Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Tuesday August 31 2021.
”Letter-shaped” steak – TBONE
”Not to mention . . .” – ALSO
98.6 degrees, for body temperature – NORMAL
Achy – SORE
Act boldly – DARE
Aviator – PILOT
Baby grand, for example – PIANO
Baggage attachment – IDTAG
Batting next – ONDECK
Become less good – WORSEN
Bits of paint – DABS
Bopped on the head – CONKED
Broad-ranging – WIDE
Cavity filler’s deg – DDS
Charming Southern woman – BELLE
Dads – PAPAS
Difficult burden – ONUS
Donkeys – ASSES
Dove’s call – COO
Fawns’ moms – DOES
Female opera star – DIVA
Female pigs – SOWS
Film rating org – MPAA
Fire-setting crime – ARSON
Fixes dishonestly – RIGS
Food safety org – USDA
For each, informally – APOP
Formal decree – FIAT
Genesis paradise – EDEN
German car – AUDI
Give an autograph – SIGN
Guy – MAN
Has the lead role – STARS
Have lofty goals – ASPIRE
Illegally obtained – STOLEN
Kid’s vehicle on snow – SLED
Kingly title – SIRE
Layer of paint – COAT
Loads and loads – ALOT
Make less burdensome – EASE
Manipulate, as bread dough – KNEAD
March 17th honoree, for short – STPAT
NCO’s subordinates – PFCS
Network junction point – NODE
Online message – EMAIL
Past and present, for verbs – TENSES
Pasta similar to ziti – PENNE
Person using oars – ROWER
Person who stares – OGLER
Poetic low-lying land – VALE
Remove from office – OUST
Resign – QUIT
Rotisserie rod – SPIT
Seasoning in a shaker – SALT
Seat for relaxing in a pool – FLOATINGLOUNGER
Self-assurance – POISE
Skeptical comment – IBET
Slice, as a turkey – CARVE
Smallest till bill – ONE
Spike of frozen water – ICICLE
Spirited horse – STEED
Springy device for jumping into a pool – DIVINGBOARD
Stern about rules – STRICT
Striped big cat – TIGER
Sudden storm – SQUALL
Suffix for prank or gang – STER
Swimming pool’s purifier – WATERFILTER
Taken __ (very surprised) – ABACK
Tech-support type – NERD
The Emerald Isle – ERIN
Tip over – UPEND
W. Coast winter hours – PST
Way below average – POOR
Wedding vow – IDO
What a belt encircles – WAIST
__ about (approximately) – ONOR
__ be tied (furious) – FITTO
__ importance (trivial) – OFNO
