Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Wednesday October 6 2021.
#2 exec – VEEP
”I can’t wait!” – OHBOY
”Off the grid” or ”on the ball” – IDIOM
”Same here!” – LIKEWISE
A more desirable alternative – SOMETHINGBETTER
Actor Robert De __ – NIRO
Airport transportation – TAXI
Angry speech – RANT
Armed conflicts – WARS
Army truant: Abbr – AWOL
Auto make from 19 Across – KIA
Aviator Earhart – AMELIA
Battlefield doc – MEDIC
Busy person – DOER
By way of – VIA
Central, essential part – HEART
Certain nail polish target – BIGTOE
Clothes dryer fuzz – LINT
Combine chemically – REACT
Common pub game – DARTS
Convent resident – NUN
Dome-shaped frozen dessert – BOMBE
End of many big co. names – INC
Erich who wrote ”Love Story” – SEGAL
Experimentation station – LAB
Get-well plan, for short – REHAB
Has the radio on very loud – BLASTS
Hispanic cheer – OLE
Homeland Security org – TSA
Ingrid, in ”Casablanca” – ILSA
Ink stain – BLOT
Ivy League school in Connecticut – YALE
Jai __ (fast-moving game) – ALAI
Keogh plan kin – IRA
Maple __ (ice cream flavor) – WALNUT
Pair in ”magnesium” – EMS
Passport stamps – VISAS
Peninsula near Japan – KOREA
Persian Gulf nation – OMAN
Poem’s brief excerpt – LINE
Potato alternative – PASTA
Prefix meaning ”height” – ACRO
President Adams or Quincy Adams – JOHN
Proton’s home – ATOM
Quick snack – NOSH
Reason for cramming – EXAM
Religious offshoot – SECT
Ring-shaped roll that has it all – EVERYTHINGBAGEL
Rodeo rope – LARIAT
Rustic lodgings – INNS
Scandinavian capital – OSLO
Security guard’s incident-free statement – NOTHINGTOREPORT
Sign up for – JOIN
Slight suggestion – HINT
Small advantage – EDGE
Small hill – KNOLL
Small salamander – NEWT
Sounded like a snake – HISSED
Spots to build on – SITES
Standing tall – ERECT
Surface for yoga – MAT
Takes in, as a shelter cat – ADOPTS
Tennis great Sampras – PETE
Text alignment key – TAB
Tot’s wheels – TRICYCLE
Touch down on the runway – LAND
True up, as tires – ALIGN
USAF NCO – SGT
Use, as a chair – SITON
Viral video, for example – MEME
Wee hr – TWOAM
Where Cleveland is – OHIO
Willing to participate – GAME
Woeful cry – OHNO
WWII craft commanded by JFK – PTBOAT
__ manner of speaking – INA
