Newsday.com Crosswords Answers – Wednesday April 14 2021

Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Wednesday April 14 2021.
”Hasta la vista” – ADIOS
”Now, __ was I?” – WHERE
”__ Misérables” – LES
1989-93 and 2001-09 – BUSHYEARS
Actress Sorvino – MIRA
Admired one – IDOL
Adversities – ILLS
Anvil metal – IRON
Be a schemer – PLOT
Be immodest – BOAST
Blackboard accessories – ERASERS
Brief moment, briefly – SEC
Burn-soothing plant – ALOE
Cancel out – UNDO
Canned-food flaw – DENT
Crumbs of food – BITS
Crystal-ball gazer – SEER
Desserts with pecans – PIES
Different now – ALTERED
Do some grapplin’ – RASSLE
Door knocks – RAPS
East Asian peninsula – KOREA
Emoticon’s ”eyes” – COLON
Erase a scoring deficit – RALLY
Finish up – CLOSE
Finishes up – ENDS
Firstborn of two – ELDER
French __ soup – ONION
From 1945 on – NUCLEARAGE
Gets fresh with – SASSES
Gone on a horse – RIDDEN
Gourmet mushroom – MOREL
Grow lenient – RELENT
Hair gel, for instance – GOO
Hearth sweepings – ASHES
Hole-punching tool – AWL
Homer Simpson shout – DOH
Hospital prep area – PREOP
Important ”numero” – UNOIn a heap – PILED
In __ (harmonized) – SYNC
Instruments in the back of bands – DRUMS
Keep from happening – AVERT
Leprechaun land – ERIN
Mirror’s reflection – IMAGE
Monumental – EPIC
Nomads – ROVERS
Part of a Dracula costume – CAPE
Parts of psyches – EGOS
Picasso’s somber phase – BLUEPERIOD
Playhouse offering – DRAMA
Playhouse scenery – SET
Pop singer Céline – DION
Prescription measures – DOSES
Prince William’s bride – KATE
Promote much – TOUT
Rice alternative – PASTA
Rings of light – HALOS
Riveter on WWII posters – ROSIE
Section of a train – CAR
See 7 Down – BABA
Seldom seen – RARE
Snooty one – SNOB
Snug home – NEST
Social activities – DATES
Sound thinking – SENSE
Sources of metals – ORES
Straddling – ASTRIDE
Stranded due to freezing – ICEDIN
Tech support caller – USER
Telephone inventor – BELL
Undercover org – CIA
Verdi’s Egyptian opera – AIDA
Vocal cords, so to speak – PIPES
When E-commerce began – DOTCOMERA
With 1 Down, ”Open sesame” sayer – ALI
Without doing anything – IDLY
Yellowish brown – OCHER