Newsday.com Feb 21 2021 Crossword Solutions

 Newsday.com - Feb 21 2021 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
''Bad'' starter	MAL
''Frijoles refritos'' beans	PINTOS
''Hombre'' pal	AMIGO
''Horrors!''	OHNO
''How hilarious!''	HAHA
''I'm over here!''	PSST
''South Park'' kid	ERIC
''That's my cue!''	IMON
''Whatever!''	YEAHOK
''__ in Boots''	PUSS
''¿Cómo __ usted?''	ESTA
Animal life	FAUNA
Appraised	RATED
Astronaut outfit	GSUIT
Bag-checking org	TSA
Beams broadly	GRINS
Bearded beast	GNU
Bears from Asia	PANDAS
Bills of birds	BEAKS
Bit of a blossom	PETAL
Black-and-white mammals	ORCAS
Blossom protector	SEPAL
Brewer's oven	OAST
Camera protector	LENSCAP
Cast header	STAR
Certain salute starter	ATOAST
Chaucer narrative	TALE
City near Salt Lake	OGDEN
Cruise ship amenity	SPA
Disencumber	RID
Disorganized pile	HEAP
Do a big lawn chore	RESOD
Do some stitching	SEW
Do, as some stitching	HEM
Eisenhower Era pope	PIUS
Elongated swimmer	EEL
Ended a descent	ALIT
Environmental sci	ECOL
Extreme fan	NUT
Faint-hearted	AFRAID
Female foxes	VIXENS
First Soviet leader	LENIN
First-class	PRIMO
Fit for a queen	REGAL
Flatbread of India	NAAN
Flip over	UPEND
Full-spectrum	ATOZ
Fun and games, for short	REC
Fusses by a mirror	PREENS
Garlicky garnish	AIOLI
Gillian who wrote ''Gone Girl''	FLYNN
Grafton of whodunits	SUE
Grid group	NFL
Herbal sauce	PESTO
Hidden from view	VEILED
Hindmost	REAR
Hinged fastener	HASP
Homegrown	LOCAL
Hoop group	NBA
Hosted a show	EMCEED
Hot, hot, hot	TORRID
In reserve	ONICE
Informal type of tuber	TATER
Isle near Venezuela	ARUBA
It might hold gold	ORE
Ivy League member	YALE
John who once toured with Joel	ELTON
Justice Sotomayor	SONIA
KitchenAid competitor	TFAL
Knucklehead	DOOFUS
Layered cookie	OREO
Least energetic	LAZIEST
Light cooking oil	CANOLA
Long (for)	YEARN
Luau handouts	LEIS
Meryl's mom in the ''Mamma Mia!'' sequel	CHER
Mixed together	BLENDED
News story starter	LEDE
Not boastful	MODEST
Not just in your head	REAL
Not so much	LESS
Objects of interest	ITEMS
Of canines and incisors	DENTAL
One of Homer's kids	LISA
Only African/Asian nation	EGYPT
Out of practice	STALE
p, as in Piccadilly	PENCE
Pal of long standing	OLDCHUM
Part of YSL	YVES
Passover ritual feast	SEDER
Pay for	FUND
PC combo key	CTRL
Poetic lowland	VALE
Prepare, as pasta	BOIL
Priest of British legend	DRUID
Procure	GET
Prophet	ORACLE
Provides for a while	LENDS
Put forth, as a theory	POSIT
Remove completely	ERASE
Remove, as wallpaper	STRIP
Resistance measures	OHMS
Rich in vegetation	LUSH
Russian pancakes	BLINI
Sabre relative	EPEE
Sailed through	ACED
Salk's conquest	POLIO
Sauna handout	TOWEL
Send out	EMIT
Shade close to bronze	TAN
Sherlock's sister in teen novels	ENOLA
Sorority letter	OMEGA
Sounded astonished	OOHED
Spidery structure	WEB
Sported	HADON
State Appetizer: calamari	RHODEISLAND
State Cookie: biscochito	NEWMEXICO
State Cuisine: gumbo	LOUISIANA
State Dog: Great Dane	PENNSYLVANIA
State Domesticated Animal: dairy cow	WISCONSIN
State Fabric: denim	CALIFORNIA
State Gem: petrified wood	WASHINGTON
State Hero: Nathan Hale	CONNECTICUT
State Sport: skiing	NEWHAMPSHIRE
Strong cravings	YENS
Summer cottages, e.g	RENTALS
Supplemental insurance for seniors	MEDIGAP
Tech support callers	USERS
Terre Haute sch	ISU
Three-Oscar Day-Lewis	DANIEL
Titleholder	CHAMP
To date	ASYET
Top-flight invitees	ALIST
Tuscan tourist center	PISA
TV host Mandel	HOWIE
Type of bow	CURTSY
Violin holder	CHIN
Walk confidently	STRIDE
Wee hour	ONEAM
When you turn in	BEDTIME
Winning streak	HOTHAND
Winter Olympics vehicle	LUGE
Zealous	AVID
__ down (eased)	TONED
__ Lanka	SRI
__-la-la	TRA