Newsday.com - Jul 24 2017

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Clues Answers
''For Pete's __!'' SAKE
''Scat!'' SHOO
) and (, for short PARENS
A Great Lake ERIE
Abs-building exercises SITUPS
Absolutely engrossed RAPT
And others: Abbr ETAL
Argue the pros and __ CONS
Artist Picasso PABLO
Attention-getting sound PSST
Barely at all HARDLY
Baseball players' hats CAPS
Black-and-white cookie OREO
Craftsperson with wood CARPENTER
Dimes and pennies COINS
Doctor's ''open wide'' request SAYAH
Eagle's claws TALONS
Evaluate RATE
Felony or misdemeanor CRIME
Fence post STAKE
Fizzy, as a soft drink CARBONATED
Flower stalk STEM
Foe ENEMY
Former vice president Al GORE
Gator kin CROC
Give an autograph SIGN
Grade-school auxiliary org PTA
Grains in Cheerios OATS
Had dinner ATE
Heart doctor's field CARDIOLOGY
Immigrants' island ELLIS
Insurance filing CLAIM
Jacket lapel flower CARNATION
Karate cousin JUDO
Lawn material SOD
Leave the premises VACATE
Legal claim LIEN
Letter before tee ESS
Long stories TALES
Clues Answers
Lose one's footing TRIP
Matador's opponent TORO
Mexican ''So long!'' ADIOS
Mix of metals ALLOY
Naval noncoms: Abbr CPOS
Occur HAPPEN
Pale-looking ASHEN
Passed with flying colors ACED
Physical power STRENGTH
Playthings TOYS
Poker pot starter ANTE
Prefix for chute or medic PARA
Salespeople, for short REPS
Settle a bill PAYUP
Slight residue TRACE
Small boat that's paddled CANOE
Small couch SETTEE
Study hard CRAM
Switchboard worker: Abbr OPER
Take without permission STEAL
Takes a survey POLLS
Temporary peace TRUCE
Test-drive vehicle DEMO
The Flintstones' era STONEAGE
Theme of the puzzle CARS
Toledo's state OHIO
Traffic tie-ups JAMS
Tree with cones PINE
Tucker out TIRE
TV industry award EMMY
Undiluted PURE
Uses scissors CUTS
Vapor from a teakettle STEAM
Video-game parlor ARCADE
Weeding tools HOES
Weighing device SCALE
Winery containers VATS
Wise saying ADAGE
__ de Janeiro, Brazil RIO