Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Sunday May 2 2021.
”An eye for an eye,” but . . – TURNTHEOTHERCHEEK
”Better to be safe than sorry,” but . . – FORTUNEFAVORSTHEBRAVE
”Birds of a feather flock together,” but . . – OPPOSITESATTRACT
”Everything in moderation,” but . . – THEMORETHEMERRIER
”Frozen” reindeer – SVEN
”Idol” champ Taylor __ – HICKS
”Iliad” byline – HOMER
”Knowledge is power,” but . . – IGNORANCEISBLISS
”Picnic” playwright – INGE
”__ we having fun yet?” – ARE
17th state – OHIO
Actress Catherine __-Jones – ZETA
Applicant’s goal – OFFER
Arrival announcement – IMHERE
As early as possible – SOONEST
Associates (with) – HOBNOBS
Attention-getter – AHEM
Barrier to entry – DOOR
Best imaginable – IDEAL
Birch relative – ALDER
Bird on some dollars – LOON
Boarding place – STOP
Bona fide – VALID
Book after Matthew – MARK
Butter squares – PATS
Buttercup kin – PEONY
Capital on the Hudson – ALBANY
Casual conversation – CHAT
Change the subject – DROPIT
Chicken __ king – ALA
Choir section – ALTOS
Come by honestly – EARN
Counterfeit – PHONY
Court dockets – CALENDARS
Defence Ministry concern – RAF
Desktop image – ICON
Dreadful – LOUSY
Drove (out) – ROUSTED
Dust speck – MOTE
Emerged – AROSE
Ending like -ule – ETTE
ESPN’s Arthur __ Courage Award – ASHE
Express a view – OPINE
Fables byline – AESOP
Farsi speaker – IRANIAN
Fills the tank – FUELS
Fine rain – MIST
Fish that swims upright – SEAHORSE
Garden perennial – IRIS
Garlicky sauce – AIOLI
Garth Brooks’ hometown – TULSA
Gas sealed in tubes – NEON
Get too personal – PRY
Golf starting point – TEE
Greek cuisine staple – FETA
Greek peace goddess – IRENE
He drove Tandy’s Miss Daisy – FREEMAN
Hens and mares – SHES
Highest level allowed – CAP
Intensely competitive – FIERCE
It means ”averse to” – ANTI
Jazz singer Vaughan – SARAH
Land south of Turkey – SYRIA
Landline or mobile – PHONE
Largest North African city – CAIRO
Legendary buccaneer – KIDD
Lend a hand – HELP
Lend a hand – AID
Less outgoing – SHIER
Long-established – OLD
Loved ones – DEARS
Low digit – TOE
Maestro Ozawa – SEIJIMajor disorder – CHAOS
Manila money – PESOS
Many names of hair salons – PUNS
Marvel horned-hat wearer – THOR
Masters’ middle name – LEE
Maximally corny – HOKIEST
Maximum effort – ALL
Meat in a Cuban sandwich – HAM
Mentally adept – SMART
Minor quibbles – NITS
Misbehaves, with ”up” – ACTS
Mississippi River explorer – DESOTO
Much worse than a smash – FLOP
New Haven student – YALIE
NFL successes – TDS
Nuance of color – HUE
Olay alternative – AVON
One, in Peru and Palermo – UNO
Opposite of ”non” – OUI
Owned by us – OURS
Pair of propellers – OARS
Picnicked, say – ATE
Place to sleep on a sub – BUNK
Pope during WWII – PIUS
Prefix for space – AERO
Prom partner – ESCORT
Protagonist – HERO
Quaint college cry – RAH
Quarterback great Favre – BRETT
Quick car ride – SPIN
Quits clamming up – TALKS
Raggedy doll – ANN
Rations, for instance – MEALS
Read quickly – SCAN
Relaxes – EASES
Religious spinoffs – SECTS
Repeat, as a sentiment – ECHO
Ridesharing service – UBER
Rooster on a rooftop – VANE
San __ Obispo, CA – LUIS
Sch. in Stillwater – OSU
Second-smallest continent – EUROPE
Selling centers – SHOPS
Sentimiento romántico – AMOR
Series segments – EPISODES
Shakespearean soldier – OTHELLO
Significant stretch – ERA
Similar – AKIN
Social activities – DATES
Some Wharton grads – MBAS
Something to lend a hand – HINT
Sorority letter – RHO
Spa service – PEEL
Sphere of interest – AREA
Sushi eggs – ROE
Terse written summons – SEEME
Texting icon – EMOJI
Tortious material – LIBEL
Twain’s first name – SAMUEL
Unruly hair – MOPS
Urban district – ZONE
VA winter setting – EST
Venue for discussion – FORUM
Very long period – EON
Web address – URL
What new drivers must learn – SYMBOLS
Whom a French dessert is named for – BONAPARTE
Word on Irish euros – EIRE
Workforce – STAFF
Works on the wall – ART
Wound up, or wound down – ENDED
__ Romeo (Italian auto) – ALFA
__ Royal Highness – HER
