Newsday.com May 2 2021 Crossword Solutions

 Newsday.com - May 2 2021 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
''An eye for an eye,'' but . .	TURNTHEOTHERCHEEK
''Better to be safe than sorry,'' but . .	FORTUNEFAVORSTHEBRAVE
''Birds of a feather flock together,'' but . .	OPPOSITESATTRACT
''Everything in moderation,'' but . .	THEMORETHEMERRIER
''Frozen'' reindeer	SVEN
''Idol'' champ Taylor __	HICKS
''Iliad'' byline	HOMER
''Knowledge is power,'' but . .	IGNORANCEISBLISS
''Picnic'' playwright	INGE
''__ we having fun yet?''	ARE
17th state	OHIO
Actress Catherine __-Jones	ZETA
Applicant's goal	OFFER
Arrival announcement	IMHERE
As early as possible	SOONEST
Associates (with)	HOBNOBS
Attention-getter	AHEM
Barrier to entry	DOOR
Best imaginable	IDEAL
Birch relative	ALDER
Bird on some dollars	LOON
Boarding place	STOP
Bona fide	VALID
Book after Matthew	MARK
Butter squares	PATS
Buttercup kin	PEONY
Capital on the Hudson	ALBANY
Casual conversation	CHAT
Change the subject	DROPIT
Chicken __ king	ALA
Choir section	ALTOS
Come by honestly	EARN
Counterfeit	PHONY
Court dockets	CALENDARS
Defence Ministry concern	RAF
Desktop image	ICON
Dreadful	LOUSY
Drove (out)	ROUSTED
Dust speck	MOTE
Emerged	AROSE
Ending like -ule	ETTE
ESPN's Arthur __ Courage Award	ASHE
Express a view	OPINE
Fables byline	AESOP
Farsi speaker	IRANIAN
Fills the tank	FUELS
Fine rain	MIST
Fish that swims upright	SEAHORSE
Garden perennial	IRIS
Garlicky sauce	AIOLI
Garth Brooks' hometown	TULSA
Gas sealed in tubes	NEON
Get too personal	PRY
Golf starting point	TEE
Greek cuisine staple	FETA
Greek peace goddess	IRENE
He drove Tandy's Miss Daisy	FREEMAN
Hens and mares	SHES
Highest level allowed	CAP
Intensely competitive	FIERCE
It means ''averse to''	ANTI
Jazz singer Vaughan	SARAH
Land south of Turkey	SYRIA
Landline or mobile	PHONE
Largest North African city	CAIRO
Legendary buccaneer	KIDD
Lend a hand	HELP
Lend a hand	AID
Less outgoing	SHIER
Long-established	OLD
Loved ones	DEARS
Low digit	TOE
Maestro Ozawa	SEIJI
Major disorder	CHAOS
Manila money	PESOS
Many names of hair salons	PUNS
Marvel horned-hat wearer	THOR
Masters' middle name	LEE
Maximally corny	HOKIEST
Maximum effort	ALL
Meat in a Cuban sandwich	HAM
Mentally adept	SMART
Minor quibbles	NITS
Misbehaves, with ''up''	ACTS
Mississippi River explorer	DESOTO
Much worse than a smash	FLOP
New Haven student	YALIE
NFL successes	TDS
Nuance of color	HUE
Olay alternative	AVON
One, in Peru and Palermo	UNO
Opposite of ''non''	OUI
Owned by us	OURS
Pair of propellers	OARS
Picnicked, say	ATE
Place to sleep on a sub	BUNK
Pope during WWII	PIUS
Prefix for space	AERO
Prom partner	ESCORT
Protagonist	HERO
Quaint college cry	RAH
Quarterback great Favre	BRETT
Quick car ride	SPIN
Quits clamming up	TALKS
Raggedy doll	ANN
Rations, for instance	MEALS
Read quickly	SCAN
Relaxes	EASES
Religious spinoffs	SECTS
Repeat, as a sentiment	ECHO
Ridesharing service	UBER
Rooster on a rooftop	VANE
San __ Obispo, CA	LUIS
Sch. in Stillwater	OSU
Second-smallest continent	EUROPE
Selling centers	SHOPS
Sentimiento romántico	AMOR
Series segments	EPISODES
Shakespearean soldier	OTHELLO
Significant stretch	ERA
Similar	AKIN
Social activities	DATES
Some Wharton grads	MBAS
Something to lend a hand	HINT
Sorority letter	RHO
Spa service	PEEL
Sphere of interest	AREA
Sushi eggs	ROE
Terse written summons	SEEME
Texting icon	EMOJI
Tortious material	LIBEL
Twain's first name	SAMUEL
Unruly hair	MOPS
Urban district	ZONE
VA winter setting	EST
Venue for discussion	FORUM
Very long period	EON
Web address	URL
What new drivers must learn	SYMBOLS
Whom a French dessert is named for	BONAPARTE
Word on Irish euros	EIRE
Workforce	STAFF
Works on the wall	ART
Wound up, or wound down	ENDED
__ Romeo (Italian auto)	ALFA
__ Royal Highness	HER