Newsday.com Mar 2 2021 Crossword Solutions

 Newsday.com - Mar 2 2021 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
''. . . had a farm, __''	EIEIO
''Patchwork'' blanket	QUILT
''Spring ahead'' clock setting: Abbr	DST
Admired celebrity	IDOL
Adventure stories	SAGAS
Adversary	FOE
Aide: Abbr	ASST
And others: Abbr	ETAL
Banquet host	EMCEE
Barnyard water holder	TROUGH
Before, in poetry	ERE
Bert's ''Sesame Street'' pal	ERNIE
Big brawl	MELEE
Boss of a hive	QUEENBEE
Canyon sounds	ECHOES
Capital of Maine	AUGUSTA
Cents in a nickel	FIVE
Compete	VIE
Conclude	END
Costs for playing golf	GREENSFEES
Cubes that cool cocktails	ICE
Days before holidays	EVES
Drift, as an aroma	WAFT
Ear-cleaning sticks	SWABS
Evening, on marquees	NITE
Feel instinctively	SENSE
Fill in __ blank	THE
First Amendment guarantee	FREESPEECH
Fled to wed	ELOPED
Freeway exit	RAMP
Good for a relaxing break	RESTFUL
Grassland	MEADOW
Great fame	RENOWN
Had as a goal	SHOTFOR
Heroic tale	EPIC
Home ownership document	DEED
Honors with a party	FETES
Incoming train stat	ETA
Intensely involved	KNEEDEEP
Is in first place	LEADS
Lab maze animal	RAT
Lash out at	ASSAIL
Lassos	ROPES
Lasting mark	SCAR
Leisurely walks	STROLLS
Less than	UNDER
Light brown colors	TANS
Luau neckwear	LEI
Lubricates	OILS
Mind-reading ability: Abbr	ESP
Minor error	SLIP
Motel's swimming spot	POOL
Musical postscript	CODA
Notions	IDEAS
Operatic solo	ARIA
Owl sound	HOOT
Paper fastener	STAPLE
Pencil tip	POINT
Pets that meow	CATS
Pooch-biting bug	FLEA
Precious stones	GEMS
Religious faction	SECT
Seizes by force	USURPS
Shade tree	ELM
Sharply sloped	STEEP
Small sample of food	TASTE
Southwestern state sch	UCLA
Studio with a lion mascot	MGM
Surprise wins	UPSETS
Sweet served with Earl Grey	TEACAKE
Watch a friend's Fido	DOGSIT
Weight increase	GAIN
WWII presidential monogram	FDR
__ and done with (finished)	OVER
__ of measure (quart or mile)	UNIT
__ on a tangent (digressing)	OFF
__ Paulo, Brazil	SAO
__-friendly (good for the environment)	ECO