Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Friday October 23, 2020.
Equal-foot” crustacean – ISOPOD
”Princess Bride” pirate portrayer – ELWES
”Rabbit of Seville” antagonist – ELMER
”Rock reunion” performance – OLDIE
”The Bachelor” presentation – ROSE
3+ light-years – PARSEC
Absorb slowly – OSMOSE
Analyze closely – PARSE
Ancient teller of animal tales – AESOP
Aquasana alternative – BRITA
Beast that’s a fruit without its tail – ORANG
Break in continuity – GAP
Caster’s implement – ROD
Colonial pamphleteer – PAINE
Comedy Central celebrity special – ROAST
Common prayer starter – OHLORD
Contents of ’70s cassettes – VIDEOTAPE
Critic’s starter or ender – HARDC
Curative quantity – DOSE
Elizabeth I’s father – HENRY
Eminent urban architect – PEI
End of quote – UNDERSTANDSME
Equally – ASWELL
Examine closely – EYE
Fashion designer Saab – ELIE
Fundamentally – INESSENCE
Further down – DEEPER
German Literature Nobelist – HESSE
Get quick cash for – HOCK
GPS reading – NNE
GPs’ grp – AMA
Group met by Gulliver – YAHOOS
Hardly a walk in the park – ORDEAL
Horse/donkey hybrid – HINNY
Huge hole – CHASM
Hun on the run – MARAUDER
Largest Greek island – CRETE
Luminary – VIP
Marsupial, familiarly – POSSUM
Mediterranean-origin prefix – ITALO
Middle of quote – MEYETNOBODY
Miscounted, say – ERRED
More than one-track – STEREO
NBC debut of ’75 (and still at it) – SNL
Noun-forming suffix – NESS
Ordered in an eatery – HAD
Org. with Adoption Centers – ASPCA
PC ”go back” key – ESC
Playback stopper – PAUSE
Poetic direction – YON
Pothook shape – ESS
Pricey – STEEP
Professional calculator – CPA
Pursue, or pursuit – CHASE
Reason colleague – RHYME
Reggae performer, often – RASTA
Seagoing salutations – AHOYS
Sinise CBS series – CSINY
Sleaze – CREEPO
Small ”numero italiano” – TRE
Start of an Albert Einstein quote – EVERYONELIKES
Swiss partner, often – HAM
Taos, for instance – ARTCOLONY
Testy – IRASCIBLE
Tinted slightly – PALE
Toyed with – LEDON
Turkish sweet treat – HALVAH
Ultimate degree – NTH
Unpressured – EASY
What a collar covers – NAPE
Whiny explanation – SOBSTORY
__ jiffy – INA
