Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Friday August 4 2017

N.Y.C. racetrack, informally – BIGA
Level – SHIM

Learned – SAGE
Doggy – POOCH
Chinese tennis star who has won both the French and Australian Opens – LINA
Go crazy with, in a way – ODON
Many a sub – TEMP
Teammate of Hammerin’ Hank in 22 All-Star Games, with “the” – SAYHEYKID
The N.I.H. is based in it – DCAREA
City near Pyramid Lake – RENO
Bone involved in pronation – ULNA
Eliciting a “meh” – BLAH
Pooh-pooh – DERIDE
Longtime TV procedural – NCIS
Fendi rival – ARMANI
Hiked – UPPED
Maker of the iComfort line – SERTA
At attention – ERECT
Brooklyn art institute – PRATT
Horse or gazelle, at times – LOPER
The ___ School (Manhattan dance institution) – AILEY
Sour, fermented milk drink – KEFIR
“Burnt Norton” poet – ELIOT
“The Daily Show” correspondent Chieng – RONNY
White of the eye – SCLERA
Like ingrates – THANKLESS
Object of a scout’s search – TALENT
Modern travelers’ marketplace – AIRBNB
Black – UNLIT
Food figs. – RDAS
“Modern Family” rating – TVPG
Brand – SEAR
Cantatrice’s delivery – ARIA
C.F.O., e.g. – EXEC
Love letters – XOXO
Datum for a secy. – APPT
Some old fire trucks – REOS
“___ do” – ITLL
Playground rejoinder – ISSO
Some undergrad degs. – BSS
Plans nefariously – PLOTS
Rout – DRUB
“That’s a shocker” – IHADNOIDEA
___ number – CELL
Labor market short on long-term work – GIGECONOMY

Gunn of “Breaking Bad” – ANNA
3-year-old in 2015 sports news – AMERICANPHAROAH
“Sorta” – ISH
Ahead of, old-style – ERE
Like pawns and puppets – USED
Point guard, e.g. – PLAYMAKER
Historic “restructuring” – PERESTROIKA
Grp. with the 1976 platinum album “A New World Record” – ELO
Nova Scotia’s Grand ___ National Historic Site – PRE
Who said “All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl” – CHAPLIN
Bass part – FIN
Ellipsis alternative, maybe – ETC
Quaint evening reading material – LATEEDITION
Low-level computer work – DATAENTRY
Like many indie films – ARTY
Chafe – IRK
It appears at the top of a page – URL
Autocrat known as “the Liberator” – TSARALEXANDERII
What fish or chicken can be, but not turkey – VERB
They’re light-years away – EXOPLANETS
Nuisance – PAIN
Band featured in the mockumentary “The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle” – SEXPISTOLS
Seizure – GRAB
White Cloud competitor – SCOTT
___-mo – SLO