Newsday.com - August 5 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 Newsday.com - Aug 5 2021 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
''Hitsville U.S.A.'' label	MOTOWN
''__ dreaming?''	AMI
51 Down brand	OXO
A to B, in music	WHOLESTEP
Acetic citrus	LEMON
Acquiesce	GOALONG
Age-old battlers	SEXES
Austrian article	EIN
Batter holder	PAN
Birds do it	ROOST
Bit of cryptocurrency	TOKEN
Bring back on board	REHIRE
Brittany city	NANTES
Chat room troublemakers	TROLLS
Chaucer pilgrim	MILLER
Club with a house	FRAT
Common MBA prerequisite	GRE
Concept in statistics class	RANDOMWALK
Consumer annoyance	PRICEHIKE
Criticize harshly	RIP
Cry from Juliet	OROMEO
Deferential denial	NOSIR
Diamond datum	RBI
Directional suffix	ERN
Dragon's retreat	DEN
DVR button	REC
Epoch	ERA
Frequent POTUS plane destination, for short	AFB
Furry feet	PAWS
Gem State product	TATER
Geographical ring	ATOLL
Hard to believe	TALL
Has a yen (for)	ACHES
Highly decorated	ORNATE
Hold back on the blinking	STARE
Homophone for ''air''	ERE
Impolite exhalation	BELCH
Impromptu	ADHOC
Initials in old atlases	SSR
It sounds like a duck	OBOE
John in Scotland	IAN
Language related to Laotian	THAI
Less-than-key worker	COG
Lozenge containers	TINS
Make it all up	LIE
Name that means ''born again''	RENEE
No longer pure	TAINTED
Obstruct	BAR
One on a quest	SEEKER
Oscar director from Taiwan	LEE
Outdoor	OPENAIR
Overenthusiastic buff	NERD
Ovid's others	ALIA
Packets in pantries	TEABAGS
Pencil game center	TAC
People-moving cos	RRS
Pitching stat	EARNEDRUN
Possibility	CHANCE
Prepare for recycling	SORT
Protector named for a peak	AETNA
Rte. finder	GPS
Safari attire	VEST
Setting at the BBC	GMT
She's engaged	FIANCEE
Sign, briefly	INITIAL
Some Pulitzer winners	POETS
Spotlight sharer	COSTAR
Steal or simmer	POACH
Teach how	TRAIN
Tied	EVEN
Tiny	MINUTE
Tiny biter	FLEA
Undivided	SINGLE
Utensil for a 44 Across	PEELER
Very slow movement	SNAILSPACE
Wedding setting	CHAPEL