Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Tuesday May 11 2021.
”Cool as a cucumber,” for one – SIMILE
”Don’t bet __!” – ONIT
”Not to mention . . .” – ALSO
”__ reminds me . . .” – THAT
Abound (with) – TEEM
Ado – FUSS
Animal seen by Goldilocks – BEAR
Anthem section – STANZA
As a joke – INFUN
Athlete on a salary – PRO
Before now – AGO
Besides that – ELSE
Bird or mammal – ANIMAL
Bitterly cold – ICY
Blue area on a globe – OCEAN
Brute of a guy – OGRE
Cherished aspiration – DREAM
Clairvoyant – SEER
Color associated with envy – GREEN
Cotton farm pest – WEEVIL
Cpl.’s superiors: Abbr – SGTS
Cut the grass – MOW
Da Vinci’s ”Mona __” – LISA
Deploy again – REUSE
Did so-so in class – GOTAC
Domesticated – TAME
Double-curve letter – ESS
Elephant tusk material – IVORY
Enthusiastic – AVID
Extra amount – MORE
Free-for-all brawl – MELEE
Fund, as a foundation – ENDOW
Give temporarily – LEND
Great Wall’s continent – ASIA
Halifax, __ Scotia – NOVA
Heavily involved – INDEEP
Himalayan nation – TIBET
Hotel entrance, often – REVOLVINGDOOR
Hurricane’s center – EYE
Impolite look – LEER
In first place – ONTOP
Ireland, in verse – ERIN
IRS form experts – CPAS
Land amidst water – ISLE
Line on a list – ITEM
Lose traction – SKID
Menagerie – ZOO
Middle-arm joint – ELBOW
Mustache neighbor – LIP
Narrow road – LANE
Nights before holidays – EVES
Not __ many words – INSO
Part in a play – ROLE
Point opposite NNW – SSE
Pointy thing ”in a haystack” – NEEDLE
Power company’s precautionary strategy – ROLLINGBLACKOUT
Prof’s employer: Abbr – UNIV
Prolonged attack – SIEGE
Rapid – FAST
Short motto of belief – CREDO
Simple-living sect – AMISH
Sleep noisily – SNORE
Solar system’s center – SUN
Specialized slang – LINGO
Sport played on ponies – POLO
Stockholm native – SWEDE
Strong Spanish assent – SISI
Stuff in shakers – SALT
Texter’s device – PHONE
Tire in a trunk – SPARE
Twilled suit fabric – SERGE
Unwise undertaking – FOLLY
Urgent request – PLEA
Very pale – ASHEN
Voice above tenor – ALTO
Wide smile – GRIN
Yarn maker’s device – SPINNINGWHEEL
__ and hearty (in good shape) – HALE
