Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Wednesday March 24, 2021.
”A __ formality” – MERE
”All systems __!” – AREGO
”America the Beautiful” pronoun – THEE
”Ditto” – SAME
”Frozen” queen – ELSA
”Guided” excursion – TOUR
”To __ is human . . .” – ERR
”__ the land of the free . . .” – OER
Absorb in a class – LEARN
Actress Dame Judi __ – DENCH
Alaskan port city – NOME
And others: Abbr – ETAL
Bar in a shower – SOAP
Bath bubbles – SUDS
Biblical boatbuilder – NOAH
Cambodia’s continent – ASIA
Capital of Italia – ROMA
Carpet fabric – PILE
Carried around – TOTED
Caught a whiff of – SMELLED
Chili con __ – CARNE
Cobs with corn kernels – EARS
Common wild duck – MALLARD
Deals with ordeals – COPES
Detestable – ODIOUS
Divine guardian – ANGEL
Doe or buck – DEER
European peaks – ALPS
Firstborn – ELDEST
Formal decrees – EDICTS
Gets the point of – SEES
Group’s main vocalist – LEADSINGER
Highest judicial body – SUPREMECOURT
Highway or byway – ROAD
Home for hogs – PEN
Honolulu’s island – OAHU
House flipper’s transaction – RESALE
Household things with springs – BEDS
Japanese electronics giant – SONY
Lake bird on Canadian coins – LOON
Lamb’s mom – EWE
Lawyer’s gig – CASE
Leisurely run – LOPE
Lock opener – KEY
Long-necked wader – EGRET
Made better with time – AGED
Mardi Gras city, familiarly – NOLA
McCartney or Revere – PAUL
Metallic mineral – ORE
Mexican coin – PESO
Mideast Islamic ruler – EMIR
Military truant: Abbr – AWOL
Money owed – DEBT
Most pristine – PUREST
Move beyond – PASS
Movie excerpt – SCENE
Mythical tales – LEGENDS
Novelist Ferber – EDNA
Novelist Uris – LEON
Nutrition label measure – CALORIE
Optimal way of doing something – BESTPRACTICE
Performed to perfection – ACED
Persuade to volunteer – ENLIST
Piercingly loud – SHRILL
Poker pot starter – ANTE
Pre-owned – USED
Prefix for final – SEMI
Slightly moist – DAMP
Soy product in stir-fry – TOFU
Take a nap, say – SLEEP
Tear to bits – SHRED
Tell a little untruth – FIB
To the point – DIRECT
Told an untruth – LIED
Train schedule stat – ETA
U-turn from WSW – ENE
When demand is greatest – PEAKSEASON
Window glass – PANE
