Newsday.com - Jun 4 2018 Crossword Answer

Newsday.com - Jun 4 2018 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Merits	EARNS
Opera solo	ARIA
Org. for Tiger Woods	PGA
Outer boundary	EDGE
Paper-fastening device	STAPLER
Pesky flying insect	GNAT
Pester persistently	NAG
Picnic pests	ANTS
Plots of ground for planting	SEEDBEDS
Popular fishes for sandwiches	TUNAS
Practical joke	PRANK
Pre-euro Italian money	LIRA
Pub beverage	ALE
Pull apart	SEPARATE
Rode in a plane	FLEW
Run leisurely	TROT
Scored 100% on	ACED
Search for	SEEK
Sgt.'s subordinates	PFCS
Short-term worker, for short	TEMP
Showed on TV	AIRED
Skin lotion ingredient	ALOE
Sound of a giggle	TEEHEE
Speedometer or odometer	GAUGE
Spicy Mexican dips	SALSAS
Splinter groups	SECTS
Stovetop appliance	RANGE
Sulks	POUTS
T. Rex, for short	DINO
Take illegally	STEAL
Teapot toppers	LIDS
Thing of value	ASSET
Unlocks	OPENS
Vending machine opening	SLOT
Was in charge of	LED
Wept	CRIED
Where a gold medalist finishes	FIRST
Wicked	EVIL
__ in handy (be useful)	COME

Clues	Answers
''Nanny'' animal	GOAT
''Santa __ Is Coming to Town''	CLAUS
Airless tire	FLAT
Assistant	AIDE
Bagels and burger buns	ROLLS
Barely detectable amount	TRACE
Being broadcast in the wee hours	ONLATE
Bikini tops	BRAS
Blend with a spoon	STIR
Box-office purchase	TICKET
Brief in one's words	TERSE
Butter portions	PATS
Contented cat's sound	PURR
Courtroom event	TRIAL
Diamonds and rubies	GEMS
Donkeys	ASSES
Eject, as lava	SPEW
Even, as a sports score	TIED
Farm building for horses	STABLE
Feeling pleased	GLAD
Football throw	PASS
Frozen rain	SLEET
Give a head signal to	NODAT
Gratify	PLEASE
Greek pocket bread	PITA
Hardly __ (rarely)	EVER
High-school dances	PROMS
High-society group	ELITE
Historical periods	ERAS
Hospital colleagues of MDs	RNS
Hourly pay	WAGE
Is caught in a downpour	GETSWET
It encircles a karate master	BLACKBELT
It encircles a suitcase handle	LUGGAGETAG
It encircles an athlete's forehead	SWEATBAND
It encircles the lower arm for timekeeping	WRISTWATCH
Jay once of ''The Tonight Show''	LENO
Little kids	TOTS
Make a trade	SWAP