Metro Crossword Answers August 28 2017

Clue	Solution
Railway bridges	VIADUCTS
Amalgamation	MERGER
Searching for minerals	PROSPECTING
Assent with head	NOD
Apply friction to	RUB
Indian class system	CASTE
Land measures	ACRES
Unusable	UNSERVICEABLE
Backwards (watch movement)	ANTICLOCKWISE
Soil-enriching mixture	MULCH
Duck’s mate	DRAKE
Starchy tuber	YAM
First … off the rank	CAB
Nativity gems	BIRTHSTONES
Cracks	SPLITS
Assails	ASSAULTS
Adders	VIPERS
Fuss	ADO
Unloads (suitcase)	UNPACKS
Marks as correct	TICKS
Carve	ENGRAVE
Person beyond help	GONER
Pungent salad root-plants	RADISHES
Arctic chipping tool (3,4)	ICEPICK
Plain-spoken	BLUNT
Requisition again	REORDER
Muscular	BEEFY
Suspended beds	HAMMOCKS
Live together	COHABIT
Chilled leaf beverage (4,3)	ICEDTEA
Tickles fancy of	AMUSES
Written slander	LIBEL
Fire remains	ASHES
Zero	NIL