Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Monday March 22, 2021.
‘Are we having __ yet?” – FUN
”Half” prefix for circle – SEMI
”I remember now!” – AHYES
”It was me who did it!” – ICONFESS
”Scat!” – SHOO
”The __ the merrier” – MORE
”You can’t scam me!” – IMNOFOOL
A Great Lake – ERIE
Allows – LETS
Annoys – IRKS
Assigns to a job – APPOINTS
Ballerina’s skirt – TUTU
Bar bill – TAB
Basketball official, for short – REF
Bed cover that reduces anxiety – SECURITYBLANKET
Befuddled state – DAZE
Botanical sunburn soother – ALOE
Burden – ONUS
Car fuel – GAS
Chemist’s workroom – LAB
Competent – ABLE
Cuddly toys such as teddy bears – STUFFEDANIMALS
Curly-leafed cabbage – KALE
Enthusiastic, as a fan – AVID
Factually correct – TRUE
Fashion-line creator – DESIGNER
Fly high – SOAR
Granola grains – OATS
Handbag – PURSE
Having no clutter – NEAT
Headquartered (in) – BASED
Historical periods – ERAS
Huge bodies of water – SEAS
Japan’s continent – ASIA
Joint above a shin – KNEE
Jury members – PEERS
Life story, for short – BIO
Long-tailed lab rodents – RATS
Longtime pal – CRONYMagician’s stick – WAND
Makes a mistake – ERRS
Might possibly – MAY
Moral misdeed – SIN
Movie ticket remnant – STUB
Number inside a shoe – SIZE
Occupied, as a chair – TAKEN
Once existed – WERE
Orchestral woodwind – OBOE
Overused, as a phrase – TRITE
Paid out – SPENT
Performer’s signals – CUES
Played a trumpet – BLEW
Point opposite NNW – SSE
Rain heavily – POUR
Regret doing – RUE
River’s flood barrier – LEVEE
Scent-detecting organs – NOSES
Sesame-__ bun – SEED
Soft tennis shots – LOBS
Solos for opera divas – ARIAS
Springtime songbird – ROBIN
Stallone’s boxer role – ROCKY
Steals from – ROBS
Stew-cooking vessel – POT
Store salesperson – CLERK
Tales told just before ”lights-out” – BEDTIMESTORIES
Teheran’s country – IRAN
Tips of socks – TOES
Undercover agents – SPIES
Wagers – BETS
Watchful and ready – ALERT
Watery castle barrier – MOAT
Where a rainbow forms – SKY
Without a companion – ALONE
Without a warranty – ASIS
Work with needle and thread – SEW
Writing utensil – PEN
Year-end school dance – PROM
