Newsday.com - August 19 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Newsday.com Crossword Puzzle Solutions - Aug 19 2017 

Clue	Solution
”It’s been too long”	IMISSEDYOU
Very close ones, for short	BFFS
Cult stars	PENTAGRAMS
Many a Mozart melody	ARIA
Event with the Samsung MVP award	ASIANGAMES
”It is thinking that makes what we read __”: Locke	OURS
Strewn with, as on landscapes	DOTTING
White belts, in judo	NEWBIES
Black-and-white toon in ”Who Framed Roger Rabbit”	BOOP
Well-planned	NEAT
Around the knee	MIDLEG
Percussive guitar technique	SLAPBASS
Cover guy on NBA Live 96	ONEAL
10-Grammy singer/guitarist	RAITT
Strands at a lab	RNA
Its homepage is on Moscow time	TASS
Make a rural delivery	CALVE
Bottle that sounds bad	VIAL
Ending like -aceous	INE
Sublime	LOFTY
Internetworked	SMART
”Neapolitan Novels” author	FERRANTE
”Toy Story” dachshund	SLINKY
Familiar area	TURF
Complete, as an Uber experience	RATE
Put down	DERIDED
Neapolitan alternative	SPUMONI
With 59 Across, what’s attached to some benches	IRON
Material for Toastmasters	TABLETOPIC
See 56 Across	VISE
Magazine that reviews shoes, saddles and swimwear	TRIATHLETE
Beat (out)	ACED
From that angle	INONESENSE
”Flat-out fun” product	IPAD
”Center” starter	MESO
With a fighting chance	INIT
Assists, for instance	STAT
Island west of Fort Myers Beach	SANIBEL
Seasonal coffee flavoring	EGGNOG
”Rocky IV” antagonist	DRAGO
Stuff in some stuffing	YAM
Early announcement of a sort	OMEN
Article I subj.	USSENATE
Tree of Life, in ”The Lion King”	BAOBAB
Certain vegan	FRUITARIAN
__ sale	FIRE
Verbal attitude	SASS
Emulated Rowling’s Moaning Myrtle	WEPT
Hymn holder	PSALTER
Thematic signature	MOTIF
Rattlebrained	INANE
Southwest floral crystal	DESERTROSE
Artículo español	LAS
Augustan Age author	LIVY
Trash talk	SNARK
Made for bar snacks, most likely	SALTY
How to reach Disneyland’s Tom Sawyer Island	RAFT
Party-supply store stock	CONFETTI
All its students are in ROTC	VMI
Supplement (with)	LARD
Tracers and trackers	SLEUTHS
Irreparable	RUINED
University of South Florida campus	STPETE
Neeson’s voice in the ”Narnia” films	ASLAN
Finicky type	DIVA
Name from Old Norse for ”ever ruler”	ERIC
Span a gap in material	DARN
Penetration agent	MOLE
Unfolded	OPEN
Pettifogger’s points	NITS
Drink invented by a Dairy Queen owner	ICEE
Jacket material	BIO