New York Times, Wednesday, July 28, 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 New York Times, Wednesday, July 28, 2021 Crossword Answer 

Clues	Answers
'Be ___' (motto for Wikipedia contributors)	BOLD
'For those who think young' sloganeer, once	PEPSI
'Recycle ___' (sign on a bin)	ONLY
'That's cool, daddy-o!'	IDIGIT
Accept responsibility for	OWN
Attempt to block	OPPOSE
Babe in the Arctic	SEALPUP
Betelgeuse's constellation	ORION
Biol. or chem	SCI
Boozehounds	SOUSES
Buds that are very close	BFFS
Cheese in a spanakopita	FETA
Chicago exchange, in brief	MERC
Come together	JELL
Conks	BOPS
Cookie that has been deemed kosher since 1997	OREO
Daffy Duck, notably	LISPER
Diatribe trigger	IRE
Drainage collector	SUMP
Dreamboat of a guy	ADONIS
Exceedingly	EVERSO
False friend in Shakespeare	IAGO
Fragrant compound	ESTER
Gem that's a woman's name	OPAL
Gillette razor handle	ATRA
Greeting in Rio	OLA
Highly decorated	ORNATE
Homer's neighbor on 'The Simpsons'	NED
Indian flatbread	ROTI
Industry that encourages strikes?	OIL
Jetes, e.g	LEAPS
Leaning to the right: Abbr	ITAL
Letters at a bar	IPA
Like an oboe's sound	REEDY
Like times that are the most expensive	PEAK
Long ride?	LIMO
Low-ranking sailor	SWABBIE
Make art like 53-/21-Across (as suggested by this puzzle's circled letters?)	DRIBBLE
Make wise through experience	SEASON
Male hedgehog	BOAR
Melodic passage	ARIOSO
Moccasin, e.g	SLIPON
Modest reply to a compliment	ITRY
Narc's org	DEA
Noted colonial pamphleteer	PAINE
Official proceedings	ACTA
Oklahoma's state tree	REDBUD
One leaning to the right	TORY
Org. for Lt. Columbo	LAPD
Original ___	SIN
Pacific food fish	ROCKCOD
Palindromic guy's name	OTTO
Pat who wrote 'The Prince of Tides' and 'The Great Santini'	CONROY
Porky's significant other	PETUNIAPIG
Removal from danger, informally	EVAC
Running shoe brand	AVIA
Samovar	URN
See 53-Across	POLLOCK
Señora Perón	EVA
Signal that a reply is coming in a messaging app	DOTS
Small hard seed	PIP
Somewhat	UPTOAPOINT
Source of some rings	ONION
Sports event in which athletes try to avoid being touched	EPEE
Succeed and then some	SOAR
Suffered a wipeout	ATEIT
Suffix with quartz	ITE
Tango flourish	DIP
Taunts so as to get a reaction	BAITS
Terrific	SUPER
Unoccupied	FREE
Veterans Day mo	NOV
Walled city of Spain	AVILA
Weep	CRY
What you need some wiggle room to do?	DISCO
Where you might find love away from home?	TENNISCAMP
With 21-Across, artist known to 39-Across pigments back and forth onto canvases	JACKSON
___ station, Central London railway terminal	PADDINGTON