Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Friday March 5, 2021.
”I, Claudius” character – COMMA
”More than that . . .” – ALSO
”Mothers” anagram at a picnic – THERMOS
”Nashville Squares” airer – CMT
”The Alienist” author – CARR
”The Marvelous __ Maisel” (streamable series) – MRS
”What was that?” – HUH
100: Lat – CENTUM
An individual’s – ONES
Anointed successor – HEIR
Became a thing – AROSE
Besmirch – MAR
Boom-box button – AMFM
Burdensome thing – LOAD
Burning brightly – AFLAME
Capitalize on – USE
Car built in Bavaria – AUDI
Card-matching game – RUMMY
Central point – NEXUS
Close at hand – NEAR
Coat for a collie – FUR
Comment at a roundup – MOO
Common MBA prerequisite – GRE
Confident confirmation – ISUREAM
Cross off your list – XOUT
Dress to impress – GLAMUP
Elevated poetry – ODE
Encryption or firewall – SECURITYMEASURE
Fan fare at the ballpark – PEANUTS
Fast food promotion – DOLLARMENU
Feathered six-footer – EMU
General sense – IDEA
Goes in – ENTERS
Guy near the quarterback – LINEMAN
Hair messer, maybe – GUST
It might mean ”Got milk?” – MEOW
Jockeys’ horses – MOUNTS
Kendrick or Quindlen – ANNA
Land, water, or wind – NATURALRESOURCE
Language of Lahore – URDU
Less filling, on labels – LITE
Make a face – GRIMACE
May still be taken – ISLEFT
Medical series sets – ORS
Misses the mark – ERRS
Not too bright – DIM
Notable period – AGE
Number on ATM receipts – AMT
Obliterate – ERASE
Of rams and lambs – OVINE
Opened up for an exam – SAIDAH
Over and above – ATOP
Paintings at the Prado – ARTE
Polo team complement – FOUR
Pre-launch test – BETA
Pulled (down) – TORE
Rushed with fists up – CAMEAT
Sch. Jefferson founded – UVA
Sharable file format – PDF
Sloppily done activity – AMATEURHOUR
Soccer kicker’s target – FARPOST
Sorority letter – TAU
Suited to __ – ATEE
Supply a spread for – CATER
They might get you out of dire straits – OARS
Thickener from seaweed – AGAR
Track down – LOCATE
Track for some poli-sci majors – PRELAW
Travel with a troupe – TOUR
Upmarket audio brand – BOSE
URL ender for MIT – EDU
Venerable preservative – SALT
What the longest answers have in common – URUR
Where skateboards originated – SURFCULTURE
Your real self – TRUECOLORS
Zodiac beast – LEO
