News Day Crossword Answers September 3 2017 Sunday

Clue	Solution
Navigational reference	CHART
Accomplishment	FEAT
Lift with effort	HEFT
Conversation subject	TOPIC
Roast beef specification	AUJUS
Composer Stravinsky	IGOR
Figure skating leap	AXEL
Author Jong	ERICA
Very, very well	SMASHINGLY
Marriage agent	MATCHMAKER
Cloth goods	TEXTILES
Actress Watson	EMMA
Most fitting	APTEST
Grate on	IRK
Sites for outdoor Christmas lights	EAVES
Arbor Day planting	TREE
Map in a map	INSET
Croquet implement	MALLET
Many profs.’ degrees	PHDS
Passing fancy	FAD
Active one	DOER
Romantic role	LOVEINTEREST
”Honest” prez	ABE
Miscalculate or misspeak	ERR
Squirrel, for one	RODENT
Days of __ (long ago)	YORE
Tex-Mex dip	GUAC
Off-road transport, for short	ATV
Puccini genre	OPERA
Carpentry tool	CHISEL
”One more thing . . .”	ALSO
Glistens	SHIMMERS
At that time	THEN
Sparkle	LUSTER
Cedar Rapids college	COE
Stat on canned food	NETWEIGHT
Sunblock letters	SPF
Shakespearean fairy king	OBERON
Laugh heartily	ROAR
Emphatic affirmation	OHYESIDO
Airport rental fleet	CARS
Helping hand	ASSIST
Not as prevalent	RARER
Chill in the air	NIP
Medicinal plant	ALOE
Versifier	POET
Brunch fare	BAGELS
Letters in crime 100 Across	DNA
Grassland	LEA
Military proceeding	COURTMARTIAL
Have a hunch	FEEL
Throw in	ADD
__ podrida (Spanish stew)	OLLA
Overjoyed	ELATED
Urban voting districts	WARDS
Mars alias	ARES
Unoccupied	EMPTY
128 ozs. of milk	GAL
Share a story with	TELLTO
Research facilities	LABS
Travel website info	AIRFARES
Elastic wrap	ACEBANDAGE
Human dynamo	BALLOFFIRE
Sparkle	SHEEN
All wrapped up	OVER
USAF truant	AWOL
Permit to enter	LETIN
Divided Asian peninsula	KOREA
Corn crop	EARS
Retrieves	GETS
Spiral-horned antelope	ELAND
Fling a fishing line	CAST
Actor Cronyn	HUME
”Iliad” warrior	AJAX
More out of practice	RUSTIER
Casual top	TSHIRT
”Whatever makes you happy”	FINE
Brunch fare	EGGS
”You’ve got mail” ISP	AOL
Have a taste of	TRY
Sam Spade creator	HAMMETT
Academic hurdles	EXAMS
Crumbly salad topper	FETA
Pampering treatment, for short	TLC
Violent weather	TEMPEST
Speak from a lectern	ORATE
Long-nosed fish	PIKE
Puts frosting on	ICES
E-tail icon	CART
Category	ILK
High-pressure pitch	HARDSELL
Not fractional	EVEN
Justice Kagan	ELENA
Touched down	ALIT
Yonder	THERE
Creative flashes	IDEAS
”__ to the Future” (Alaska’s motto)	NORTH
Interstate adjunct	SERVICEROAD
Contemporary	MODERN
Not at all eager	AVERSE
Paid players	PROS
Nitpicker	FAULTFINDER
Knock down some	ABASE
Interior design	DECOR
Relaxed gait	LOPE
Examining	EYING
Juliet’s guy	ROMEO
Sounds of shock	GASPS
Flout the rules	CHEAT
Anointed successor	HEIR
American artist/inventor	MORSE
Puny poker pair	TWOS
App clientele	USERS
Country singer Travis	TRITT
Philly-area sandwich	HOAGIE
Tailor’s supply	THREAD
Central Florida city	OCALA
In bundles	BALED
Layered pastry	NAPOLEON
Tarzan movie sound effect	YELL
Supped in style	DINED
Gems from Australia	OPALS
People	SOULS
Medicinal fluids	SERA
Tattered and torn	RATTY
Day-care handful	BRAT
Microsoft’s virtual assistant	CORTANA
Country club crowd	MEMBERS
Chalet backdrop	ALPS
Pita filling	FALAFEL
Be unable to decide	WAFFLE
”The Zoo Story” playwright	ALBEE
All fired up	EAGER
Cultivation, in brand names	GRO
Work assignment	TASK
Audible repetition	ECHO
Impolite look	LEER
Molten matter	LAVA
Much of the time	ALOT
Hardships	ILLS
Comic Rudner	RITA
Shamrock land	ERIN
Mail away	SEND
Female rabbit	DOE
Tea holder	BAG
Leave speechless	AWE