Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Wednesday May 5 2021.
”Ain’t never __ happen” – GONNA
”So that’s it!” – AHA
61 Down insert – REED
Acorn, for instance – SEED
All-out conflict – WAR
Allowed to improve with time – AGED
Antiquated – OLD
Back of a boat – STERN
Bird on a quarter – EAGLE
Brief memos – NOTES
Brought a kayak back – ROWEDASHORE
Bugs Bunny’s whirling foe – TAZ
Burn slowly – SMOLDER
Casual eatery – CAFE
Char on a grill – SEAR
City near Tahoe – RENO
Couturier Christian – DIOR
Do as asked – OBEY
Dog-__ (bent at the corner) – EARED
Dustcloth – RAG
Entice – ATTRACT
Ernie’s ”Sesame Street” pal – BERT
Family room – DEN
Fictional Karenina – ANNA
Fire-breathing monster – DRAGON
First blank on many forms – NAME
Flower on valentines – ROSE
Give for a meal – FEEDTO
Golden Fleece ship – ARGO
Grazing area – LEA
Halves of quarts: Abbr – PTS
Happen next – ENSUE
Highway debris, potholes, etc – ROADHAZARDS
Historical period – ERA
Hold firmly – GRASP
Holes in needles – EYES
Imperfections – FLAWS
Income tax agcy – IRS
Is sure to – WILL
Lasting mark – SCAR
Like a bump on ___ – ALOG
Love, in Italy – AMORE
Mysterious glow – AURA
NBA’s Lakers, on scoreboards – LAL
NFL tiebreaker periods – OTS
Not abridged – UNCUT
Obligated (to) – BOUND
Overhauled – REDONE
Owl’s outcry – HOOT
Patronized, as a 13 Across – DINEDAT
Per item – EACH
Peruses – READS
Pester with complaints – NAG
Plane-tracking device – RADAR
Puffy hairdo – AFRO
Real estate measure – ACRE
Reef material – CORAL
Remainder – REST
Resort with saunas – SPA
Rubik of cubes – ERNO
Runner’s obstacle – HURDLE
Sat next to the driver – RODESHOTGUN
Shade of blue or purple – INDIGO
Slender instrument – OBOE
Smallest state – RHODEISLAND
Sound from a sedan – HORN
Spooky – EERIE
Stuck a tag on – LABELED
Superbly pitched – NOHIT
Texas shrine to ”remember” – ALAMO
The basics, initially – ABCS
Theater platform – STAGE
Total amount – SUM
Tries out – TESTS
Troy, NY tech school – RPI
Uplifted – RAISED
Volleyball dividers – NETS
__ acid (bit of protein) – AMINO
