August 28th 2016 - News Day

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August 28th 2016 Answers

Clue	Solution
__ contendere	NOLO
''Humboldt's Gift'' author*	SAULBELLOW
''Muppet Show'' host	KERMIT
''My Way'' singer	SINATRA
''Six-pack'' muscles	ABS
''The First Lady of Song''*	ELLAFITZGERALD
''Toy Story'' boy	ANDY
'I think'' to texters	IMO
90-degree shapes	ELLS
A question of procedure	HOW
Abrade	CHAFE
Act of binding	LIGATURE
Actor Rob	LOWE
Actress Celeste	HOLM
Aide: Abbr	ASST
Alice's cat	DINAH
AMA members	DRS
Andorra neighbor	SPAIN
Art in a park	STATUE
Betting figures	ODDS
Big rigs	SEMIS
Billiards bounces	CAROMS
Bishop of Rome	POPE
Bit of wordplay	PUN
Buddy	FELLA
Builds up	AMASSES
Caballero's title	SENOR
Cape Cod town	TRURO
Capri or Wight	ISLE
Carmine and crimson	REDS
CBS franchise	CSI
Celebratory nights	EVES
Cheer for a diva	BRAVA
City near Tahoe	RENO
Civil War soldier	REB
Cleveland's lake	ERIE
Cobbler's inventory	SOLES
Coup d'__	ETAT
Crack pilots	ACES
Dan Quayle successor*	ALGORE
Designer Perry	ELLIS
Director Brooks	MEL
Don't toss	RETAIN
Drains of energy	SAPS
Drill sergeant's order	FALLIN
Early afternoon	TWO
Either Apple cofounder	STEVE
Experiment	TEST
Fashion initials	DKNY
First-aid device	SPLINT
Five-star reviews	RAVES
Frighten (off)	SCARE
Frightens off	DETERS
Gave testimony	SWORE
H.G. Wells re ''atomic bomb''	COINER
Havana coin	PESO
Have __ (be connected)	ANIN
Heckle	RAZZ
Holds as a 117 Across	SEATS
Hoo-ha	TODO
Hurled weapon	SPEAR
Hybrid feline	LIGER
In the direction of	TOWARD
In the vicinity of	CLOSETO
Informed about	INON
Inventor Sikorsky	IGOR
iPod models	NANOS
Job detail briefly	SPEC
Ladder rung	STEP
Lasso feature	SLIPKNOT
Legendary Venetian voyager	POLO
Lends a hand to	AIDS
Like some chocolate	SWISS
Longfellow subject	REVERE
Looked frightened	PALED
MacArthur nickname	DOUG
Made firewood	SAWED
Making all stops	LOCAL
Mark the hour maybe	TOLL
Maximal height	PEAK
Messing of ''Will & Grace''	DEBRA
Mixed martial artist Rousey	RONDA
More like mackerel	SCALIER
Motionless	INERT
Muscle that tightens	TENSOR
Navigational shortcut	CANAL
Ne'er-do-well	LOSER
New Deal agcy	WPA
New Haven collegian	YALIE
No longer the rage	PASSE
Nonstandard negative	AINT
Norfolk sch	ODU
One on foot in signs	PED
Onetime Joint Chiefs chairman*	COLINPOWELL
Online music source	ITUNES
Ostrich cousin	EMU
Person with the most Oscars*	WALTDISNEY
Photos informally	PICS
Place for change	PURSE
Poet Sandburg*	CARL
Poker card	TREY
Prefix like equi-	ISO
Prohibition supporters	DRYS
Real-estate measure	AREA
Rio beach	IPANEMA
Rock concert venue	ARENA
Rock singer Warren	ZEVON
Secret suffix	IVE
Sharp rebuke	SLAP
Showers	RAINS
Sitar master*	RAVISHANKAR
Sits alongside	ABUTS
Small salamander	NEWT
Smirnoff rival	STOLI
Snug retreat	NEST
Solemn ''Yes''	IDO
South Pacific islander	TONGAN
Sprite in ''The Tempest''	ARIEL
Starring role	LEAD
State since 1864	NEVADA
Subtle glow	AURA
Syria neighbor	LEBANON
Take down a peg	ABASE
Talk too much	YAP
Televised plugs	ADS
Title bestowed on Gielgud	SIR
Took from the top	REDID
Top-ranking	CLASSA
Transport	SHIP
Traveler's stop	INN
Twisty shapes	ESSES
Uncool one	NERD
Units of purity	KARATS
Untrustworthy one	LIAR
Violinist who helped save Carnegie Hall*	ISAACSTERN
Vote seeker for short	POL
Wandered about	ROVED
Well-put	APT
Western elevations	MESAS
What the answers to the starred clues all received from Harvard	HONORARYDEGREE
Wild West group	POSSE
Yonder object	THAT
Yosemite photographer*	ANSELADAMS
Zodiac beast	ARIES

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