Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Monday March 1, 2021.
”Fingers crossed” – HOPESO
”Wish you __ here” – WERE
Ace of hearts, for instance – CARD
Any formal ceremony – RITE
Army no-show, for short – AWOL
Assignments for detectives – CASES
Attack from all sides – BESET
Attention-getting whisper – PSST
Beasts of burden in a yoke – OXEN
Black birds – RAVENS
Book of fiction – NOVEL
Cabbie’s vehicle – TAXI
Call a halt to – STOP
Campfire residue – ASH
Ceramic floor piece – TILE
Changed the color of – DYED
Cheer at a concert – BRAVO
Chicken __ mein (Chinese food) – CHOW
Clean and orderly – NEAT
College Web-address ender – EDU
Compass point opposite WNW – ESE
Convertibles and coupes – AUTOS
Creme-filled cookie – OREO
Dice toss – ROLL
Encountered – MET
End of a kite – TAIL
Establish as a fact – PROVE
Every once in a while – PERIODIC
Farmland measure – ACRE
Feeling antsy – TENSE
Flat French hat – BERET
Garden of Eden woman – EVE
Gator cousin – CROC
Higher than – OVER
Holder of peas – POD
Inland waterway – RIVER
Isn’t truthful – LIES
Lambs’ mamas – EWES
Lavish meals – FEASTS
Leisurely, as a speed – SLOW
Long-and-narrow South American nation – CHILE
Mail-drop opening – SLOT
Make amends – ATONE
Matured, as wine – AGED
Meat-and-potatoes dinner – STEW
Metal-bearing rocks – ORES
Money back on a purchase – REBATE
Musical work with sopranos – OPERA
Narrow plank – SLAT
Nest-egg acronym – IRA
On the go – ACTIVE
Once __ blue moon (rarely) – INA
Out of town – AWAY
Person using oars – ROWER
Power sources with outdoor spinning blades – WINDMILLS
Prehistoric lizards, for short – DINOS
Pulled a trick on – FOOLED
Puts on display – SHOWS
Rant and __ (show anger) – RAVE
Secondhand tires – RETREADS
Servings of corn – EARS
Snooty – SNOBBISH
Spelling rule that ends ”except after C” – IBEFOREE
Spinning laundry appliances – WASHINGMACHINES
Spinning rides with carved horses – CAROUSELS
The Bard of __ (Shakespeare) – AVON
Tire-filling machines – PUMPS
Toward the rear of a boat – AFT
Troublemaking child – BRAT
Tug-of-war cord – ROPE
TV network with an eye logo – CBS
Voicemail signals – BEEPS
Volcanic flow – LAVA
When flights are due in: Abbr – ETAS
Wipe from a blackboard – ERASE
With no skill – INEPT
Wizard’s magic stick – WAND
__ so (nevertheless) – EVEN
