New York Times Monday May 24 2021 Crossword Solutions

 New York Times - May 24 2021 Monday Crossword Answers 

Clues	Answers
'As an aside,' in a text	BTW
'Hey ___' (Beatles hit)	JUDE
'The lady ___ protest too much': 'Hamlet'	DOTH
'You don't have to take responsibility for the mistake'	BLAMEME
Apt letters missing from '_tea_th_'	SLY
Assert one's ownership, as to land	STAKEACLAIM
Assisted	HELPED
Attila the ___	HUN
Author Asimov	ISAAC
Autumn bloom	ASTER
Bit of land in the sea: Sp	ISLA
Bog fuel	PEAT
Brewery letters	IPA
Brontë's 'Jane ___'	EYRE
Capital of Georgia: Abbr	ATL
Challenging vegetables to eat with a fork	PEAS
Contend	VIE
Dickens's Tiny ___	TIM
Do something else with	REUSE
Dummy	KNUCKLEHEAD
Electricity or water, e.g.: Abbr	UTIL
Express sorrow over	BEMOAN
Film director Spike	LEE
Flub	ERR
Follower of hop and skip	JUMP
Gate closer	LATCH
George Washington's chopping down a cherry tree, e.g	MYTH
Good things to have	ASSETS
Grp. overseeing the World Series	MLB
Half of dos	UNO
Harmonica	MOUTHORGAN
Individual	PERSON
It might be confused with a termite	ANT
Jennifer Lopez and Christina Aguilera, for two	LATINAS
Letter after sigma	TAU
Level off at a higher point	PLATEAU
Library catalog listing after 'author'	TITLE
Lightly touched, as with a handkerchief	DABBED
Like many Rolex watches sold on the street	FAKE
Lo-o-ong bath	SOAK
Lost patience	HADIT
More recent	NEWER
Natural ability	KNACK
Negative repercussions	BACKLASH
Neighbor of a Saudi and Yemeni	OMANI
Ones leading the blind, maybe	SERVICEDOGS
Passed	WENTBY
People in charge: Abbr	MGRS
Place to get some barbecue	RIBJOINT
Platform for a ceremony	DAIS
Pointy-leaved desert plants	YUCCAS
Poor grades	DEES
Prefix with -therm	ISO
Quick bite to eat	NOSH
Raring to go	EAGER
Ribbit : frog :: ___ : cat	MEOW
Roughly 71% of the earth's surface	OCEAN
Scrabble or Boggle	GAME
Send off, as rays	EMIT
Six years, for a U.S. senator	TERM
Small recipe amt	TSP
Sounds heard in canyons	ECHOES
Sports replay effect	SLOMO
Stand-in during a film shoot ... or a hint to 17-, 25-, 38- and 51-Across	BODYDOUBLE
Talks effusively	GUSHES
Tanning lotion fig	SPF
Three-ingredient lunchbox staple, familiarly	PBANDJ
Tidy	NEAT
Tranquil	PLACID
What 'Yes, I'm willing!' signifies	CONSENT
Wildebeest	GNU
Without assurance of purchase	ONSPEC
Word after laughing or natural	GAS
___ and sciences	ARTS
___ Asia (China, Japan and environs)	EAST
___ Balls (chocolaty snack)	SNO