Newsday.com Mar 22 2021 Crossword Solutions

 Newsday.com - Mar 22 2021 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
''Are we having __ yet?''	FUN
''Half'' prefix for circle	SEMI
''I remember now!''	AHYES
''It was me who did it!''	ICONFESS
''Scat!''	SHOO
''The __ the merrier''	MORE
''You can't scam me!''	IMNOFOOL
A Great Lake	ERIE
Allows	LETS
Annoys	IRKS
Assigns to a job	APPOINTS
Ballerina's skirt	TUTU
Bar bill	TAB
Basketball official, for short	REF
Bed cover that reduces anxiety	SECURITYBLANKET
Befuddled state	DAZE
Botanical sunburn soother	ALOE
Burden	ONUS
Car fuel	GAS
Chemist's workroom	LAB
Competent	ABLE
Cuddly toys such as teddy bears	STUFFEDANIMALS
Curly-leafed cabbage	KALE
Enthusiastic, as a fan	AVID
Factually correct	TRUE
Fashion-line creator	DESIGNER
Fly high	SOAR
Granola grains	OATS
Handbag	PURSE
Having no clutter	NEAT
Headquartered (in)	BASED
Historical periods	ERAS
Huge bodies of water	SEAS
Japan's continent	ASIA
Joint above a shin	KNEE
Jury members	PEERS
Life story, for short	BIO
Long-tailed lab rodents	RATS
Longtime pal	CRONY
Magician's stick	WAND
Makes a mistake	ERRS
Might possibly	MAY
Moral misdeed	SIN
Movie ticket remnant	STUB
Number inside a shoe	SIZE
Occupied, as a chair	TAKEN
Once existed	WERE
Orchestral woodwind	OBOE
Overused, as a phrase	TRITE
Paid out	SPENT
Performer's signals	CUES
Played a trumpet	BLEW
Point opposite NNW	SSE
Rain heavily	POUR
Regret doing	RUE
River's flood barrier	LEVEE
Scent-detecting organs	NOSES
Sesame-__ bun	SEED
Soft tennis shots	LOBS
Solos for opera divas	ARIAS
Springtime songbird	ROBIN
Stallone's boxer role	ROCKY
Steals from	ROBS
Stew-cooking vessel	POT
Store salesperson	CLERK
Tales told just before ''lights-out''	BEDTIMESTORIES
Teheran's country	IRAN
Tips of socks	TOES
Undercover agents	SPIES
Wagers	BETS
Watchful and ready	ALERT
Watery castle barrier	MOAT
Where a rainbow forms	SKY
Without a companion	ALONE
Without a warranty	ASIS
Work with needle and thread	SEW
Writing utensil	PEN
Year-end school dance	PROM