Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Wednesday January 13, 2021.
”As Good as It Gets” Oscar actress – HELENHUNT
”Take a hike!” – SCRAM
”__ hardly wait!” – ICAN
49 Down segments – ACTS
Actor __ Damon – MATT
Added to the staff – HIRED
Adolescent – TEEN
Agenda, in brief – SKED
Airer of NFL games – ESPN
Battlefield healer – MEDIC
Blacken on a grill – CHAR
Bloom from a bulb – TULIP
Brewery grain – MALT
Cartoonist’s liquids – INKS
Cash in – REDEEM
Cleveland’s lake – ERIE
Closed securely – SHUT
Colorful cosmetic – EYESHADOW
Contains – HAS
Costner of films – KEVIN
Dish holding a dinner – PLATE
Donald Duck nephew – HUEY
Drama with singers – OPERA
Dustcloths – RAGS
Earthling, in sci-fi – HUMAN
Elizabeth of cosmetics – ARDEN
Enormous – HUGE
European mountain range – ALPS
Fortune-teller’s deck – TAROT
Found a purpose for – USED
Glossy gown material – SATIN
Grain in sushi – RICE
Green-chips veggie – KALE
Group of collaborators – TEAM
Heaviest inert gas – RADON
Help for a detective – CLUE
Hole-making tool – AUGER
Identical – SAME
Infamous Roman emperor – NERO
Key in again – RETYPE
Lab trial – TEST
Lease payment – RENT
Lee of comic book fame – STAN
Lofty – HIGH
Manicurist’s abrasive – EMERY
Money worth about $1.20 in Barcelona – ONEEURO
Musical ”don’t play” notation – TACET
Needing straightening up – MESSY
Not doing anything – IDLE
Of the backbone – SPINAL
Of the stars – ASTRAL
Paperless boarding pass – ETICKET
Posh properties – ESTATES
R.L. of scary kid lit – STINE
Receives after taxes – NETS
Rights advocacy org – ACLU
Saintly light – HALO
Save for later – STORE
Say grace, for example – PRAY
Scrapbooker’s adhesive – GLUE
Spheroid of lettuce – HEAD
Spot of land in a sea – ISLE
Stay out of sight – HIDE
Steering system linkages – TIERODS
Strongly recommend – URGE
Topped, as cupcakes – ICED
Tropical fruits – PAPAYAS
Twirls around – SPINS
Usual sitcom audio – LAUGHTRACK
Video game pioneer – ATARI
Was winning – LED
Washington suburb – CHEVYCHASE
What email filters block – SPAM
Whole bunch – SLEW
WXYZ on cell phones – NINE
Yale student – ELI
__ cum laude – MAGNA
__ loss for words – ATA
