Newsday.com - Aug 12 2019

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Clues Answers
''Ready when you __!'' ARE
''That's far from a sure thing'' MAYBENOT
''__ whiz!'' (''That's amazing!'') GEE
Actress Thurman UMA
Airplane pathway AISLE
Alias: Abbr AKA
Alternative to Maytag appliances AMANA
Annoy IRK
Arm or leg LIMB
Assist HELP
Aviation prefix for dynamic AERO
Baseball arbiter UMP
Blame-avoiding story ALIBI
Boats like Noah's ARKS
Carpenter's gripping device CLAMP
Circle the earth ORBIT
Closeup area on a map INSET
College sports squads VARSITIES
Competed in a sprint RAN
Coverings of bananas PEELS
Cubes tossed in casinos DICE
Dance hall BALLROOM
Drag from behind TOW
Dutch cheeses EDAMS
Emeralds and rubies GEMS
Enthusiastic, as a fan AVID
Exterior of a high-fiber sandwich WHOLEWHEATBREAD
Exterior of ground-beef sandwiches HAMBURGERBUNS
Extreme embarrassment SHAME
Extremely bad AWFUL
Facts in files DATA
Fashion designer Calvin KLEIN
Feeling under the weather ILL
Female horse MARE
From your neighborhood LOCAL
Give a darn CARE
Global top or bottom POLE
Heart tests: Abbr EKGS
Height above sea level: Abbr ALT
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Helper: Abbr ASST
Inhabit POPULATE
Job benefit, for short PERK
Jumped LEAPED
Letter before tee ESS
Luau dances HULAS
Moon-shaped pastries CRESCENTROLLS
More than OVER
Most significant MAIN
Muscle soreness ACHE
National symbols with stars and stripes FLAGS
Nest-egg plans: Abbr IRAS
Online messages EMAILS
Pants-pressing appliance IRON
Person from Stockholm SWEDE
Potato chip topping DIP
Practical joke PRANK
Recommend strongly URGE
Removes selectively WEEDSOUT
Skillet or wok PAN
Slow faucet leak DRIP
Snakelike swimmers EELS
Sound part of a movie AUDIO
Speed contest RACE
Start __ scratch (do it over) FROM
Swiss mountain ALP
Throat-clearing sound AHEM
Trash-crushing appliance COMPACTOR
Trees with acorns OAKS
Try out, as a product TEST
Tulsa residents, informally OKIES
Veggie in gumbo OKRA
Volcanic flow LAVA
Wide tie ASCOT
Widespread renown FAME
__ colada (cocktail) PINA
__ Moines, IA DES
__ Vegas LAS
__-deucey (card game) ACEY