Newsday.com - Oct 22 2021

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Clues Answers
''Back to speed,'' on a score ATEMPO
''Prince Lestat'' author RICE
''Titanic'' theme singer DION
53 Across offerer ISP
7,939 miles nonstop HOUSTONTOTAIPEI
8,221 miles nonstop TORONTOTOMANILA
8,577 miles nonstop DALLASTOSYDNEY
9,032 miles nonstop AUCKLANDTODOHA
A party to INON
Audiobook voice READER
Bart and Maggie's grandpa ABE
Bestriding ATOP
Broad band in East Asia OBI
Cathedral city on the Rhine COLOGNE
Childhood MINORITY
Comics sound of distress ACK
Compassionate sentiment PATHOS
Consisted of WAS
Contemplation exclamation HMM
Copland ballet that includes ''Hoe-Down'' RODEO
Data measure BYTE
DC-based alliance OAS
Disclaim DENY
Don't use OMIT
Draft designation IPA
Egret cousin IBIS
Expression of surprise OHMY
FDR's price control agency NRA
Green vacations ECOTOURS
Habitué, so to speak RAT
High school department MATH
Hindi for ''great queen'' MAHARANI
It might say ''CAKE BOSS'' APRON
It's not good ILL
Large library book ATLAS
Legendary storyteller AESOP
Less than great SOSO
Letters on Big Apple's Bravest hats FDNY
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Looking up ROSY
Massachusetts nickname BAYSTATE
MD in 1955 headlines SALK
Mexican marinade ADOBO
Most unenviable WORST
Observe on the sly SPY
OED ''long ago'' tag OBS
Of superior strength MIGHTY
Offshore ride WAVE
One-named R&B vocalist MYA
One-on-one sport EPEE
Part of 55 Down YORK
Pope's topper SKULLCAP
Position to be filled OPENSLOT
Power for some grills GAS
Purely ALL
Quick buzzer BEE
Renders imperfect, perhaps MARS
Rescuers in an '82 Spielberg film ETS
Ritzy retail chain SAKS
River near Stonehenge AVON
Rustic couple MAANDPA
Small squirt TOT
Smoke detector output IONS
Song licensing org BMI
Source of 20 Across ATOM
Spot in the sea ISLE
Swarm around MOB
The head honcho MRBIG
UV Index monitor EPA
Web mortgage broker ELOAN
What cafe servers provide WIFI
What's called in Congress ROLL
Whole bunch (of) MESS
World's highest region TIBET
Young man LAD
ZZZQuil alternative NYTOL
__ Faire REN