Metro Crossword Answers October 30 2017

Clue	Solution
Diary or daily record	JOURNAL
Barber’s trim	HAIRCUT
Book users or library patrons	READERS
Manicured items	NAILS
Very annoyed	IRATE
Draws out (response) or evokes	ELICITS
Naked models	NUDES
Common thread	THEME
Residue	DREGS
Scientist’s workplace	LAB
Opposite of aye	NAY
Survive or make ends meet (3,2)	GETBY
Reject or shun	SPURN
Aesop tale	FABLE
Slant or slope	INCLINE
Boring or mediocre (2-3)	HOHUM
Small islands	ISLES
Gambling	BETTING
Chatterboxes or conversationalists	TALKERS
Of the stomach	GASTRIC
Linking or enlisting	JOINING
Undid (ribbon)	UNTIED
Tends (patients)	NURSES
With more foliage	LEAFIER
Taking notice of	HEEDING
Lay down the law or demand	INSIST
Invent or bring into existence	CREATE
Shoplifters & burglars	THIEVES
Piece of glowing coal	EMBER
Hair dye	HENNA
Use spade	DIG
Consume food	EAT
Timid	SHY
Road surface	ASPHALT
Arouses	EXCITES
Seething or bubbling with heat	BOILING
Of earthquakes	SEISMIC
Towards summit or daunting task, … battle	UPHILL
Lithe or agile	NIMBLE
Pretends	FEIGNS
More adventurous	BOLDER