Newsday.com - Aug 15 2011

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Clues Answers
''My treat!'' ONME
''Polar'' beast BEAR
''Very funny!" HAHA
Baby-powder ingredient TALC
Beast of burden ASS
Ben Franklin, John Hancock, etc. FOUNDINGFATHERS
Bit of whipped cream GLOB
Blueprint detail, briefly SPEC
Book-jacket copy BLURB
Candid critics DUTCHUNCLES
Cleaning cloth RAG
Coral formations REEFS
Create with yarn KNIT
Dapper __ (fancy dresser) DAN
Deflated tire FLAT
Diner listing MENU
Dog-biscuit shape BONE
Droops SAGS
Female voice range ALTO
Force back REPEL
Fraternity mentors BIGBROTHERS
Funny person RIOT
Get the __ of (learn) HANG
Gets a glimpse of SEES
Grade-school basics ABCS
Gun, as an engine REV
Health resorts SPAS
Highly sharpened KEEN
Historical periods ERAS
Hosp. facilities ORS
Ice-skating surface RINK
Inquires ASKS
Landed (on) ALIT
Lend a hand HELP
Like formal clothing DRESSY
Likely (to) PRONE
Lima's country PERU
Major happening EVENT
Man-made waterway CANAL
Clues Answers
Mimicked APED
Moan and __ (complain) GROAN
Much-admired person IDOL
New pilot's milestone SOLO
Nimble-fingered DEFT
Office aide: Abbr. ASST
One of the Great Lakes ERIE
Opera song ARIA
Out of style PASSE
Piece of land TRACT
Pleasant scent AROMA
Prefix for freeze ANTI
Provide new equipment for REFIT
Rainbow shape ARC
Red cosmetic ROUGE
Region with little rainfall DRYAREA
Requiring aid INNEED
Rope noose, for example LOOP
Rosary piece BEAD
Sandwich fish TUNA
Self-esteem EGO
Serious stage play DRAMA
Sgt. subordinates PFCS
Sharpen with friction GRIND
Sharpened HONED
Show disrespect to SNEERAT
Some advertising signs NEONS
Spine-tingling EERIE
Storage building SHED
Suitable PROPER
Tehran native IRANI
Theater platform STAGE
To the rear, on a boat AFT
Twosome DUO
Utterly senseless ABSURD
Wide belts SASHES
Zoo enclosure CAGE
__ living (be employed) EARNA
__-rouser (instigator) RABBLE