Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Monday October 19, 2020.
‘Casablanca’ pianist – SAM
‘Take me as ___’ – IAM
Anger, in the comics – STORMCLOUD
Arm or leg – LIMB
Arranged alphabetically, e.g – ORDERED
Basketball great Iverson – ALLEN
Big name in dog food – ALPO
Bird in a gaggle – GOOSE
Bit of sunshine – RAY
Blunder – ERR
Broadcast time – AIRDATE
Burden too heavily – OVERLOAD
Calm and impassive – STOLID
Catkin-producing tree – ALDER
Channel for Erin Burnett and Don Lemon – CNN
Chief Norse god – ODIN
Classic distress call – SOS
Country singer Steve – EARLE
Cousin of an elk – DEER
Droopy part of a basset hound – EAR
Easy ___, easy go – COME
Egypt’s capital – CAIRO
Enough – AMPLE
Extend one’s tour of duty – REUP
Gait slower than a gallop – TROT
German car once owned by General Motors – OPEL
Ginger ___ – ALE
Group of buffalo – HERD
Group of seven – SEPTET
Harper who wrote ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ – LEE
Honda model with a palindromic name – CIVIC
Idea, in the comics – LIGHTBULB
Ill-tempered – PEEVISH
In answer to the request ‘Talk dirty to me,’ she sometimes says ‘The carpet needs vacuuming’ – SIRI
Intervening space – GAP
Just sitting around – IDLE
Letter after phi, chi and psi – OMEGA
Like Satan – EVIL
Lose color – FADE
Love, jealousy and anger – EMOTIONS
Make catty remarks from the side – SNIPE
Mall unit – STORE
Many souvenir shirts – TEES
Minecraft or Fortnite – GAME
Money in Mexico – PESOS
Mosque leader – IMAM
Name spelled out in a Kinks hit – LOLA
Nervousness, in the comics – SWEATDROPS
No-goodnik – SOANDSO
Norway’s capital – OSLO
Observe through a crystal ball, say – FORESEE
Odor, in the comics – WAVYLINES
Pantry-raiding bugs – ANTS
Peas and peanuts, for two – LEGUMES
Percussion instrument made from a gourd – MARACA
Perfect example – EPITOME
Pirate’s plunder – SWAG
Portrait painter Rembrandt ___ – PEALE
President George or George W – BUSH
Presidential bill-killer – VETO
Presidential office shape – OVAL
Prickly plant – CACTUS
Read the U.P.C. of – SCAN
Refrain syllables in ‘Deck the Halls’ – LAS
Remove a knot from – UNTIE
Scores in baseball – RUNS
See-through material – MESH
Setting for TV’s ‘Cheers’ – BAR
Start the poker pot – ANTE
Trellis-climbing plant – VINE
Trig, calc, etc – MATH
Uttered – SAID
Voice above baritone – TENOR
Wedding words – IDO
What an oenologist is an expert on – WINE
White-plumed wader – EGRET
___ and crafts – ARTS
___ metabolism (energy expended at rest) – BASAL
