Newsday.com - Aug 16 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 Newsday.com - Aug 16 2021 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
''. . . that __ flag was still there''	OUR
Actor Baldwin	ALEC
Actress Thurman	UMA
Alumni, for short	GRADS
Any illegal activity	CRIME
At once, in a memo	ASAP
Aviators	FLYERS
Bale in a barn	HAY
Before, in a poem	ERE
Bent, as biceps	FLEXED
Biblical ark builder	NOAH
Bother constantly	PESTER
Boxing match ender: Abbr	TKO
Capital of South Korea	SEOUL
Cash borrowed	LOAN
Certain not to succeed	HOPELESS
Checkbook remnant	STUB
Chili __ carne	CON
Clean air agency: Abbr	EPA
Construct, as a building	ERECT
Cow's complaint	MOO
Cruel person	MEANIE
Curved part of a shoe	ARCH
Cuts off, as tree branches	LOPS
Days before holidays	EVES
Develop gradually	EVOLVE
Door opener	KEY
Eagle's claws	TALONS
Explosive initials	TNT
Fat-free milk	SKIM
Female pig	SOW
Fill fully, as a gas tank	TOPOFF
Film studio with a lion mascot	MGM
Finds out	LEARNS
Forgets to mention	OMITS
Give an exam to	TEST
Gorilla or chimp	APE
Ground-chopping tool	HOE
Have a break	REST
Historical period	ERA
Informal refusal	NAH
Ink-filled implement	PEN
Large grocery	SUPERMARKET
Leather-piercing tool	AWL
Letters after C	DEFGH
Lotion's soothing additive	ALOE
Make airtight	SEALUP
Mo. when autumn starts	SEPT
Moisten, as a roasting turkey	BASTE
Neither here __ there	NOR
Nickname for Grandma	NANA
Not at all enthusiastic about	COOLTO
Not at any time	NEVER
Now __ then (occasionally)	AND
Numbered hwy	RTE
Of the mouth	ORAL
Offer for purchase	SELL
Orange __ tea	PEKOE
People from Athens	GREEKS
Pronoun category of ''it''	NEUTER
Puts to work	USES
Quick cashier at a grocery	EXPRESSCHECKOUT
Residences	HOMES
Retail shop	STORE
Reveal, as a secret	EXPOSE
Sign posted at a 16 Across	TENITEMSORFEWER
Sodium-free diet restriction	NOSALT
Sound of dull impact	THUD
Subtracted	TOOKAWAY
Supreme Court justice Kagan	ELENA
Take a look at	SEE
Texter's ''Very funny!''	LOL
Thaws out	MELTS
Turnpike charge	TOLL
Vacuum bag's content	DIRT
Wood-chopping tool	AXE