Newsday.com - Aug 8 2017

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Clues Answers
''Ditto'' METOO
''Mona __'' LISA
African desert SAHARA
Any of 12 Biblical disciples APOSTLE
Arm of the sea INLET
Aroma ODOR
Astronaut Armstrong NEIL
Baby's shaking toy RATTLE
Becomes worthy of EARNS
Beer barrel KEG
Brainy SMART
Bread with a pocket PITA
Bullfight cheer OLE
California desert resort PALMSPRINGS
Christmas Eve visitor SANTA
Cleveland's lake ERIE
Close with a bang SLAM
Cold __ (freezing) ASICE
College city in 15 Across AMES
Conductor's stick BATON
Corp. head CEO
Data, for short INFO
Des Moines' state IOWA
End of the __ (last stop) LINE
Explosive liquid, for short NITRO
Family diagrams TREES
Fender mishap DENT
Folk wisdom LORE
Get to work earnestly KNUCKLEDOWN
Gun, as an engine REV
Heroic saga EPIC
Hitchhike THUMBARIDE
Hold tightly CLASP
Horse's cry NEIGH
In progress, to Sherlock AFOOT
In that place THERE
In the __ (long ago) PAST
Intense anger RAGE
King Arthur's realm CAMELOT
Clues Answers
Knock loudly RAP
Lake near Reno TAHOE
Letter before tee ESS
Lowly worker PEON
Made retroactive, as a contract BACKDATED
Mag execs: Abbr EDS
Male sheep RAM
Merriment GLEE
Mexican naps SIESTAS
Mil. truants AWOLS
Not wed UNMARRIED
Omelet ingredient EGG
Once around the track LAP
Parcel (out) DOLE
Part of speech like ''go'' VERB
Party munchies FINGERFOOD
Pie à la __ MODE
Place for peas POD
Poky little creature with a shell SNAIL
Portuguese wine MADEIRA
Propel a bicycle PEDAL
Reduce one's speed SLOW
Regarding, in a memo ASTO
Scornful look SNEER
Secluded valley GLEN
Slanted typeface: Abbr ITAL
Snakelike swimmers EELS
Snatch suddenly GRAB
Speck of dust MOTE
Stolen goods LOOT
Strain, as flour SIFT
Supermarket walkway AISLE
Swedish cars SAABS
Tear to pieces RIPUP
Throw hard HURL
Told an untruth LIED
Way off AFAR
__ Star State (Texas) LONE
__ tape (strong adhesive roll) DUCT