Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Friday February 12, 2021.
”By remarriage” prefix – STEP
”Hasta la vista!” – ADIOS
”We’ll take that as __” – ANO
20 Across opponent – GEORGEMCCLELLAN
20 Across opponent – STEPHENDOUGLAS
A distant point – AFAR
African nation’s former name – ZAIRE
Alternatively – ELSE
Be a chiseler – CHEAT
Bibliography abbr – ETAL
Book printer’s sheet – FOLIO
Bow-shaped – ARCED
Boxing prize – PURSE
Brussels-based org – NATO
Caramel color – TAN
Carries on – WAGES
Cater to – PLEASE
Claudius successor – NERO
Common Hollywood flora – PALMS
Conductor’s reference – SCORE
Constituent of NASA – SPACE
Contractual detail – TERM
Danger signal – ALARM
Danger signal – ALERT
Danish-born muckraker – RIIS
Defiant disagreement – SEZYOU
Dissolution of Dec. 1991 – USSR
Dorm descriptor – COED
Downfall – RUIN
East Asian shrine – PAGODA
Encouraging word – OLE
Extremely old-fashioned – MEDIEVAL
Feng __ (decorative art) – SHUI
Figure of speech – METAPHOR
Final, often desperate attempt – LASTGASP
Foil giant – ALCOA
Frank – OPEN
Frequent filer – CPA
Gem from Australia – OPAL
Geological period – EPOCH
Guitar ancestor – LUTE
Hubs – LOCI
Intended – AIMED
Leave in the dust – LOSE
Less for a while – ONSALE
Message on a dusty car – WASHME
Miss the mark – ERR
Move a bit – STIR
Mumbai wedding wear – SARI
Name meaning ”born again” – RENEE
Native name of New Guinea – PAPUA
Olympian blade – EPEE
Ore source – VEIN
Over – AGAIN
Per unspecified others – BYSOME
Pond buildup – SCUM
Prone to dust storms – ARID
Quirky – ODD
Salad request – NOOIL
Sharp rebuke – SLAP
Show off, as one’s wardrobe – SPORT
Social association – CLUB
Spa treatment – PEDI
Star quality – AURA
Sudden blow – GUST
Today’s birthday guy – ABRAHAMLINCOLN
Tribute paid – HOMAGE
Very pale, as ale – BLONDE
Very trying – NOPICNIC
Video game giant – SEGA
Went (for) – OPTED
With frequency – ALOT
Would-be electees – POLS
Yankee retiree nickname – AROD
