Newsday.com - Aug 14 2017

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Clues Answers
''Laughing'' African beast HYENA
''__ no?'' (simple question) YESOR
Bar bill, informally TAB
Battleship colors GRAYS
Be abundant TEEM
Beginning from ASOF
Bellhop's employer HOTEL
Black-and-white cookie OREO
Build, as a house ERECT
Charming southern woman BELLE
Coffee alternative TEA
Compare prices SHOP
Corporate VIP EXEC
Croc's cousin GATOR
Distance below the surface DEPTH
Dollar bill ONE
Drains of energy SAPS
Feel inner anger SEETHE
Fence stake POST
Fencing sword EPEE
Fill in __ blank THE
Fills a suitcase PACKS
Full collections SETS
Giraffe's notable feature NECK
Glimpses SEES
Gorillas and chimps APES
Group of battleships FLEET
Harsh in manner SEVERE
Isn't truthful LIES
Job for a detective CASE
Junk email SPAM
Lawyer: Abbr ATTY
Letters before tees ESSES
Letters on a phone's ''0'' button OPER
Luau dance HULA
Lubricates OILS
Mac-and-cheese containers CASSEROLEDISHES
Makes preparations PLANS
Manage somehow COPE
Clues Answers
Microwave oven sound BEEP
Most smooth and stylish SLEEKEST
Mystical glow AURA
Nevada resort lake TAHOE
Novel or biography BOOK
Numbers from 0 to 9 DIGITS
Of eyesight OPTIC
Olympic prizes MEDALS
One of the Great Lakes ERIE
Onionlike veggies LEEKS
Pastry served with 23 Across SCONE
Pots for cooking stews DUTCHOVENS
Pretzel topping SALT
Prods into action GOADS
Pub beverages ALES
Region AREA
Reputable LEGIT
Salty bodies of water SEAS
Settles a bill PAYS
Sixth sense, for short ESP
Skillets for sautéing FRYINGPANS
Small hill KNOLL
Small river STREAM
Snakelike swimmers EELS
Soft throw TOSS
Sport on horseback POLO
Sport with fairways and greens GOLF
Strews about SCATTERS
Take a break RELAX
Tex-Mex dips SALSAS
Thorny flowers ROSES
Turn loose LETGO
Untidiness MESS
Unusual collectible CURIO
Urban rd. that might cross a street AVE
Wigwam cousin TEPEE
Word-of-mouth ORAL
__ of the time (now and then) SOME
__-garde (stylishly bold) AVANT