Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Wednesday August 18 2021.
”Ain’t so!” reply – ISTOO
”Bye-bye!” – TATA
”Come in here” door sign – ENTER
”Filet” fish – SOLE
”Game of Thrones” airer – HBO
”Honest” president – ABE
”Natural” home heating – GAS
”Nothing” numbers – ZEROS
”Sunday Night Baseball” channel – ESPN
”__ the ramparts . . .” – OER
Actress Witherspoon – REESE
Airline to Israel – ELAL
Assist in a crime – ABET
Astronauts’ agency – NASA
Barely passing grade – DEE
Benches and chairs – SEATS
Bovine remark – MOO
Butcher’s wares – MEATS
Carry a tune – SING
Central idea – THEME
Chauffeured cars, for short – LIMOS
Chew like a squirrel – GNAW
Childhood malady – MUMPS
Comic strip bark – ARF
Declares untrue – DENIES
Doctor’s ”Right now!” – STAT
Edible ice cream holder – CONE
Entire amount – TOTAL
Era – AGE
Evicts – OUSTS
Farmer’s place, in a kids’ song – DELL
Fence of bushes – HEDGE
Finest possible – BEST
Flop of a film – BOMB
Fork prong – TINE
Full range – GAMUT
Get comfy – NESTLE
Getting little rain – ARID
Golf peg – TEE
Hairdo stiffener – GEL
Icy glaze – FROST
Kid around with – JOSH
Land measure – ACRE
Lauder of makeup – ESTEE
Lost some traction – SLID
Mercedes-__ – BENZ
No longer edible – STALE
Not moving – INERT
Office seeker, for short – POL
Open-palm hit – SLAP
Pack very tightly – JAMIN
Plant part underground – ROOT
Platform for a play – STAGE
Poe’s first name – EDGAR
Poodles and parrots – PETS
Prayer’s last word – AMEN
Pressing device – IRON
Profound – DEEP
Pull over on a highway – GETOFFTOTHESIDE
Rammed like a ram – BUTTED
Reach a maximum depth – SINKTOTHEBOTTOM
Reach a maximum height – GORIGHTTOTHETOP
Repetitive learning – ROTE
Sales agents, for short – REPS
Santalike in weight – OBESE
Suffix for kitchen – ETTE
Surrounded by – AMID
T-shirt size – SMALL
Teheran’s country – IRAN
Thick slice – SLAB
Thundery weather – STORMS
Tip of an airplane – NOSE
Used up, as funds – SPENT
Vanish __ thin air – INTO
Was acquainted with – KNEW
Wild guess – STAB
Without manners – RUDE
Wolfed down – ATEUP
