Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Monday March 17, 2021.
”Belted out a song,” for example – IDIOM
”I tawt I __ a puddy tat!” – TAW
”Ready when you __” – ARE
”See, what __ tell you!” – DIDI
”Shaky” prefix for center – EPI
”Shores of” city in ”The Marines’ Hymn” – TRIPOLI
”Spring forward” period: Abbr – DST
”The Raven” writer – POE
”Wizard of Oz” barker – TOTO
’50s unsuccessful Ford – EDSEL
Acted charitably – DIDGOOD
Actress Sedgwick – KYRA
Alternative form of an element – ISOTOPE
Annoy – IRK
Auto part with electrical controls – FUSEBOX
Avoided a commitment – SKIRTEDTHEISSUE
Avoids something and arrives at – SKIPSTO
Be inappropriate – GOAMISS
Beef inspecting agcy – USDA
Beetles and bees – INSECTS
Being chilled, as wine – ONICE
Bread-browning machine – TOASTER
Brief moment, in brief – SEC
Cat’s comment – MEOW
Character-creating pastime: Abbr – RPG
Chinese frypan – WOK
Chopped down – HEWN
Cleopatra’s country – EGYPT
Cul-de-__ (dead end) – SAC
Curved lines – ARCS
Droop – SAG
Encountered – MET
Face of an old watch – DIAL
Fancy-dressing dude – FOP
Fearful – TREPID
Feeling mopey – SAD
File-folder projection – TAB
Find a job for – USE
First half of an LP – SIDEA
Former abbr. for Russia – USSR
Former Ugandan leader Amin – IDI
Glide down snowy slopes – SKI
Grandfather clock’s top numeral – XII
Groups that hire lobbyists – VESTEDINTERESTS
Had one’s best year, as veteran athletes – CAPPEDACAREER
Helms a film – DIRECTS
Ill-mannered man – CAD
Ingested – ATE
Jobs to do – TASKS
Kept in a container – ENCASED
Land east of Europe – ASIA
Like two peas in a __ – POD
North Pole helper – ELF
Notion – IDEA
Office helper: Abbr – ASST
Overacting actor – HAM
Peculiar – ODD
Piece of plumbing – PIPE
Possess – HAVE
Power failures – OUTAGES
Producer of acorns – OAK
Prone to scheming – SLY
Reusable tote – ECOBAG
Richard of ”The Wiz” – PRYOR
Rival of LSU – OLEMISS
School’s bake-sale sponsor: Abbr – PTA
Shrill bark – YAP
Soap-on-__ (bath product) – AROPE
Stares in amazement – GAPES
Swelled head – EGO
Tablet for writing – PAD
Teachers’ union: Abbr – NEA
Trendy low-carb diet – KETO
Try out – TEST
Unable to fly due to heavy haze – SOCKEDINBYFOG
Why a tire is flat – NOAIR
