Newsday.com Crosswords Answers – Thursday July 15 2021

Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Thursday July 15 2021.
. . . at a beauty pageant – FIRSTALTERNATE
. . . at Commencement – SALUTATORIAN
. . . at the Olympics – SILVERMEDALIST
. . . if your favorite isn’t available – SECONDCHOICE
A UN official language – ARABIC
Animation creation – TOON
Apt rhyme for ”Hurray!” – OLE
Be winded – PANT
Behind schedule – LATE
Behind schedule – TARDY
Bold venture – DARE
Bro-to-bro encouragement – YOUDAMAN
Colorists – DYERS
Confirmation question – ARENTI
Declaration of policy – MANIFESTO
Designation like Inc – LLC
Diner’s denouncement – YUK
Disallow – DENY
Doorway directive – ENTER
Dubbed group – SIRS
Dues payer’s ID – UNIONCARD
Each – PER
Eliminate, with ”out” – WEED
Extreme opposite of calmness – IRE
Face with hands – DIAL
Fancy dance – BALL
Fantastic craft – UFOS
Farm enclosure – PEN
Fashion sense – TASTE
Figure (out) – SUSS
Five-star monogram – DDE
Flinch, say – REACT
Frat letters – MUS
French strawberries – FRAISES
Hang out, in a way – AIRDRY
Home cash container, perhaps – COFFEECAN
Indoor courts – ATRIA
It means ”long distance” – TELE
Keeps on – LASTS
Kid-lit bear – WINNIE
Legally entitled to vote – ADULT
Les __-Unis – ETATS
Like MGM and Disney – LABASED
Lump of earth – CLOD
Male whales – BULLS
Many an oxide – ORE
Military action – RAID
Miranda Cosgrove teen sitcom – ICARLY
Mystery novelist Nevada – BARR
NBC debut of ’75 – SNL
NHL or NBA stats – PTS
Opening foursome – ABCD
Part of IMO – INMY
Parting word – ADIEU
Pinch hitter’s quest – RBI
Point of a crescent – CUSP
Positive aspect – UPSIDE
Profusely – ALOT
Pure – UNTAINTED
Really little – ITSY
Regular hangout – HAUNT
Remnant – END
Rural business prefix – AGRI
Salmon product – ROE
Soothing stuff – SALVES
Southern Hemisphere metropolis – RIO
Taking care of the job – ONIT
Tight with a buck – STINGY
Tiny bug – GERM
Treat from Turkey – FIG
Urbanites – CITYFOLK
With competence – ABLY
__ Lanka – SRI
__ Stories (cosmetic website’s inspirational posts) – ESTEE