New York Times Crossword Answers – Monday May 24 2021

Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Monday May 24 2021.
‘As an aside,’ in a text – BTW
‘Hey ___’ (Beatles hit) – JUDE
‘The lady ___ protest too much’: ‘Hamlet’ – DOTH
‘You don’t have to take responsibility for the mistake’ – BLAMEME
Apt letters missing from ‘_tea_th_’ – SLY
Assert one’s ownership, as to land – STAKEACLAIM
Assisted – HELPED
Attila the ___ – HUN
Author Asimov – ISAAC
Autumn bloom – ASTER
Bit of land in the sea: Sp – ISLA
Bog fuel – PEAT
Brewery letters – IPA
Brontë’s ‘Jane ___’ – EYRE
Capital of Georgia: Abbr – ATL
Challenging vegetables to eat with a fork – PEAS
Contend – VIE
Dickens’s Tiny ___ – TIM
Do something else with – REUSE
Dummy – KNUCKLEHEAD
Electricity or water, e.g.: Abbr – UTIL
Express sorrow over – BEMOAN
Film director Spike – LEE
Flub – ERR
Follower of hop and skip – JUMP
Gate closer – LATCH
George Washington’s chopping down a cherry tree, e.g – MYTH
Good things to have – ASSETS
Grp. overseeing the World Series – MLB
Half of dos – UNO
Harmonica – MOUTHORGAN
Individual – PERSON
It might be confused with a termite – ANT
Jennifer Lopez and Christina Aguilera, for two – LATINAS
Letter after sigma – TAU
Level off at a higher point – PLATEAU
Library catalog listing after ‘author’ – TITLE
Lightly touched, as with a handkerchief – DABBED
Like many Rolex watches sold on the street – FAKE
Lo-o-ong bath – SOAK
Lost patience – HADIT
More recent – NEWER
Natural ability – KNACK
Negative repercussions – BACKLASH
Neighbor of a Saudi and Yemeni – OMANI
Ones leading the blind, maybe – SERVICEDOGS
Passed – WENTBY
People in charge: Abbr – MGRS
Place to get some barbecue – RIBJOINT
Platform for a ceremony – DAIS
Pointy-leaved desert plants – YUCCAS
Poor grades – DEES
Prefix with -therm – ISO
Quick bite to eat – NOSH
Raring to go – EAGER
Ribbit : frog :: ___ : cat – MEOW
Roughly 71% of the earth’s surface – OCEAN
Scrabble or Boggle – GAME
Send off, as rays – EMIT
Six years, for a U.S. senator – TERM
Small recipe amt – TSP
Sounds heard in canyons – ECHOES
Sports replay effect – SLOMO
Stand-in during a film shoot … or a hint to 17-, 25-, 38- and 51-Across – BODYDOUBLE
Talks effusively – GUSHES
Tanning lotion fig – SPF
Three-ingredient lunchbox staple, familiarly – PBANDJ
Tidy – NEAT
Tranquil – PLACID
What ‘Yes, I’m willing!’ signifies – CONSENT
Wildebeest – GNU
Without assurance of purchase – ONSPEC
Word after laughing or natural – GAS
___ and sciences – ARTS
___ Asia (China, Japan and environs) – EAST
___ Balls (chocolaty snack) – SNO