Newsday.com July 7 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Newsday.com - Jul 7 2021 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
''. . . happily __ after''	EVER
''A mouse!''	EEK
''Bedtime'' reading	STORY
''Don't __ stranger''	BEA
''Steady as __ goes''	SHE
'70s Swedish pop-music foursome	ABBA
Alcoholic apple beverage	HARDCIDER
Analyze very closely	PARSE
Any thing of value	ASSET
Back tooth	MOLAR
Become indistinct	BLUR
Big name in cars	OTIS
Bridal covering	VEIL
Budgetary shortage	DEFICIT
Capital of Jordan	AMMAN
Deceptive scheme	RUSE
Descriptor for #1 song oldies	SOLIDGOLD
Doesn't eat	FASTS
Dragon's den	LAIR
Emerges victorious	WINS
Equal to a task	ABLE
Exchange-affiliated broker	MEMBERFIRM
Eyelid hair	LASH
Fairy tale monster	OGRE
Fire dept. first responder	EMT
Former abbr. for Russia	USSR
Fortunate one, informally	LUCKYSTIFF
Goads	URGES
Government agents, for short	FEDS
Great poker pair	ACES
Hardly any	FEW
Humpty Dumpty-like	OBESE
Hurried along	SPED
Implied but unsaid	TACIT
Joint covered by a sock	ANKLE
Lack of difficulty	EASE
Leapt	SPRANG
Leaves speechless	AWES
Loosens, as a bow	UNTIES
Main idea	GIST
Makes a misjudgment	ERRS
Mango-shaped	OVAL
Melted, as metal	FUSED
Mirror reflections	IMAGES
Move to and __	FRO
Movie theaters	CINEMAS
Nothing more than	ONLY
Old Testament vessel	ARK
Olden days	YORE
On an ocean voyage	ATSEA
One evading responsibility	BUCKPASSER
One of Santa's assistants	ELF
Overexertion result	ACHE
Parking lot slot	SPACE
Phi __ Kappa	BETA
Pint-sized	TEENY
Place that serves uncooked seafood	RAWBAR
Promote, as a product	PLUG
Pub game	DARTS
Read rapidly	SCAN
Reduce drastically	SLASH
Remove from a memo	DELETE
Rental agreement	LEASE
Resides	DWELLS
Slangy abundance	SLEW
Something you must do	OBLIGATION
Stars and Stripes shade	BLUE
Taken by mouth	ORAL
Textile colorings	DYES
Theater presentation	PLAY
Tip of a boot	TOE
Tomatoes, in food fights	AMMO
Turkish official of the past	PASHA
TV award	EMMY
Wander around	ROAM
Winged symbol of peace	DOVE
Winter resort gear	SKIS
___ Vice President (title for Harris)	MADAM