New York Times Crossword Answers – Monday July 17 2017

Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Monday July 17 2017

Backbone – SPINE
Shore birds – TERNS

Officials crying “Offside” and “Pass interference” – REFS
Commotion – ADO
Opposite of bests – WORSTS
No-good thief – CROOK
Lair – DEN
Hon – SWEETIE
Sometimes good, sometimes bad – HITORMISS
“Hello” singer of 2015 – ADELE
Gumption – MOXIE
Take a yacht out – SAIL
Singer Lovato – DEMI
Scoundrel – CUR
Rubbing the wrong way? – CHAFING
“Wailing” instrument – SAX
Stately shade trees – ELMS
Gives a new account of – RETELLS
Annoying feature of an online stream – LAG
In the manner of – ALA
Means of tracking workers’ hours – TIMECARDS
www.healthcare.___ – GOV
“Now ___ seen it all!” – IVE
Restroom sign – MEN
Flying geese formation – VEE
Sea slitherer – EEL
It’s fixed for a prix fixe meal – MENU
Pr�ncipe’s sister island – SAOTOME
6 or so, for first graders – AGE
Release from being caught on a nail, say – UNSNAG
Adheres to, as a rule – OBEYS
Old-fashioned “Awesome!” – NEATO
“I ___ see that coming!” – DIDNT
What smells – NOSE
Pigs ___ blanket – INA
Like some ancient characters – RUNIC
Embellish – ADDTO
What rolling stones don’t gather – MOSS
Force-ful characters? – JEDI
Cacophony – DIN
Like some library books and babies – DUE
Building material for the first little pig – STRAW

Some bank offerings, for short – CDS
___ and cheese – HAM
Swim meet coverage? – SPEEDO
Nancy who solves mysteries – DREW
Words said at the altar – IDO
President’s plane – AIRFORCEONE
___-Mex – TEX
Roadside stops – INNS
Wrestling for 400-pounders – SUMO
Rod-shaped bacterium – ECOLI
Broadway’s “___ Miz” – LES
Cry before “You’re out!” – STRIKETHREE
Dorm figs. – RAS
Actor Hemsworth of “The Hunger Games” – LIAM
Material for a tight-fitting glove – LATEX
“Up top!” – GIMMEFIVE
Landed, as on a branch – ALIT
Actions on the dance floor – MOVES
“Mmm-hmm, mmm-hmm” – ISEE
Conclusion of a close World Series – GAMESEVEN
Photographer Adams – ANSEL
Flair – ELAN
Brand of sheepskin boots – UGG
Ecstatic – ONCLOUDNINE
He-sheep – RAM
Beauty’s partner, with “the” – BEAST
Charged particles – IONS
Martial art that’s an Olympic sport – JUDO
Big feature on a donkey – EAR
Miscellany … or a description of the final words in 15-, 23-, 30-, 38- and 43-Across – ODDSANDENDS
Since Jan. 1 – YTD
Word repeated in “It’s ___, all ___!” – MINE
Tax cheats’ fears – AUDITS
“Hel-l-lp!” – SOS
Suffix with differ – ENT
Insurance company with a lizard mascot – GEICO