Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Tuesday December 15, 2020.
”Ali __ and the Forty Thieves” – BABA
”Silly” bird – GOOSE
”Take __ from me” – ATIP
”Yeah, right!” – OHSURE
”Yes __, Bob!” – SIREE
A Great Lake – ERIE
Aide: Abbr – ASST
Carolers’ songs – NOELS
Cats’ quarry – MICE
Clothing-store section with ties – MENS
Complete collection – SET
Corkscrew shape – SPIRAL
Cruel person – BEAST
Current must-read – BESTSELLINGBOOK
Defendant’s story – ALIBI
Deserve – MERIT
Doozy – LULU
Drained of color – ASHEN
Dried fruit in trail mix – RAISIN
Droplet – BEAD
Dry run – TEST
Entrance – DOOR
Erected – PUTUP
Eve’s husband – ADAM
Evening viewing – PRIMETIMETV
Extremely – VERY
Fascinated by – INTO
Field of expertise – AREA
Have in mind – INTEND
Health clubs – SPAS
Highlands miss – LASS
Hit the slopes – SKI
Hospital professional – NURSE
In a bustling way – BUSILY
In want – NEEDY
Israeli airline – ELAL
Large grocery – SUPERMARKET
Like some diet foods – NOFAT
Make very happy – ELATE
Metric weight, for short – KILO
Misprints – ERRATA
More chilly – ICIER
Mythical lifter – ATLAS
Nose around – SNOOP
Part in a play – ROLE
Perhaps – MAYBE
Person paid to park cars – VALET
Person, place or __ – THING
Pirate’s take – LOOT
Place to exchange vows – ALTAR
Prosecuting attys – DAS
Pub pint – ALE
Puts to work – USES
Revise – EDIT
Run __ (go wild) – AMOK
Scholarly volume – TOME
Scrapes by, with ”out” – EKES
Seller – VENDOR
Shades of light brown – TANS
Sheep’s cry – BAA
Shooting star – METEOR
Shopping meccas – MALLS
Short and thick, as fingers – STUBBY
Sky-colored – BLUE
Small batteries – AAS
Some cooked chickens – FRYERS
Some savings plans, briefly – IRAS
Started a golf round, with ”up” – TEED
Strong __ ox – ASAN
Suffix for kitchen – ETTE
Tart-tasting – SOUR
Thick carpet – SHAG
Toothpaste holder – TUBE
Voice below soprano – ALTO
Wasps’ homes – NESTS
Wide belt – SASH
Wood strips – SLATS
Yoga practitioner in India – HINDU
