Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Friday November 20, 2020.
‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ star, 1982 – GERE
‘Kiss Me ___ the Phone’ (2009 #3 hit) – THRU
‘Little Rhody,’ with ‘the’ – OCEANSTATE
Actor/comedian ___ Baron Cohen – SACHA
Annoying thing to hear in a movie theater – RINGTONE
Ashtray fill – BUTTS
Attention getter – YOOHOO
Avalanche – BARRAGE
Burgeoned – GREW
Burning issue – ARSON
CARE, e.g., for short – NGO
Catchphrase on ‘The Simpsons’ – AYCARAMBA
Childish denial – ARENOT
Classic Buster Keaton film set in Civil War times – THEGENERAL
Common activity in couples therapy – TRUSTEXERCISE
Counter offer, for short? – BLT
Court seat – BANC
Cracked, in a way – DECODED
Crisp, picturewise – INHD
Cut – AXED
Digital identifiers – TOETAGS
Discontinued grocery chain that was once the U.S.’s largest retailer – AANDP
Dolce’s partner in fashion – GABBANA
Experts in determining the exact shape and size of the earth – GEODESISTS
Face-off – DUEL
Fiver – ABE
Game in which the object is to end with zero points – DARTS
German leader after Adenauer – ERHARD
German philosopher Bloch – ERNST
Goes ‘Grrrr’ – GNARS
Got – FOOLED
Gut feelings? – KNOTS
Hearty har-hars – BIGYUKS
Hiker’s bagful – TRAILMIX
Inside the box? – NEW
Like presidents with Bibles, maybe – SWORNIN
Like stadiums – TIERED
Love poet of old – TROUBADOUR
Many workers on Wall Street, informally – IBANKERS
Not so hot – MILD
Off the ___ – GRID
Old English dialect – SAXON
One parent of a mixed-breed ‘poxer’ – PUG
Parched – ARID
Place name in Manhattan – ASTOR
Psst! Don’t pass it on! – CHAINLETTER
Queens’s ___ Field – CITI
Requests made to latecomers, in brief – ETAS
Saltimbocca ingredient – SAGE
Satisfied the munchies – SNACKED
Shipwreck site, maybe – REEF
Slips and such – LINGERIE
Snuggles – NESTLES
Some campus V.I.P.s – RAS
Some terms set by consenting partners – SAFEWORDS
Someone to snuggle with – CUDDLEBUDDY
Spanish opposite of odio – AMOR
Spanish ___ – MOSS
Stage honor – OBIE
Startled response to ‘Eek, a mouse!’ – WHERE
Strawberry, raspberry or cherry – RED
Swarm – MOB
Tempur-Pedic alternatives – SERTAS
Uncut – RAW
Weekend warrior’s cry – TGIF
___ Barnes, W.N.I.T.-winning basketball coach – ADIA
___ lives – NINE
___-Cat – SNO
