News Day Crossword Answers September 11 2017

Clue	Solution
Dishonest imitation	SHAM
Person walking in a pond	WADER
Highway exit	RAMP
__ colada (cocktail)	PINA
Stick out like __ thumb	ASORE
One of the Great Lakes	ERIE
Omelet ingredients	EGGS
Made furious	RILED
Clothes-dryer fuzz	LINT
Competition with kings and rooks	CHESSMATCH
Calculates a total	ADDS
French-style pancake	CREPE
Broadway show award	TONY
Helper: Abbr.	ASST
Plaid kilt pattern	TARTAN
Break sharply	SNAP
Small fruit pie	TART
Marinara or pesto	SAUCE
Turn on one foot	PIVOT
”Dear __ or Madam . . .”	SIR
Farmland measures	ACRES
”Great minds think __”	ALIKE
Fortune-teller	SEER
Concludes	ENDS
Deal in secondhand goods	RESELL
Doe or fawn	DEER
Sit down with a book	READ
Hope-chest wood	CEDAR
Thick carpet	SHAG
Boxing competition	PRIZEFIGHT
Heavy marching-band instrument	TUBA
Removed the center of, as apples	CORED
Scenic sight	VIEW
Grad	ALUM
Licorice-flavored herb	ANISE
Female singing voice	ALTO
Fence opening	GATE
Midterms and finals	TESTS
Complete collections	SETS
Blueprint detail, for short	SPEC
Soprano’s note	HIGHC
Enrage	ANGER
En __ (as a group)	MASSE
Most friendly	WARMEST
India’s continent	ASIA
Foolish person	DOLT
Build, as a house	ERECT
Very spicy	REDHOT
Baton-passing track competition	RELAYRACE
Dry as a desert	ARID
Keep in __ (remember)	MIND
Parakeets and poodles	PETS
Resort with hot springs	SPA
Astronauts’ agcy.	NASA
Talk back to	SASS
Made an attempt	TRIED
Go right or left	TURN
Scored 100 percent on	ACED
Loch __ monster	NESS
Practice for a 61 Across	SPAR
Long river ending in Egypt	NILE
Hertz competitor	AVIS
Competition with straights and flushes	POKERGAME
Elm or maple	TREE
Prefix for vision or scope	TELE
Ebbs	RECEDES
Cuddly, purring animal	LAPCAT
Touchdown caller, for short	REF
Plane without a pilot	DRONE
Female opera stars	DIVAS
Well-coordinated	AGILE
Butler of ”Gone With the Wind”	RHETT
Guys-only event	STAG
Luau dance	HULA
Border on	ABUT
Colored part of the eye	IRIS
Enthusiasm	ZEST
Lowest pair in a 36 Down	TWOS