Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Monday December 7, 2020.
”Better luck __ time” – NEXT
”For shame!” sounds – TSKS
”If all __ fails . . .” – ELSE
”Shoo!” – SCAT
Actor Baldwin – ALEC
Affirmative answers – YESES
Armored army vehicles – TANKS
Avoid, as a crisis – AVERT
Bags for potatoes – SACKS
Barnyard egg layers – HENS
Be at an incline – SLANT
Be popular now on social media – TREND
Bullets or cannonballs – AMMO
Cars with meters – TAXIS
Computer owner – USER
Decline to take part in – PASSUP
Dips a donut into milk – DUNKS
Dollar bills – ONES
Edgar __ Poe – ALLAN
Eve and Adam’s home – EDEN
Explosive initials – TNT
Fairy tale meanie – OGRE
Fashionable – CHIC
Female choir member – ALTO
Flat-topped Western hill – MESA
Frisbee shape – DISC
Gave temporarily – LENT
Green fruit with a martini – OLIVE
Had a meal – ATE
HD sets in dens – TVS
Helpful clue – HINT
Highest cards in poker – ACES
Initial poker payment – ANTE
Intelligence, informally – SMARTS
Island near Maui – OAHU
Jigsaw puzzle parts – PIECES
Largest continent – ASIA
Major happenings – EVENTS
Make simpler – EASE
Makes a sketch – DRAWS
No longer fresh, as bread – STALE
Notion – IDEA
Parakeet or poodle – PET
Pepper-grinding dispenser – MILL
Perform in a choir – SING
Pile of pancakes – STACK
Place for wedding vows – ALTAR
Poems of praise – ODES
Poisonous – TOXIC
Remain – STAY
Rooster or bull – MALE
Septet in a week – DAYS
Severe, as criticism – HARSH
Short movie clip – SCENE
Showing no emotion – STOIC
Similar (to) – AKIN
Small boat that’s paddled – CANOE
Small scissor cut – SNIP
Spaghetti or tortellini – PASTA
Strong longing – URGE
Swarm (with) – TEEM
Take a chance with – RISK
Tarnish, as a reputation – TAINT
Tiny pests at picnics – ANTS
Took care of, as a task – SAWTO
Took without permission – STOLE
Toppled over – FELL
Tree with cones – PINE
Trousers’ belt holder – LOOP
Volcano outflow – LAVA
Was untruthful – LIED
Where a bell signals a crew to go fight flames – FIREHOUSE
Where a bell signals students – CLASSROOM
Where a bell starts a Wall St. trading day – NYSTOCKEXCHANGE
Wipe from a chalkboard – ERASE
Young boys – LADS
__ and crafts – ARTS
__ and kicking (robust) – ALIVE
