Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Thursday August 5 2021.
”Hitsville U.S.A.” label – MOTOWN
”__ dreaming?” – AMI
51 Down brand – OXO
A to B, in music – WHOLESTEP
Acetic citrus – LEMON
Acquiesce – GOALONG
Age-old battlers – SEXES
Austrian article – EIN
Batter holder – PAN
Birds do it – ROOST
Bit of cryptocurrency – TOKEN
Bring back on board – REHIRE
Brittany city – NANTES
Chat room troublemakers – TROLLS
Chaucer pilgrim – MILLER
Club with a house – FRAT
Common MBA prerequisite – GRE
Concept in statistics class – RANDOMWALK
Consumer annoyance – PRICEHIKE
Criticize harshly – RIP
Cry from Juliet – OROMEO
Deferential denial – NOSIR
Diamond datum – RBI
Directional suffix – ERN
Dragon’s retreat – DEN
DVR button – REC
Epoch – ERA
Frequent POTUS plane destination, for short – AFB
Furry feet – PAWS
Gem State product – TATER
Geographical ring – ATOLL
Hard to believe – TALL
Has a yen (for) – ACHES
Highly decorated – ORNATE
Hold back on the blinking – STARE
Homophone for ”air” – ERE
Impolite exhalation – BELCH
Impromptu – ADHOC
Initials in old atlases – SSR
It sounds like a duck – OBOE
John in Scotland – IAN
Language related to Laotian – THAI
Less-than-key worker – COG
Lozenge containers – TINS
Make it all up – LIE
Name that means ”born again” – RENEE
No longer pure – TAINTED
Obstruct – BAR
One on a quest – SEEKER
Oscar director from Taiwan – LEE
Outdoor – OPENAIR
Overenthusiastic buff – NERD
Ovid’s others – ALIA
Packets in pantries – TEABAGS
Pencil game center – TAC
People-moving cos – RRS
Pitching stat – EARNEDRUN
Possibility – CHANCE
Prepare for recycling – SORT
Protector named for a peak – AETNA
Rte. finder – GPS
Safari attire – VEST
Setting at the BBC – GMT
She’s engaged – FIANCEE
Sign, briefly – INITIAL
Some Pulitzer winners – POETS
Spotlight sharer – COSTAR
Steal or simmer – POACH
Teach how – TRAIN
Tied – EVEN
Tiny – MINUTE
Tiny biter – FLEA
Undivided – SINGLE
Utensil for a 44 Across – PEELER
Very slow movement – SNAILSPACE
Wedding setting – CHAPEL
