Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Tuesday April 20 2021.
”Beware the __ of March” – IDES
”How clumsy of me!” – OOPS
”I’m interrupting . . .” – AHEM
”It’s either you __” – ORME
”My lips __ sealed” – ARE
”Triple” cry of surprise – MYMYMY
Acme – APEX
Actor Baldwin – ALEC
Any carbonated beverage – SODA
Appear suddenly – POPUP
Assess, as a tax – LEVY
At any time – EVER
Be a monarch – REIGN
BLUE ribbon – FIRSTPRIZE
BLUE state’s party – DEMOCRATIC
Boss at City Hall – MAYOR
Browses for bargains – SHOPS
Business attire – SUIT
Centers of hurricanes – EYES
Creative thought – IDEA
Daybreak direction – EAST
Diabolical – EVIL
Eagle claw – TALON
Evade skillfully – ELUDE
Eve’s first home – EDEN
Feeling BLUE – MELANCHOLY
Female horses – MARES
First Greek letter – ALPHA
First in line – NEXT
Formal ”Me too” – ASAMI
Grade schooler’s glue – PASTE
Helped – AIDED
Intense anger – IRE
Job benefits, for short – PERKS
Junk email – SPAM
Laundry dirt – GRIME
Lavish meal – REPAST
Long sandwich – HERO
Milky gemstone – OPAL
Missouri’s __ Mountains – OZARK
More rational – SANER
Most important – MAIN
Mother __ (Peace Prize nun) – TERESA
Mountain lion – PUMA
Of the backbone – SPINAL
Official substitute – PROXY
Open-handed hit – SLAP
Otherwise – ELSE
Out of the BLUE – UNEXPECTED
Outcome – RESULT
Overly formal – PRIM
Perform by oneself – SOLO
Person who ridicules – MOCKER
Pets that purr – CATS
Piece of a chain – LINK
Poet Pound – EZRA
Pointers and poodles – DOGS
Prearranges dishonestly – RIGS
River near Shakespeare’s home – AVON
Role model – IDOL
Save for later – STORE
Savings protection agcy – FDIC
Score of a shutout – ZERO
Seat at a tavern – STOOL
Slight advantage – EDGE
Sloping walkway – RAMP
Small battery size – AAA
Small fruit pie – TART
Stun gun – TASER
Tear to shreds – REND
Tequila cocktail, for short – RITA
Ticket-selling fund-raiser – RAFFLE
Toy brick brand – LEGO
Vacuum cleaner’s tube – HOSE
Video-game emporium – ARCADE
Wide necktie – ASCOT
Wild brawl – MELEE
__ the line (followed orders) – TOED
