Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Tuesday November 3, 2020.
”Believe __ not!” – ITOR
”Me too” – DITTO
”Tall” story – TALE
”What’s __ for me?” – INIT
”Whoopee!” – YAHOO
Anthem or ballad – SONG
Any literary category – GENRE
Approximately – ABOUT
Auto wheel – TIRE
Away from other people – ISOLATED
Back muscles, for short – LATS
Back-in-style fashion – RETRO
Become ripe – AGE
Bird in a coop – HEN
Bit of help for a sleuth – CLUE
Chooses (to) – OPTS
Cleveland’s state – OHIO
Clouds (up) – FOGS
Colorful part of the eye – IRIS
Concentrate on a task – FOCUS
Consume eagerly – EATUP
Cradle or crib – BED
Dark green spheres on a relish tray – SPANISHOLIVES
Dashed off on foot – RAN
Difficult journey – TREK
Distress signal – SOS
Double-__ sword – EDGED
Elevate – LIFT
Fake coins – SLUGS
Flat-topped hill – MESA
Frog’s cousin – TOAD
Fruit that becomes a prune – PLUM
Go __ (set sail) – TOSEA
Good friend – PAL
In these times – NOWADAYS
Installments of a TV show – EPISODES
Item of value – ASSET
Knockwurst or bratwurst – GERMANSAUSAGE
Large African desert – SAHARA
Leak slowly – SEEP
Long-lasting hairdos, for short – PERMS
Mail-drop opening – SLOT
Main point – GIST
Minor earthquake – TREMOR
Neighborhood – AREA
Not diluted – PURE
Oceans’ rises and falls – TIDES
Oil-and-vinegar salad topping – ITALIANDRESSING
Omit from consideration – SKIP
Pea container – POD
Peculiar – ODD
Person downloading apps – USER
Pink flower symbol of Mississippi – MAGNOLIA
Quaint lodgings – INNS
Remove, as a tree branch – SAWOFF
Rolled into a coil – WOUND
Rung of a ladder – STEP
Self-defense spray – MACE
Sergeant’s ”Stop!” – HALT
Silent street performer – MIME
Small boy – LAD
Soup-making vessels – POTS
Source of bath bubbles – SOAP
Stared at – OGLED
States something as fact – SAYSSO
Stinging insect – WASP
Strong affection – LOVE
Stubborn beast – ASS
Sword handles – HILTS
Thin cut in an envelope – SLIT
To no __ (useless) – AVAIL
Tortilla chip – NACHO
Typeface – FONT
Wildly excited – AGOG
Wilted, as lettuce – LIMP
__ now and then (occasionally) – EVERY
