Newsday.com May 5 2021 Crossword Solutions

 Newsday.com - May 5 2021 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
''Ain't never __ happen''	GONNA
''So that's it!''	AHA
61 Down insert	REED
Acorn, for instance	SEED
All-out conflict	WAR
Allowed to improve with time	AGED
Antiquated	OLD
Back of a boat	STERN
Bird on a quarter	EAGLE
Brief memos	NOTES
Brought a kayak back	ROWEDASHORE
Bugs Bunny's whirling foe	TAZ
Burn slowly	SMOLDER
Casual eatery	CAFE
Char on a grill	SEAR
City near Tahoe	RENO
Couturier Christian	DIOR
Do as asked	OBEY
Dog-__ (bent at the corner)	EARED
Dustcloth	RAG
Entice	ATTRACT
Ernie's ''Sesame Street'' pal	BERT
Family room	DEN
Fictional Karenina	ANNA
Fire-breathing monster	DRAGON
First blank on many forms	NAME
Flower on valentines	ROSE
Give for a meal	FEEDTO
Golden Fleece ship	ARGO
Grazing area	LEA
Halves of quarts: Abbr	PTS
Happen next	ENSUE
Highway debris, potholes, etc	ROADHAZARDS
Historical period	ERA
Hold firmly	GRASP
Holes in needles	EYES
Imperfections	FLAWS
Income tax agcy	IRS
Is sure to	WILL
Lasting mark	SCAR
Like a bump on ___	ALOG
Love, in Italy	AMORE
Mysterious glow	AURA
NBA's Lakers, on scoreboards	LAL
NFL tiebreaker periods	OTS
Not abridged	UNCUT
Obligated (to)	BOUND
Overhauled	REDONE
Owl's outcry	HOOT
Patronized, as a 13 Across	DINEDAT
Per item	EACH
Peruses	READS
Pester with complaints	NAG
Plane-tracking device	RADAR
Puffy hairdo	AFRO
Real estate measure	ACRE
Reef material	CORAL
Remainder	REST
Resort with saunas	SPA
Rubik of cubes	ERNO
Runner's obstacle	HURDLE
Sat next to the driver	RODESHOTGUN
Shade of blue or purple	INDIGO
Slender instrument	OBOE
Smallest state	RHODEISLAND
Sound from a sedan	HORN
Spooky	EERIE
Stuck a tag on	LABELED
Superbly pitched	NOHIT
Texas shrine to ''remember''	ALAMO
The basics, initially	ABCS
Theater platform	STAGE
Total amount	SUM
Tries out	TESTS
Troy, NY tech school	RPI
Uplifted	RAISED
Volleyball dividers	NETS
__ acid (bit of protein)	AMINO