Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Friday August 4 2017.

Head covering – SCALP
”Icy” expressions – STARES

Ladderlike – SCALAR
Only speaker in ”Silent Movie” – MARCEAU
Speaker before Boehner – PELOSI
”If there’s no other choice” – IGUESSSO
Consolidates – UNITES
Unenviable mark – DEE
Short Shakespearean quote – ETTU
Frequent whistle blower – REF
Some arteries – ROADS
Plethora – OCEAN
Less-than-fast pace – TROT
Nothing at all – NIL
Limelike – CITRIC
Arab League member – SYRIA
Samsung’s headquarters – SEOUL
GPS reading – NNE
Whom Homer has often ”borrowed” stuff from – NEDFLANDERS
Former forensic franchise – CSI
Reckons – DEEMS
Works for two – DUETS
Begin impulsively – LEAPIN
Poetic adverb – EER
Unconcealed – BARE
Alpaca herder of yore – INCAN
”Sopranos” restaurateur – ARTIE
Forbiddance – BAN
Apt rhyme for ”secure” – MOOR
The ”Over There” era – WWI
Nonstandard dialect – PATOIS
Ken Jennings’ book on trivia buffs – BRAINIAC
Component of crude – ETHANE
Northwest Oregon city – ASTORIA
Inched up on – NEARED
Engraving instrument – STYLET
Filled with disdain – SNIDE
Road-trip observance – SCENERY
San Diego to Crescent City – CALIFORNIACOAST

Immensely – ALOT
Barcode scanner part – LASER
Where Cervantes wrote ”Don Quixote” – PRISON
Trusted advisors – SAGES
Rightful – TRUE
Synonym of ”crack”; antonym of ”hack” – ACE
Excise surgically – RESECT
Maine to Florida – EASTERNSEABOARD
Keep going – SUSTAIN
Outbursts of energy – SPURTS
Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, etc. – MIDDLEAMERICA
Eighth of a cup – OUNCE
Place to walk – AISLE
Newly silent, perhaps – OILED
Trash bag accessory – TIE
Bovine mouthful – CUD
Give as a bonus – ADDIN
First sign – ONSET
Watery lowland – FEN
Cause friction – RUB
Advance one’s career – CLIMB
Esposas de España – SENORAS
Person in learning mode – TRAINEE
Got a feeling – SENSED
Analogous nature – PARITY
Approaches perfection – RIPENS
Look for – AWAIT
Corroded – EATEN
Piano string – WIRE
Cuisine with green curry – THAI
Mardi Gras city’s Amtrak code – NOL