Newsday Crossword Answers August 18, 2021

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Author: Fred Ohles, edited by Stanley Newman

Across

Lost some traction SLID
Pack very tightly JAMIN
Getting little rain ARID
Fork prong TINE
Santalike in weight OBESE
Edible ice cream holder CONE
Prayer’s last word AMEN
Benches and chairs SEATS
Repetitive learning ROTE
Reach a maximum height GORIGHTTOTHETOP
Lauder of makeup ESTEE
”Filet” fish SOLE
Open-palm hit SLAP
Poe’s first name EDGAR
”Honest” president ABE
Sales agents, for short REPS
Full range GAMUT
Pull over on a highway GETOFFTOTHESIDE
”Come in here” door sign ENTER
Thick slice SLAB
Barely passing grade DEE
”Nothing” numbers ZEROS
Flop of a film BOMB
Doctor’s ”Right now!” STAT
Evicts OUSTS
Reach a maximum depth SINKTOTHEBOTTOM
Teheran’s country IRAN
Actress Witherspoon REESE
”Bye-bye!” TATA
Tip of an airplane NOSE
Childhood malady MUMPS
Airline to Israel ELAL
Chew like a squirrel GNAW
Used up, as funds SPENT
Farmer’s place, in a kids’ song DELL

Down

Platform for a play STAGE
Chauffeured cars, for short LIMOS
Not moving INERT
Declares untrue DENIES
Kid around with JOSH
Assist in a crime ABET
Butcher’s wares MEATS
”Ain’t so!” reply ISTOO
Get comfy NESTLE
Land measure ACRE
Plant part underground ROOT
Vanish __ thin air INTO
Profound DEEP
Hairdo stiffener GEL
Fence of bushes HEDGE
Comic strip bark ARF
Poodles and parrots PETS
”Natural” home heating GAS
Surrounded by AMID
Without manners RUDE
Era AGE
Mercedes-__ BENZ
Suffix for kitchen ETTE
Office seeker, for short POL
Wild guess STAB
Golf peg TEE
”__ the ramparts . . .” OER
Icy glaze FROST
”Game of Thrones” airer HBO
Thundery weather STORMS
Bovine remark MOO
Rammed like a ram BUTTED
Wolfed down ATEUP
Central idea THEME
No longer edible STALE
Entire amount TOTAL
T-shirt size SMALL
Carry a tune SING
Pressing device IRON
Astronauts’ agency NASA
Was acquainted with KNEW
”Sunday Night Baseball” channel ESPN
Finest possible BEST