Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Tuesday October 12 2021.
”Jane __” (Charlotte Brontë novel) – EYRE
”Scat!” – SHOO
”So what __ is new?” – ELSE
”Would __to you?” – ILIE
”You can count __!” – ONME
Acquire knowledge – LEARN
Adolescent – TEEN
Astonish – AMAZE
At the summit of – ATOP
Award for a contest – PRIZE
Back tooth – MOLAR
Belonging to those people – THEIRS
Big family – CLAN
Birthday present, for example – GIFT
Brief moment – NOTIMEATALL
Brief moment – THEBLINKOFANEYE
Brief moment – SPLITSECOND
Charged atoms – IONS
Cheer for a team – ROOT
Chess game endings – MATES
Christmas season – YULE
Constricting snake – BOA
Decides to participate – OPTSIN
Do the driving – STEER
Ear coverings in winter – MUFFS
Expert in shooting arrows – ARCHER
Fellows – GUYS
Generic dog name – FIDO
Go into a skid – SLIDE
Great Salt Lake’s state – UTAH
Greedy one – TAKER
Grind __ halt (stop) – TOA
Halloween mo – OCT
Harvest season – FALL
Highway or street – ROAD
Kindergarten basics – ABCS
Lake boat – CANOE
Large briny waters – SEAS
Layer of paint – COAT
Legal wrong – TORT
Lumberjack’s tool – AXE
Measly – MERE
Mosquito attack – BITE
Muscle soreness – ACHE
Non-studio film, for short – INDIE
Not yet rented – UNLET
Observed attending – SEENAT
Oddly frightening – EERIE
Perform a role – ACT
Period in history – ERA
Plant stalk – STEM
Port of the Bahamas – NASSAU
Praise highly – EXALT
Pressed the doorbell – RANG
Region like the Sahara – DESERT
Restrained, as in shackles – FETTERED
Ruby or diamond – GEM
Russian refusal – NYET
Sailor’s greeting – AHOY
Savings protection org – FDIC
Seating for four at a diner – BOOTH
Serious play – DRAMA
Short memo – NOTE
Sight or smell – SENSE
Spirited horse – STEED
Steakhouse orders – TBONES
Stun gun – TASER
Suffix for young or prank – STER
Sum calculated – TOTAL
Takes a risk – DARES
The Show Me State – MISSOURI
The __ Ranger (Western hero) – LONE
Tip of a sock – TOE
Treads heavily – STOMPS
Unpleasant smell – ODOR
Voicemail signal – TONE
Was defeated – LOST
Whoop __ (celebrate) – ITUP
