Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Friday December 11, 2020.
‘. . . __ reasonable facsimile” – ORA
”Avatar” race – NAVI
”From now” antonym – AGO
”Grr!” – IMMAD
”Iliad” activity – WAR
”Simpsons” barkeep – MOE
Absolut rival – STOLI
Apt to meddle – NOSY
Beside oneself, perhaps – CLONED
Bette’s ”Divine” nickname – MISSM
Bit of a flue – ASH
Bottom-dwelling fish – MUDEEL
Caesar’s love – AMOR
Cheney predecessor – GORE
Childhood ailment – MUMPS
City in Tuscany – SIENA
DOJ branch – DEA
Dude – BRO
End of the century – MMC
Feta source – EWE
Foal’s mom – DAM
French fashion monogram – YSL
Frightful – GRIM
Frozen dessert franchise – TCBY
Furnace fuel – GAS
Give up – BAGIT
Go downhill fast – SKI
Hamilton biographer Chernow – RON
Handle roughly – MAUL
Hockey player’s stat – ICETIME
Incubator occupant – EGG
Inspiration – IDEA
King Salman subject – SAUDI
Knesset nickname – BIBI
Landed – ALIT
Last Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner – DERN
Longing feeling – ACHE
Lowers oneself at a beach party – LIMBOS
Main event preceders – PRELIMS
Mischievous – IMPISH
Money depicting Mao – YUAN
Musical skill, these days – CHOPS
Notable stretch – ERA
Nothing at all – ZIP
Octopus ”arsenal” – INKSAC
Out of control – HAYWIRE
Parisian pronoun – MON
Put to the test – ASSAY
Quirk – TIC
Rachael Ray sautéing staple – EVOO
Retro shout of support – RAH
Rossini opera hero – TELL
Scopes of activity – AMBITS
Some subset of – ANY
Southeast Asian metropolis – MANILA
Speaker introducers – MCS
Sports site – ARENA
Text of approval – LOL
Thatcher, vis-à-vis Oxford – ALUMNA
Treat on toast – BLT
Two on the equator – KIRIBATISOMALIA
Two on the equator – GABONUGANDA
Two on the equator – BRAZILCOLOMBIA
Two on the equator – INDONESIAKENYA
Two on the equator – MALDIVESECUADOR
Unlike vests – SLEEVED
Urban district – WARD
Where interns may work – ORS
Worst possible attendance – NOONE
Written reminder – MEMO
[That’s shocking!] – GASP
__ America (basic cable network) – BBC
