Newsday.com - June 24 2017 Sunday Crossword Puzzle Answers

Newsday.com Crossword Puzzle Solutions - Jun 24 2017 Sunday 

Clue	Solution
Snug spot	NEST
Infield cover	TARP
Kid-lit pachyderm	BABAR
Chocolate substitute	CAROB
Feel sore	ACHE
Tubular instrument	OBOE
Author Walker	ALICE
Kagan’s appointer	OBAMA
Five-__ (British bill made of plastic)	POUNDNOTE
Five-__ (MacArthur, e.g.)	STARGENERAL
More fidgety	ANTSIER
French article	LES
Closes tightly	SEALS
Final phase	END
Smart-alecky	PERT
Actress Thurman	UMA
Schnauzer’s sniffer	SNOUT
Maps within maps	INSETS
One of the Williams sisters	SERENA
Contrivances	PLOYS
Small amounts	MITES
Five-__ (maxim re dropped food)	SECONDRULE
Whitman of verse	WALT
Bunch of buffalo	HERD
Houston or Honolulu	PORT
Street __ (reputation)	CRED
Vivacity, in music	BRIO
__ on parle français	ICI
Five-__ (weather.com feature)	DAYFORECAST
Ski-lodge drink	TODDY
Signing ceremony souvenir	PEN
Great weight to bear	ONUS
First Mrs. Trump	IVANA
1 Down product	GRAPES
Ostentation	GLITZ
Dramatic excerpt	SCENE
Traveler’s course	ROUTE
Cruise ship accommodations	CABINS
Shell out	SPEND
Brewery receptacles	VATS
Big ATM maker	NCR
Bornean ape	ORANG
Five__ (poll analysis website)	THIRTYEIGHT
Emulating	ALA
Seven Dwarfs’ workplace	MINE
Oversupply	GLUT
Aviation formations	VEES
Minor controversy	FLAP
Tijuana locale	BAJA
Five __ (local broadcast)	OCLOCKNEWS
__ dish (lab container)	PETRI
Philosopher Kierkegaard	SOREN
West Coast NFLers, for short	NINERS
Beseeched	PRAYED
Braid of hair	TRESS
FDR or JFK	DEM
Duo	PAIR
List ender	ETC
Snug spots	NOOKS
Junior, to Senior	SON
Seven-Emmy actor	EDASNER
Five __ (carol collection)	GOLDENRINGS
Five-__ (major blaze)	ALARMFIRE
Bonding agents	GLUES
Nonsensical talk	TRIPE
Tip of a plane	NOSE
Elevator innovator	OTIS
Wintry fall	SLEET
Mar. honoree	STPAT
Handheld hackers	AXES
Usage fee	RENT
Northern California county	NAPA
Business school subj.	ECON
Closed tightly	SHUT
Kind of bike	TENSPEED
Copy room supplies	TONERS
Scrub a mission	ABORT
Nonsensical talk	ROT
Rid of rind	PEEL
Guys in barbershop quartets	BASSMEN
Hgt.	ALT
Skewed view	BIAS
Meadowland measures	ACRES
Daughter of King Lear	REGAN
Diplomatic official	CONSUL
Homer Simpson’s dad	ABE
Nearly unobtainable	RARE
Saudi Arabia neighbor	OMAN
Bereft of tread	BALD
Tries to trim down	DIETS
Ran off for romance	ELOPED
Franc’s successor	EURO
Furthermore	AND
Barge pusher	TOWBOAT
”Can you dig it?” reply	IMHIP
One of the family	NIECE
Five-__ (bluegrass instrument)	STRINGBANJO
Feudal laborers	SERFS
It means ”outside”	ECTO
Esoteric	ARCANE
Five-__ (gridiron punishment)	YARDPENALTY
Decline gradually	SLIDE
Russian spacecraft	SOYUZ
Celestial bear	URSA
Divulge, with ”out”	LET
Playpen assemblage	TOYS
Pair to press	PANTS
Carrying out	DOING
Gadget for making hash browns	RICER
”Save the date” happening	EVENT
Checkout counter display	CANDY
Word on all nickels	TRUST
Roman Empire invaders	GOTHS
Pen-and-ink drawings	LINEART
Show contempt for	SPITON
Goes ballistic	RAGES
Rooster’s topper	COMB
Prima donnas’ deliveries	ARIAS
Synagogue	SHUL
Op-ed offerings	VIEWS
County north of Limerick	CLARE
Fleet of foot	RAPID
”Cake Boss” airer	TLC
Unceasingly	EVER
Continued	GONEON
Is concerned about	FEARSFOR
Spanish hero El __	CID
Israel’s parliament	KNESSET
Pixar clownfish	NEMO
Trojan War king	PRIAM
Name on the cover of ”The Sun Also Rises”	ERNEST
Chaplains	PADRES
Arranges logically	SORTS
Circumvent	SKIRT
”__ porridge hot . . .”	PEASE
Seuss’ green stuff	EGGS
Turnpike expense	TOLL
Hunt hint	CLUE
Prune a bit	SNIP
Granny	NANA
Evening, in ads	NITE
Oscar role for Julia	ERIN
Pause for a pianist	REST
Key to the right of ess	DEE
USMA stat	GPA
Smoked salmon	LOX