmo collaborator	ELLA
College major, for short	BIO
Point of entry	DOOR
React with mirth	LAUGH
Seller’s disclaimer	ASIS
Elizabethan poet	DONNE
Major League’s first roofed stadium	ASTRODOME
Alternate title of the puzzle	TEXASAANDM
Ashe Stadium org.	USTA
Something in the air	ODOR
Muscular strength	SINEW
Road’s slope	GRADE
Thought-provoking	DEEP
Dryer’s capture	LINT
Starter for violet	ULTRA
Allow access to	LETAT
French 101 verb	ETRE
Table supports	LEGS
Complicated	MESSY
Cushy course	EASYA
Far from edgy	CALM
Jai __	ALAI
Data storage device	DISC
Cake decorator	ICER
Weightless state, briefly	ZEROG
Stephen __ Sondheim	JOSHUA
More hostile	UGLIER
Plumber’s targets	DRIPS
Prized possessions	GEMS
Jargon suffix	ESE
Triathlete’s asset	STAMINA
Skin openings	PORES
Military outfit	UNIT
Prized	DEAR
Florida bay city	TAMPA
Ring-shaped reef	ATOLL
Drive-up lodging	MOTEL
Strong adhesive	EPOXY
Under-the-sink container	CLEANER
Military mandate	ORDER
Recounted	TOLD
Possessive pronoun	HIS
One of the Three Bears	MAMA
Composer Stravinsky	IGOR
Narrow strip of land	NECK
Sketcher’s buy	INK
Be concerned	CARE
Pear or apple	POME
On __ with (equal to)	APAR
Some watch displays	DIGITS
Easier to grasp	SIMPLER
With agility	NIMBLY
Clumsy mistake	BLOOP
Unaccompanied	ALONE
Kentucky Derby garland	ROSES
HUD agency	GNMA
Mint julep ingredient	BOURBON
Expand, as a home	ADDONTO
Easter candy shape	EGG
Inactive state	LATENCY
Crime lab evidence	FIBERS
Wrap up	END
Touches a base, then runs	TAGSUP
Morsel	SCRAP
Film trailer, e.g.	PROMO
Girder fastener	RIVET
Part of many hotel names	INN
Nürnberg negative	NEIN
Thinks logically	REASONS
Lasting mark	SCAR
Made an appearance	CAME
Pac-12 team	UCLA
”Horrors!”	OHNO
Danish block brand	LEGO
Salon specialist	DYER
It’s east of Oregon	IDAHO
Big bucks, briefly	MILS
Word on all US currency	GOD
Arid terrain	DESERTS
Will Smith biopic	ALI
87 Down roles	BOXERS
Sort of	INAWAY
Magna cum __	LAUDE
Strong point	ASSET
Articulate	UTTER
Jelly flavor	GRAPE
A member of	AMONG
Fender flaws	DENTS
Colonel’s insignia	EAGLE
Well-behaved kid	DOLL
”Garfield” canine	ODIE
Material for roofing or flooring	TILE
Bailiwick	AREA
D.C. baseballers	NATS
WWII turning point	DDAY
It means ”beyond”	META
Arithmetic answer	SUM