Metro Crossword Answers September 9 2017

Clue	Solution
Mechanical device or apparatus	MECHANISM
Wear by rubbing	CHAFE
Nude	NAKED
Spiritualists’ meetings	SEANCES
Commercials	ADS
Badge	EMBLEM
Teenage heart-throb	IDOL
En route, in …	TRANSIT
Malicious gossip	SCANDAL
Unhappiness	SADNESS
Sushi wrapping sheet, dried …	SEAWEED
Creep (towards)	INCH
Foil (plot)	THWART
Container cover	LID
Above the shoulder (toss)	OVERARM
Jargon	LINGO
Sing alpine-style	YODEL
Wears fancy costume (7,2)	DRESSESUP
Craze	MANIA
Wedding cake support (4,5)	CAKESTAND
Letter recipients	ADDRESSEES
Hinder	INHIBIT
Rounds up livestock	MUSTERS
Overcrowd	CRAM
Short-circuited	ARCED
Impressionable (6,3)	EASILYLED
Large hairy spiders	TARANTULAS
Evidence under oath	TESTIMONY
Houses	DWELLINGS
Plotted	SCHEMED
Leg-iron	SHACKLE
Doctrine	CREED
Sag	DROOP
Wooden bucket	PAIL