New York Times Crossword Answers – Wednesday July 28 2021

Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Wednesday July 28 2021.
‘Be ___’ (motto for Wikipedia contributors) – BOLD
‘For those who think young’ sloganeer, once – PEPSI
‘Recycle ___’ (sign on a bin) – ONLY
‘That’s cool, daddy-o!’ – IDIGIT
Accept responsibility for – OWN
Attempt to block – OPPOSE
Babe in the Arctic – SEALPUP
Betelgeuse’s constellation – ORION
Biol. or chem – SCI
Boozehounds – SOUSES
Buds that are very close – BFFS
Cheese in a spanakopita – FETA
Chicago exchange, in brief – MERC
Come together – JELL
Conks – BOPS
Cookie that has been deemed kosher since 1997 – OREO
Daffy Duck, notably – LISPER
Diatribe trigger – IRE
Drainage collector – SUMP
Dreamboat of a guy – ADONIS
Exceedingly – EVERSO
False friend in Shakespeare – IAGO
Fragrant compound – ESTER
Gem that’s a woman’s name – OPAL
Gillette razor handle – ATRA
Greeting in Rio – OLA
Highly decorated – ORNATE
Homer’s neighbor on ‘The Simpsons’ – NED
Indian flatbread – ROTI
Industry that encourages strikes? – OIL
Jetés, e.g – LEAPS
Leaning to the right: Abbr – ITAL
Letters at a bar – IPA
Like an oboe’s sound – REEDY
Like times that are the most expensive – PEAK
Long ride? – LIMO
Low-ranking sailor – SWABBIE
Make art like 53-/21-Across (as suggested by this puzzle’s circled letters?) – DRIBBLE
Make wise through experience – SEASON
Male hedgehog – BOAR
Melodic passage – ARIOSO
Moccasin, e.g – SLIPON
Modest reply to a compliment – ITRY
Narc’s org – DEA
Noted colonial pamphleteer – PAINE
Official proceedings – ACTA
Oklahoma’s state tree – REDBUD
One leaning to the right – TORY
Org. for Lt. Columbo – LAPD
Original ___ – SIN
Pacific food fish – ROCKCOD
Palindromic guy’s name – OTTO
Pat who wrote ‘The Prince of Tides’ and ‘The Great Santini’ – CONROY
Porky’s significant other – PETUNIAPIG
Removal from danger, informally – EVAC
Running shoe brand – AVIA
Samovar – URN
See 53-Across – POLLOCK
Señora Perón – EVA
Signal that a reply is coming in a messaging app – DOTS
Small hard seed – PIP
Somewhat – UPTOAPOINT
Source of some rings – ONION
Sports event in which athletes try to avoid being touched – EPEE
Succeed and then some – SOAR
Suffered a wipeout – ATEIT
Suffix with quartz – ITE
Tango flourish – DIP
Taunts so as to get a reaction – BAITS
Terrific – SUPER
Unoccupied – FREE
Veterans Day mo – NOV
Walled city of Spain – AVILA
Weep – CRY
What you need some wiggle room to do? – DISCO
Where you might find love away from home? – TENNISCAMP
With 21-Across, artist known to 39-Across pigments back and forth onto canvases – JACKSON
___ station, Central London railway terminal – PADDINGTON