Newsday.com Crosswords Answers – Thursday August 19 2021

Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Thursday August 19 2021.
”Keep it” notation – STET
”Pass” – NOBID
10-Grammy blues rocker – RAITT
African scavengers – HYENAS
Author of ”The Colonel and Little Missie” – LARRYMCMURTRY
Bass cousin – CELLO
Bat Appreciation Mo – OCT
Become unstable, as an orbit – DECAY
Big digs – ESTATE
Brief confirmation – ITIS
Came by – GOT
Cascades peak – SHASTA
Company with a stag logo – DEERE
Composer Stravinsky – IGOR
Constellation occupation – HUNTER
Covert meeting – TRYST
Creative knack – ART
Debt payee – CREDITOR
Defames – SMEARS
Easy runs – TROTS
Eel eggs – ROE
Ending for free or fan – DOM
Escalator developer – OTIS
Evil – BADNESS
Fantastical – UNREAL
Final word – SAYSO
First-in-line’s line – IMNEXT
Former NBC owner – RCA
GPS reading – ENE
Headphone descriptor – INEAR
Horn blasts – TOOTS
Hubbub – DIN
Improv gear – MIKE
In a sly way – CAGILY
Intersected – MET
It means ”merchandise” – WARE
Latter-day contact request – TEXTME
Marine predators – ORCAS
Math book illustration – DIAGRAM
Mirthful – MERRY
Misstep – ERROR
Mount for Quixote’s pal – ASS
Mr. Spock, in part – HUMAN
Mrs. Flintstone – WILMA
Much of Micronesia – ATOLLS
Obliterate – ERASE
On a road trip – AWAY
One of the first two ”American superstars,” per 34 Across’ book – ANNIEOAKLEY
One of the first two ”American superstars,” per 34 Across’ book – BUFFALOBILL
Parliament Hill city – OTTAWA
Pasta preference – ALDENTE
Prone to wearing – EROSIVE
Provides for permanently – ENDOWS
Rankle – ANNOY
Red wine grape – MERLOT
Red wine, for short – CAB
Rome’s river – TIBER
Separate into categories – ASSORT
Sked stat – ETD
Smokestack-like – SOOTY
Something to do – ACTIVITY
Stockpile – AMASS
Synchronize – ATTUNE
Telephone trio – MNO
TV promo promise – ALLNEW
UK county – SHIRE
Ultimate proof – ACIDTEST
Unleash – LETLOOSE
Video device – CAM
Way off – AFAR
What a mechanic might fix – SETFEE
Whom a short-story award is named for – OHENRY