Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Monday November 9, 2020.
A long time ___ in a galaxy far, far away …’ (‘Star Wars’ intro) – AGO
‘Erin go ___!’ – BRAGH
‘Keen!’ – NEATO
‘That’s ___ from me’ (refusal) – ANO
‘Trees’ in underwater forests – KELPS
‘What?,’ in Oaxaca – QUE
Against the law – ILLEGAL
Alternative to Venmo – CASH
Appropriate initials of ‘stuff we all get’ – SWAG
Arthropod that can roll into a ball – PILLBUG
Back muscle, for short – LAT
Banana leftover – PEEL
Best Actress nominee for ‘Juno’ – ELLENPAGE
Big ___, nickname of baseball’s David Ortiz – PAPI
Brainstorms – IDEAS
Busy person just before an election – POLLTAKER
Carne ___ (grilled beef dish) – ASADA
Comes down a mountain, in a way – RAPPELS
Cosmetician Lauder – ESTEE
Country whose name becomes another country if you change the last letter to a Q – IRAN
Cry to a toreador – OLE
Defining period – ERA
Dots on a transit map – STOPS
Edible mushroom with a honeycomb cap – MOREL
Elective eye surgery – LASIK
Farm animal that kicks – MULE
Financial aid for college that doesn’t need to be repaid – PELLGRANT
Fix, as a shoe – RESOLE
Flips out – GOESAPE
For whom a product designer designs – USER
Gets a whiff of – SMELLS
Go by, as time – ELAPSE
Grand ___ National Park – TETON
Having tines – PRONGED
Hay unit – BALE
Home of Cardiff and Swansea – WALES
Insects that love wool – MOTHS
It’s said to have the thickest fur of any mammal – OTTER
Like some beer at a bar – ONTAP
Lures for magazine readers – PULLQUOTES
Melted chocolate, e.g – GOO
Minneapolis’s twin city – STPAUL
Mixed-breed dog that’s part spaniel – COCKAPOO
Musk who founded SpaceX – ELON
Necessity for a teacher – PUPIL
Number said just before ‘Liftoff!’ – ONE
Olympic Dream Team inits – USA
Op-ed piece, e.g – ESSAY
Person with a basket or cart – SHOPPER
Place in a mausoleum – ENTOMB
Pledge drive giveaway – TOTE
Raiser of the dead? – PALLBEARER
Related to big business – CORPORATE
Right to cross someone else’s land – EASEMENT
Rod, reel, tackle box, etc., for a fisher – GEAR
Rummage (around) – ROOT
Sample a soda, say – SIP
Singer Lana Del ___ – REY
Start of a newspaper article, in journalese – LEDE
Thing with pads and claws – PAW
Tiny bit – IOTA
Trending hashtag beginning in 2017 – METOO
Tribulation – WOE
Tried to get elected – RAN
Unlucky – HAPLESS
Unstable chemical compound – ENOL
Wanders – ROAMS
What lieutenants do to captains – SALUTE
When repeated, comforting words – THERE
Word before mall or poker – STRIP
Yanks’ foes – REBS
Young Scottish lady – LASS
___ snail’s pace – ATA
___ Tokarczuk, 2018 Literature Nobelist – OLGA
