Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Wednesday March 31, 2021.
”I should’ve known that!” – DUH
”If all __ fails . . .” – ELSE
”Slippery” fish – EEL
”Star Wars” series guru – YODA
Barely defeat – EDGE
Be introduced to – MEET
Belief, in brief – CREDO
Bills going into change machines – ONES
Bit of land in the sea – ISLE
Breakfast pastry – DONUT
Brief letters – NOTES
Butcher shop wares – MEATS
Camera glass – LENS
Canary or kitty – PET
Capital of Arkansas – LITTLEROCK
Chimney buildup – SOOT
Closeup map in an atlas – INSET
Constricting snakes – BOAS
Cut and paste, say – EDIT
Depicts unfairly – SKEWS
Devilish kid – IMP
Director __ Howard – RON
Dropped-pie sounds – SPLATS
Elevation: Abbr – ALT
EMT’s expertise – CPR
Facebook messages – POSTS
Farm bale – HAY
French capital, slangily – PAREE
Full of good sense – WISE
German auto – AUDI
Give a speech – ORATE
Gold purity measure – KARAT
Greetings sent online – ECARDS
Group of outlaws – GANG
Guitarist Clapton – ERIC
Handed-down tales – LORE
Hearth implement – FIREPLACEPOKER
Heroic act – DEED
Hindu exercise system – YOGAKeeps one’s __ on (watches) – EYES
Leak through the cracks – SEEP
Lendl of tennis – IVAN
Lengthy tale – SAGA
Madame Curie – MARIE
Marinated centers for salads – ARTICHOKEHEARTS
Marine mammal – SEAL
Mini-collectibles, to collectors – SMALLS
Mold, as clay – SHAPE
Most important ”numero” – UNO
Music-staff symbol – CLEF
Not nervous – CALM
Off the leash – LOOSE
Oxen harnesses – YOKES
Paid for a five-card hand – ANTED
Physicians’ org – AMA
Plants deeply – EMBEDS
Portion of butter – PAT
Pushed for – URGED
Raggedy doll – ANN
Rate of walking – PACE
Reduces to rubble – RAZES
Relaxing retreat – SPA
Remote’s sound-stopping button – MUTE
Seeks an answer – ASKS
Sleep lightly – DOZE
Soldier of fortune – ADVENTURER
Solid precipitation – HAIL
Stand up – ARISE
Supermodel Heidi – KLUM
Timex competitor – SEIKO
Touch on the shoulder – TAP
Transmission setting – GEAR
Venerable Big Apple span – BROOKLYNBRIDGE
Waikiki feast – LUAU
Where Eve lived – EDEN
Wild animal’s home – LAIR
Wrap things up – END
__ Baba – ALI
