Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Tuesday March 2, 2021.
”. . . had a farm, __” – EIEIO
”Patchwork” blanket – QUILT
”Spring ahead” clock setting: Abbr – DST
Admired celebrity – IDOL
Adventure stories – SAGAS
Adversary – FOE
Aide: Abbr – ASST
And others: Abbr – ETAL
Banquet host – EMCEE
Barnyard water holder – TROUGH
Before, in poetry – ERE
Bert’s ”Sesame Street” pal – ERNIE
Big brawl – MELEE
Boss of a hive – QUEENBEE
Canyon sounds – ECHOES
Capital of Maine – AUGUSTA
Cents in a nickel – FIVE
Compete – VIE
Conclude – END
Costs for playing golf – GREENSFEES
Cubes that cool cocktails – ICE
Days before holidays – EVES
Drift, as an aroma – WAFT
Ear-cleaning sticks – SWABS
Evening, on marquees – NITE
Feel instinctively – SENSE
Fill in __ blank – THE
First Amendment guarantee – FREESPEECH
Fled to wed – ELOPED
Freeway exit – RAMP
Good for a relaxing break – RESTFUL
Grassland – MEADOW
Great fame – RENOWN
Had as a goal – SHOTFOR
Heroic tale – EPIC
Home ownership document – DEED
Honors with a party – FETES
Incoming train stat – ETA
Intensely involved – KNEEDEEP
Is in first place – LEADS
Lab maze animal – RAT
Lash out at – ASSAIL
Lassos – ROPES
Lasting mark – SCAR
Leisurely walks – STROLLS
Less than – UNDER
Light brown colors – TANS
Luau neckwear – LEI
Lubricates – OILS
Mind-reading ability: Abbr – ESP
Minor error – SLIP
Motel’s swimming spot – POOL
Musical postscript – CODA
Notions – IDEAS
Operatic solo – ARIA
Owl sound – HOOT
Paper fastener – STAPLE
Pencil tip – POINT
Pets that meow – CATS
Pooch-biting bug – FLEA
Precious stones – GEMS
Religious faction – SECT
Seizes by force – USURPS
Shade tree – ELM
Sharply sloped – STEEP
Small sample of food – TASTE
Southwestern state sch – UCLA
Studio with a lion mascot – MGM
Surprise wins – UPSETS
Sweet served with Earl Grey – TEACAKE
Watch a friend’s Fido – DOGSIT
Weight increase – GAIN
WWII presidential monogram – FDR
__ and done with (finished) – OVER
__ of measure (quart or mile) – UNIT
__ on a tangent (digressing) – OFF
__ Paulo, Brazil – SAO
__-friendly (good for the environment) – ECO
