Newsday.com - Aug 16 2021

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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
Clues Answers
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