Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Wednesday December 16, 2020.
”Beat it!” – SCRAM
”Big Blue” – IBM
”Haven’t decided yet” – ILLSEE
”Keep it” mark – STET
”What ___, chopped liver?” – AMI
), in an emoticon – SMILE
90-degree bend – ELL
Acted bold – DARED
Action-film gun – UZI
Advisory group – CABINET
After-dinner hot drink – TEA
Alphabet opener – ABC
Black-and-white cookie – OREO
Breathed out – EXHALED
Canterbury coins – PENCE
Capital city – SEATOFPOWER
Cereal grain – OAT
Coin with Abe’s portrait – PENNY
Contributed, with ”up” – ANTED
Coop brooder – HEN
Cuban leader Castro – RAUL
Deemed worthy of – RATED
Diner loaf – RYE
Director Ang or Spike – LEE
Distribute, with ”out” – DOLE
Dressed like Dracula – CAPED
Early afternoon – ONE
Either of two African nations – CONGO
Emulated a banshee – WAILED
Excellent two-pair hand – ACESUP
Fabricate, as charges – TRUMPUP
Fairly long time – MONTHS
Fashion designer Christian – DIOR
Find a sum of numbers – ADDUP
Firm up, as muscles – TONE
Former Italian coin – LIRA
Gave the cold shoulder to – SHUNNED
Gavel wielder – CHAIRPERSON
Gen-___ (post-boom babies) – XERS
Genetic letters – DNA
Gourmet cook – CHEF
High society – ELITE
Homer Simpson’s cry – DOH
ICU workers – RNS
Kind of camera, for short – SLR
Liquor in martinis – GIN
Miscellany abbr – ETC
Money-saving, in brand names – ECONO
Muff a grounder – ERR
Mushroom piece – STEM
New Orleans cuisine – CREOLE
Nuclear reactor part – CORE
Oneness – UNITY
Philip Roth’s complainer – PORTNOY
Pitcher’s success – WIN
Place for a bout – ARENA
Played for time – STALLED
Pointed at a target – AIMED
Police informer – STOOLPIGEON
Potato or yam – TUBER
Pursuer of Bugs – ELMER
Reagan’s chimp costar – BONZO
Retort to ”Am too!” – ARENOT
Rummage (through) – RIFLE
Sailor’s shore time – LEAVE
Second-stringer – BENCHWARMER
Shoplifting, e.g – THEFT
Song syllables – LALA
Sonnet creator – POET
Squirrel away – STORE
Stamped return env., for example – ENC
Time past – AGO
Tourist stop – INN
Trail for hounds – SCENT
Treasure find – TROVE
Wall painting – MURAL
Willy Wonka creator – DAHL
__ with faint praise – DAMNS
