Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Monday December 7, 2020.
Hand me a flashlight’? – PASSTHETORCH
‘Naughty’ and ‘nice’ things for Santa – LISTS
‘Person’ that speaks in beeps and boops – ROBOT
‘Well, lookee here!’ – OHO
‘Would you call the elevator for me?’ – CANIGETALIFT
Abbr. on a 0 button – OPER
Admits, as an offense – COPSTO
Alternative to Chicago’s Midway – OHARE
American living abroad, e.g – EXPAT
Amish cousin – MENNONITE
Any minute now – SOON
Certain pueblo dweller – HOPI
Cher, e.g., voicewise – ALTO
Chrissy of ‘This Is Us’ – METZ
Constellation with a ‘belt’ – ORION
Cuts the grass – MOWS
Dickens’s ‘___ House’ – BLEAK
Dinghy or dory – BOAT
Dog walker’s need – LEASH
Dot’s counterpart in Morse code – DASH
Drawers for money – TILLS
Ending of seven Asian countries’ names – STAN
Fencing sword – EPEE
First word of a fairy tale – ONCE
Foreordained – FATED
Golf ball stands – TEES
Good amount of land to build on – ACRE
Grp. that sets oil benchmarks – OPEC
Hairstyle that may have a pick – AFRO
Home that might melt – IGLOO
Hot après-ski beverage – COCOA
Hurricane that was the subject of 2006’s ‘When the Levees Broke’ – KATRINA
Insurance giant – AETNA
It’s a no-no – TABOO
Item in a purse – COMB
Japanese sash – OBI
Jargon – CANT
Keeping a stiff upper lip – STOIC
Leaf-turning time: Abbr – SEP
Letters after nus – XIS
Like a recovering hosp. patient, perhaps – POSTOP
Like some ski slopes and prices – STEEP
Long part of a rose – STEM
Magnum ___ (greatest work) – OPUS
Message to the office staff – MEMO
Mexican mister – SENOR
Microwaves – ZAPS
More than amazing – EPIC
Mosquitoes and gnats – PESTS
Nail the test – ACEIT
Old South American empire – INCA
Part of an office telephone no – EXT
Period of rapid growth – SPURT
Pet peeves? – FLEAS
Pharmacy offerings – DRUGS
Piece of pizza – SLICE
Pouty expression – MOUE
Put forward, as a theory – POSIT
Reason some people move to the Cayman Islands – TAXRELIEF
Remove, as a sticker – PEELOFF
Seat at the bar – STOOL
Should, informally – OUGHTA
Six years, for a U.S. senator – TERM
Start a game of cards – DEAL
Sweetie pie – HON
Tentacled sea creatures – OCTOPI
The latest – NEWS
Traveled by subway? – WENTDOWNTHETUBE
Use French fries as legal tender? – CASHINONESCHIPS
Vow before a judge – IDO
Whom Cain slew – ABEL
Wine region of California – NAPA
Worker paid day by day, maybe – TEMP
___ buco – OSSO
___ v. Wade – ROE
___-evaluation – SELF
