Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Tuesday November 17, 2020.
‘Bye now!” – TATA
”Certainly, señora!” – SISI
”Haven’t decided for sure” – IMIGHT
”High” part of some shoes – HEEL
”It’s either you __” – ORME
”Money __ everything” – ISNT
”Thar __ blows!” – SHE
”Wish you __ here” – WERE
”__ you kidding?” – ARE
Actor Alda – ALAN
Alamo Rent a Car rival – AVIS
Animal at a dairy – COW
Apex – ACME
Ark builder – NOAH
Belly muscles – ABS
Birds of peace – DOVES
Black __ (cattle breed) – ANGUS
Butterfly’s cousin – MOTH
California/Nevada lake – TAHOE
Chair or bench – SEAT
Chinese restaurant beverage – HOTTEA
Class exams – TESTS
Denim alternative for slacks – CHINO
Drop __ to (write) – ALINE
Dry as a desert – ARID
Epic story – SAGA
Formal ”Who’s there?” reply – ITISI
Former abbr. for Russia – USSR
From the Emerald Isle – IRISH
Go-getter – DYNAMO
Goes off script – ADLIBS
Gorilla, for example – APE
Got to one’s feet – STOOD
Granola grains – OATS
Grasp firmly – GRIP
Halloween mo – OCT
Helium or hydrogen – GAS
High-minded goals – IDEALS
Initial poker stake – ANTE
Initial stage – ONSET
Level of a theater – TIER
Lots (of) – TONS
Milk-colored stone – OPAL
Move up or down a computer screen – SCROLL
Noisy sleeper – SNORER
Northern African desert – SAHARA
Norway’s capital – OSLO
Not as much – LESS
Odometer measure – MILE
Optimistic – ROSY
Orchestral works with string solos – VIOLINCONCERTOS
Pie fruit – APPLE
Pitch a tent in the woods – CAMP
Prefix meaning ”all” – OMNI
Region – AREA
Sailors’ maps – CHARTS
Sandwich bread – RYE
Scratch up – MAR
So far – ASYET
Solos for divas – SOPRANOARIAS
Solos for keyboardists – PIANOSONATAS
Spicy chip dip – SALSA
Stocking fiber – NYLON
Story that’s often ”tall” – TALE
Stuff ”taken out” to throw out – TRASH
Thaw – MELT
The __ (feelings of tedium) – BLAHS
Took a photo of – SHOT
Topped with frosting – ICED
Type of ray that’s a fish – MANTA
Typical person from Jordan – ARAB
Tyrannical ruler of old Rome – NERO
University of __ Dame – NOTRE
Very dreary – DISMAL
Vice __ (the other way around) – VERSA
White heron – EGRET
Without help – ALONE
__ day now (very soon) – ANY
