Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Friday April 16 2021.
”But, soft!” speaker – ROMEO
”Mack the Knife” singer – DARIN
”That’s nice!” – AAH
”You can count on it” – IDO
All about – INRE
Apt rhyme for ”drop” – FLOP
Arnold’s co-conspirator – ANDRE
Beguile – INVEIGLE
Big number for a performer – ARIA
Bit of ”dinero” – PESO
Brazenness – GALL
Bundle of energy – DYNAMO
CARIBBEAN, WASHINGTON – CAYMANCOULEE
Cassini of fashion – OLEG
Cause of inflation – AIR
Cheerios not eaten – TATAS
Coiner of ”radioactivity” – CURIE
Common plane cargo – MAIL
Crime-lab sample – HAIR
Culinary abbr – TBSP
Culinary changes of state – THAWS
Early afternoon – ONEPM
Far from fancy – PLAIN
Far from sure – IFFY
Faux cheese ingredient – SOY
Floating sanctuary – ARK
Food chain term – PREDATOR
Forewarning – OMEN
Fruit cup chunk – PEAR
Grapelike berry – ACAI
Hemsworth of the ”Hunger Games” films – LIAM
Host with a CNBC ”Garage” – LENO
I love: Lat – AMO
Informal alternative to ”squire” – GUVNOR
Last word of ”The Wizard of Oz” – HOME
Like a lark – AVIAN
Loose-limbed – AGILE
Many an art museum exhibit – LOAN
Maytag sister brand – AMANA
MICHIGAN, NORTH ATLANTIC – RAPIDSBAHAMA
Midriff protrusion – OUTIE
MIDTOWN (!) MANHATTAN – CENTRALTERMINAL
Mo. with no holidays – AUG
More promising – ROSIER
More than suspicious about – ONTO
Most remote point – END
NEWFOUNDLAND, WYOMING, VENICE – BANKSTETONCANAL
Of farming – AGRARIAN
Park bench warning, perhaps – WETPAINT
Pen name in Nottingham – GAOL
Put a cork in it – JUG
Putting on – JIVING
Repair a hose hole – DARN
Revelatory, as a moment – AHA
Rise in the west – MESA
S as in degrees – SCI
Seam material – COAL
Series dividers – COMMAS
Showing at Sundance – INDIEFILM
Showing on a track – THIRD
Some rope fibers – HEMPS
Stand for – ALLOW
Stay fresh – KEEP
Swiss university city – BASEL
Symbol like a plus sign – AMPERSAND
Throw cold water on – DAMPEN
Time opponent in a metaphor – RACE
Title for Rushdie – SIR
Trip that’s trying – TREK
Turns out to be untrue – ISNT
Vacuous – EMPTY
Watery Christie setting – NILE
What longbows are made from – YEWS
Where the buoys are – ATSEA
