Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Tuesday February 9, 2021.
‘Absolutely!” – YES
”My country, ’tis of __” – THEE
”Tall” story – TALE
”Time for me to go” – IMOFF
”Welcome to Hawaii!” – ALOHA
Abstains from eating – FASTS
Actor Hawke – ETHAN
And others: Abbr – ETAL
Argue the issues – DEBATE
Attack unfairly – HITBELOWTHEBELT
Before, in poetry – ERE
Body art, for short – TAT
Bring a meal to – SERVE
Car’s __-view mirror – REAR
Cashew or pecan – NUT
Chart showing the 50 states – USMAP
Color for a sailor suit – NAVYBLUE
Contented cat sounds – PURRS
Covered with asphalt – PAVED
Creative spark – IDEA
Dating from – ASOF
Declare void – ANNUL
Eat away at – ERODE
Expensive pleasure boat – YACHT
Face adversity bravely – TAKEITONTHECHIN
Foe – ENEMY
Gave temporarily – LENT
Gives feedback about – REACTSTO
Green pasta sauce – PESTO
Highly decorative – FANCY
Horse rider’s strap – REIN
Human rights org – ACLU
In a strange way – ODDLY
Inhalation – BREATH
IOU – CHIT
Leaning Tower city – PISA
Lighten, as a burden – EASE
Low female voice – ALTO
Morning hrs – AMS
Nebraska’s biggest city – OMAHA
Needle-and-thread worker – SEWER
Neighbor of Yemen – OMAN
Nine-digit ID – SSN
NNW opposite – SSE
Nonspeaking street performer – MIME
Now defeated, informally – DOWNFORTHECOUNT
Opposite of post- – PRE
Per person – EACH
Periods of history – ERAS
Play’s opening – ACTI
Price label – TAG
Run __ (go wild) – AMOK
Selected – CHOSE
Sharp flavor – TANG
Shielded from the sun – SHADY
Skiing surface – SLOPE
Small hill – MOUND
Small-minded – PETTY
So far – YET
Solemn ceremonies – RITES
Sports team’s loss – DEFEAT
Square footage – AREA
Steal from – ROB
Superlative ending – EST
Surfing surface – WAVE
Tablet for writing – PAD
Tasting like apples or peaches – FRUITY
Those folks – THEM
Toenail treatments, for short – PEDIS
Unemotional – STOIC
Urge to scratch – ITCH
Voice quality – TONE
What ovens provide – HEAT
When morning ends – NOON
Wide shoe width – EEE
Yoga surface – MAT
__ de Cologne – EAU
__ spumante wine – ASTI
