Newsday.com - Mar 1 2021 Crossword Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| ''Fingers crossed'' | HOPESO |
| ''Wish you __ here'' | WERE |
| Ace of hearts, for instance | CARD |
| Any formal ceremony | RITE |
| Army no-show, for short | AWOL |
| Assignments for detectives | CASES |
| Attack from all sides | BESET |
| Attention-getting whisper | PSST |
| Beasts of burden in a yoke | OXEN |
| Black birds | RAVENS |
| Book of fiction | NOVEL |
| Cabbie's vehicle | TAXI |
| Call a halt to | STOP |
| Campfire residue | ASH |
| Ceramic floor piece | TILE |
| Changed the color of | DYED |
| Cheer at a concert | BRAVO |
| Chicken __ mein (Chinese food) | CHOW |
| Clean and orderly | NEAT |
| College Web-address ender | EDU |
| Compass point opposite WNW | ESE |
| Convertibles and coupes | AUTOS |
| Creme-filled cookie | OREO |
| Dice toss | ROLL |
| Encountered | MET |
| End of a kite | TAIL |
| Establish as a fact | PROVE |
| Every once in a while | PERIODIC |
| Farmland measure | ACRE |
| Feeling antsy | TENSE |
| Flat French hat | BERET |
| Garden of Eden woman | EVE |
| Gator cousin | CROC |
| Higher than | OVER |
| Holder of peas | POD |
| Inland waterway | RIVER |
| Isn't truthful | LIES |
| Lambs' mamas | EWES |
| Lavish meals | FEASTS |
| Leisurely, as a speed | SLOW |
| Long-and-narrow South American nation | CHILE |
| Mail-drop opening | SLOT |
| Make amends | ATONE |
| Matured, as wine | AGED |
| Meat-and-potatoes dinner | STEW |
| Metal-bearing rocks | ORES |
| Money back on a purchase | REBATE |
| Musical work with sopranos | OPERA |
| Narrow plank | SLAT |
| Nest-egg acronym | IRA |
| On the go | ACTIVE |
| Once __ blue moon (rarely) | INA |
| Out of town | AWAY |
| Person using oars | ROWER |
| Power sources with outdoor spinning blades | WINDMILLS |
| Prehistoric lizards, for short | DINOS |
| Pulled a trick on | FOOLED |
| Puts on display | SHOWS |
| Rant and __ (show anger) | RAVE |
| Secondhand tires | RETREADS |
| Servings of corn | EARS |
| Snooty | SNOBBISH |
| Spelling rule that ends ''except after C'' | IBEFOREE |
| Spinning laundry appliances | WASHINGMACHINES |
| Spinning rides with carved horses | CAROUSELS |
| The Bard of __ (Shakespeare) | AVON |
| Tire-filling machines | PUMPS |
| Toward the rear of a boat | AFT |
| Troublemaking child | BRAT |
| Tug-of-war cord | ROPE |
| TV network with an eye logo | CBS |
| Voicemail signals | BEEPS |
| Volcanic flow | LAVA |
| When flights are due in: Abbr | ETAS |
| Wipe from a blackboard | ERASE |
| With no skill | INEPT |
| Wizard's magic stick | WAND |
| __ so (nevertheless) | EVEN |
