Newsday.com Jan 5 2021 Puzzle Solutions

 Newsday.com - Jan 5 2021 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
''. . . but you know how __''	ITIS
21, by adding	SIXTEENPLUSFIVE
21, by multiplying	SEVENTIMESTHREE
21, by subtracting	THIRTYMINUSNINE
Actor Alda	ALAN
Ambassador's assistant	ENVOY
Any harvested product	CROP
Appear that way	SEEMTO
Arithmetic or algebra, for short	MATH
Auto's wheel bar	AXLE
Become proficient in	MASTER
Beloved celebrity	IDOL
Big city in Massachusetts	BOSTON
Book writer: Abbr	AUTH
Border of a tabletop	EDGE
Brewery tanks	VATS
Clump of hair	TUFT
Cowpoke's rope	LASSO
Czar called ''the Terrible''	IVAN
Do not possess	LACK
Do whittling	CARVE
Dresses of India	SARIS
Embarrass	ABASH
Firefighter's chopper	AXE
Flower stalk	STEM
Fond of snooping	NOSY
Gives off, as steam	EMITS
Golf course measure	YARD
Grownups	ADULTS
Handle clumsily, informally	MUFF
Having sore muscles	ACHY
Headquartered	BASED
Hollywood headliner	STAR
Home for honeybees	HIVE
Infant's bodysuit	ONESIE
January through December	YEAR
Jockey's strap	REIN
Joints above ankles	KNEES
Leave in a hurry	FLEE
Major malfunction	SNAFU
Male deers	STAGS
Martian, for example	ALIEN
Measure of medicine	DOSE
Metal fastener for a girder	RIVET
Not doing anything	IDLE
Notion	IDEA
On an ocean cruise	ATSEA
Part of a stairway	STEP
Patch up, as a lawn	RESOD
Person counting calories	DIETER
Piece of plumbing	PIPE
Playful pranks	ANTICS
Prefix meaning ''all''	OMNI
Publicizes heavily	HYPES
Salt Lake City's state	UTAH
Sandwich cookie	OREO
Sandy golf hazard	TRAP
School exam	TEST
Small crown	TIARA
Speaks	SAYS
Specialty market segment	NICHE
Start of a play	ACTI
Strong glue	EPOXY
Surpass in competition	OUTDO
Tell a secret	TATTLE
Those other people	THEM
To no __ (ineffective)	AVAIL
Tubular pasta	PENNE
Underground home for bats	CAVE
Walk inside	ENTER
What a king may be called	SIRE
Without a warranty	ASIS
Young dog	PUPPY
__ butter (moisturizer ingredient)	SHEA
__ one's time (be patient)	BIDE
__-Cone (icy treat)	SNO