Newsday.com - May 23 2021

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Clues Answers
''Anything __?'' ELSE
''Paradise Lost'' woman EVE
''The bombs bursting __'' INAIR
''__ de toilette'' EAU
2 Down and Andy RAGDOLLS
Actor Zac EFRON
AFL merger partner CIO
African grassland SAVANNA
Andy's inanimate sister ANN
Apachean language NAVAHO
Arabian Nights prename ALI
Aries alias THERAM
Backyard structure SHED
Bake sale offerings PIES
Barest minimums LEASTS
Be a whiner SNIVEL
Bear with too-hot porridge PAPA
Best for harvesting RIPEST
Big __, CA SUR
Bit of dust MOTE
Blake of ragtime EUBIE
Botch something ERR
Braying beast ASS
Bubbly beverage SPARKLINGWINE
Caesar's eggs OVA
Carton sealer TAPE
Caterpillar, for one LARVA
Center for 97 Across ASTI
Chain of keys ISLETS
City north of Bonn ESSEN
Closely related AKIN
Coax a smile from AMUSE
Colony dwellers ANTS
Come to mind ARISE
Common Main Street merchant BARBER
Confound ADDLE
Country residence VILLA
Court VIPs DAS
Cruise amenity SPA
Day breaks NAPS
Deices, as a driveway SALTS
Detach, as a medal UNPIN
Devoid of import INANE
Didn't hang around LEFT
Doesn't work at all IDLES
Don't leave the house STAYIN
Enter with a keyboard INPUT
Face-to-face tests ORALS
False account LIE
Filled with freight LADEN
First-rate AONE
Flexed BENT
Flower-focused spring celebration LILACFESTIVAL
Four-team rounds SEMIS
Gerundial ending ING
Hair that Beyoncé has had AFRO
Herbal oil source ENGLISHLAVENDER
Honolulu's locale OAHU
HS yearbook section SRS
Iron-fisted ruler DESPOT
Isle near Venezuela ARUBA
Italian deli sandwich EGGPLANTPARM
Jack Ryan employer CIA
Kuwaiti monarch EMIR
Leading the pack AHEAD
Less numerous FEWER
Light on one's feet AGILE
Loathsome VILE
Low water testers TOES
Mideast airline ELAL
Mindful of ONTO
Moral lapse SIN
Myopic toon MAGOO
Clues Answers
Name of two czars NICHOLAS
Nielsen or Caron LESLIE
Noisy nappers SNORERS
Not farmed out INHOUSE
Noteworthy times ERAS
Notice SPOT
Noticed SEEN
NYC's NBA arena MSG
Oaf DOLT
Object of worship IDOL
Oboist's accessory STAND
Oscar actress Loren SOPHIA
Outlines of eggs OVALS
Paper that might say COD INV
Path between floors STAIR
PBS science series NOVA
Peace Nobelist nun TERESA
Pennsylvania port ERIE
Pert talk SASS
Pillow filler EIDER
Plant in the monkey/weasel song MULBERRYBUSH
Play better than OUTDO
Poetic monogram TSE
Poker prize POT
Porch furniture material RATTAN
Prefix meaning ''outer'' ECTO
Premiere performance DEBUT
Pulls even with TIES
Pursuer of Bugs ELMER
Quick cut SNIP
Range of knowledge KEN
Red Cross headquarters GENEVA
Referee's ruling CALL
Rock concert lighting LASERS
Roebuck partner SEARS
S&L offering IRA
Salad green ENDIVE
Scottish terrier SKYE
Section of a song VERSE
Seeing red MAD
Serenaded SANGTO
Shy TIMID
Shy one SHRINKINGVIOLET
Sit for a shoot POSE
Social skills MANNERS
Some undercover agents NARCS
Sort of sailboat SLOOP
Stage actor's aide DRESSER
Stick with a kick TNT
Stream stopper DAM
Suspect in Clue PROFESSORPLUM
T-shirt application DYES
T-shirt application IRONON
Takes a nap SLEEPS
Tasks for tugs TOWS
Tell-__ (some bios) ALLS
Tennis star Rafael NADAL
Term of endearment HON
Top dog, for short CEO
UFO pilots ETS
Upper-bod muscle DELT
Valuable stash TROVE
Vermont ski center STOWE
Very hot, so to speak SMOKIN
Very vivid, as crayons NEON
Walk away LEAVE
Washroom, in brief LAV
What orzo resembles RICE
Where pet gerbils live INCAGES
Where to see Hamilton TEN
Within arm's length NEAR
Writer Wiesel ELIE
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