Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Wednesday December 16, 2020.
‘Reading Rainbow’ host Burton – LEVAR
‘___ the only one?’ – AMI
), briefly – PAREN
2002 musical that won eight Tonys – HAIRSPRAY
Amateur sports level – PEEWEE
Beyond regulation, briefly – INOT
Brief moment – SEC
Canine breeders’ org – AKC
Cheese plate staple – CRACKER
Cowardly – CRAVEN
Deli counter device – SCALE
Develops a liking for – TAKESTO
Disorganized pile – HEAP
Dopey co-worker – SLEEPY
Dorm monitors, for short – RAS
Dreidels, e.g – TOPS
Elect (to) – OPT
Fancy-schmancy – POSH
Father of ___ (epithet for Toussaint L’Ouverture) – HAITI
Felix of ‘The Odd Couple,’ for one – NEATFREAK
Female friends, in Spain – AMIGAS
Fermented milk drinks – KEFIRS
Fights through adversity – PERSISTS
Gaelic language – ERSE
Get through to – REACH
Give 10% – TITHE
Help with a heist – ABET
Hit TV show rebranded as ‘The Conners’ in 2018 – ROSEANNE
Home of the Minoan civilization – CRETE
Home with a smoke flap – TEPEE
How Russia ranks first among all countries – INAREA
Iditarod pace setter – LEADDOG
Include on an email – ATTACH
Kind of wave – SINE
Little bit – SKOSH
Long, long time – EON
Make stuff up – FIB
Martin Luther’s crime – HERESY
Mother of Zeus – RHEA
Mythomaniac – LIAR
Nasdaq listings: Abbr – COS
Need for making latkes – OIL
New Orleans team – SAINTS
Next in line – HEIR
Offshore – ASEA
One of the Three Stooges – MOE
Oscillates about a vertical axis – YAWS
Part of a philatelist’s collection – STAMP
Parts of black widow spiders’ diets – ANTS
Pfizer competitor – MERCK
Pick up – SENSE
Place to land that’s not on land – AIRCRAFTCARRIER
Plastic-like clogs – CROCS
Pouch – SAC
Quick pics – SNAPS
Rise up – REVOLT
School founded by Henry VI – ETON
See 11-Down – KENOBI
Shakespeare’s ‘Richard ___’ – III
Show decorum – ACTNICE
Something you grin and bare? – TOOTH
Spin – TWIRL
Suffix with lemon or lime – ADE
The Bronx Bombers, briefly – NYY
Toy celebrated at Brickworld conventions – LEGO
Toy company that made Etch A Sketch a success – OHIOART
Treasury notes … or what the two sides of 17-, 23-, 37- and 52-Across are joined with? – GOVERNMENTBONDS
Up to it – ABLE
Very picture of idleness? – SCREENSAVER
Wildlife sanctuary – RESERVE
Windpipe – TRACHEA
With 45-Down, Luke Skywalker’s mentor – OBIWAN
