Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Wednesday December 9, 2020.
”He did it!” – HIM
”Old McDonald” ender – EIEIO
10% donation – TITHE
5 Across ingredient – ALOE
ABCs of a subject – BASICS
Almighty of Islam – ALLAH
Annoyed – ATEAT
Baseball great Ripken – CAL
Baseballer’s protective wear – BATTINGHELMET
Be a drain on – SAP
Be an annoyance to – PEEVE
Bolt of lightning – FLASH
Boys in the family – SONS
Chose, with ”for” – OPTED
Color of the ocean – AQUA
Cop’s protective wear – BULLETPROOFVEST
Cubes in a cocktail – ICE
Deserves to get – EARNS
Dollar sign shape – ESS
Eclair or cinnamon bun – PASTRY
En __ (as a large group) – MASSE
Extremely eager – RABID
Factory worker’s protective wear – STEELTOESHOES
Fast-spreading Web posts – MEMES
Faux __ (error in etiquette) – PAS
Feeling tense – ONEDGE
Fey of TV – TINA
Former soldier, for short – VET
Former Swedish automaker – SAAB
Game for tot sluggers – TBALL
Gauge showing revs – TACH
Go off, as explosives – DETONATE
Greek liqueur – OUZO
Health insurance grps – HMOS
Heating duct – VENT
Identical – SAME
Laughs or gasps, say – REACTS
Leave a highway – EXIT
Letters after sigmas – TAUS
Light-rail car – TRAM
Low-voiced singer – BASS
Lumberjack’s choppers – AXES
Minor quarrel – SPAT
Mirror view – IMAGE
Mom’s sister – AUNT
Netlike fabric – MESH
Nothing at all – NIL
Of punishment – PENAL
Parcel out – ALLOT
Poker hand fees – ANTES
Prefix for final or sweet – SEMI
Raison d’__ – ETRE
Rental agreement – LEASE
Rice dish of Spain – PAELLA
Right away, in a memo – ASAP
Russian autocrat of old – CZAR
Sacred – HOLY
Shipped off – SENT
Soft ”Hey you!” – PSST
Solemn pledge – OATH
Soothing ointment – BALM
Steer clear of – ELUDE
Suffix for percent – ILE
Taking quite a while – LONG
Texas site to ”Remember” – THEALAMO
Tooth’s exterior – ENAMEL
Touch on the shoulder – TAP
Touched on the head – PATTED
Toward the back of a boat – AFT
Using few words – TERSE
Web address starter – HTTP
Website info page – FAQS
Wedding assent – IDO
What ”cookies” starts with – HARDC
Without help – ALONE
Your sister’s daughters – NIECES
