Newsday.com - Jul 15 2021

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Clues Answers
. . . at a beauty pageant FIRSTALTERNATE
. . . at Commencement SALUTATORIAN
. . . at the Olympics SILVERMEDALIST
. . . if your favorite isn't available SECONDCHOICE
A UN official language ARABIC
Animation creation TOON
Apt rhyme for ''Hurray!'' OLE
Be winded PANT
Behind schedule TARDY
Behind schedule LATE
Bold venture DARE
Bro-to-bro encouragement YOUDAMAN
Colorists DYERS
Confirmation question ARENTI
Declaration of policy MANIFESTO
Designation like Inc LLC
Diner's denouncement YUK
Disallow DENY
Doorway directive ENTER
Dubbed group SIRS
Dues payer's ID UNIONCARD
Each PER
Eliminate, with ''out'' WEED
Extreme opposite of calmness IRE
Face with hands DIAL
Fancy dance BALL
Fantastic craft UFOS
Farm enclosure PEN
Fashion sense TASTE
Figure (out) SUSS
Five-star monogram DDE
Flinch, say REACT
Frat letters MUS
French strawberries FRAISES
Hang out, in a way AIRDRY
Home cash container, perhaps COFFEECAN
Indoor courts ATRIA
Clues Answers
It means ''long distance'' TELE
Keeps on LASTS
Kid-lit bear WINNIE
Legally entitled to vote ADULT
Les __-Unis ETATS
Like MGM and Disney LABASED
Lump of earth CLOD
Male whales BULLS
Many an oxide ORE
Military action RAID
Miranda Cosgrove teen sitcom ICARLY
Mystery novelist Nevada BARR
NBC debut of '75 SNL
NHL or NBA stats PTS
Opening foursome ABCD
Part of IMO INMY
Parting word ADIEU
Pinch hitter's quest RBI
Point of a crescent CUSP
Positive aspect UPSIDE
Profusely ALOT
Pure UNTAINTED
Really little ITSY
Regular hangout HAUNT
Remnant END
Rural business prefix AGRI
Salmon product ROE
Soothing stuff SALVES
Southern Hemisphere metropolis RIO
Taking care of the job ONIT
Tight with a buck STINGY
Tiny bug GERM
Treat from Turkey FIG
Urbanites CITYFOLK
With competence ABLY
__ Lanka SRI
__ Stories (cosmetic website's inspirational posts) ESTEE