Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Thursday December 17, 2020.
”L’Étoile du __” (Minnesota motto) – NORD
”Roots” author – HALEY
”To a Mouse,” for one – ODE
Any Buddy Holly tune – OLDIE
Approved – OKD
Artifice – TRICK
Australian canine – DINGO
Backtalk – LIP
Battleground of 1836 – ALAMO
Bit of resistance – OHM
Bombard with criticism – STRAFE
Brontë heroine – EYRE
Camporee setups – TENTS
Cayuse controller – REIN
Colo. neighbor – KAN
Conversation starter – HELLO
Cool cubes – ICE
Currently – NOW
Currently – INTHISDAYANDAGE
Day-__ paint – GLO
Depend (on) – RIDE
Ecology-minded agcy – EPA
Emphatic type: Abbr – ITAL
Entry hall – FOYER
Extremely dry – ARID
Fairway position – LIE
Film megastar of the 1910s – BARA
Frost kin – DEW
Grandpa Walton portrayer – GEER
Handling personal business, perhaps – TAKINGTHEDAYOFF
High-security airline – ELAL
Hurtle in the direction of – RUSHTO
I, in Innsbruck – ICH
Ice-cream extra, at times – OREO
Ink saver of a sort – ETC
Journey segment – LEG
July 4th, e.g – NATIONALHOLIDAY
K-6 – ELEM
Light brown – ECRU
Light brown – TAN
Likewise not – NOR
Looking over – EYEING
Made angry – IRKED
March-November period – DAYLIGHTSAVINGS
Martial mount – STEED
Minimal snow – FLAKE
Minister to – FEED
Not ”fer” – AGIN
Olden days – YORE
Once-while link – INA
One not to be trusted – LIAR
Opposite of ”brighten” – BEDIM
Part of AAA – AMER
Poker declaration – IMOUT
Possessive pronoun – HER
Quipster’s asset – WIT
Refer (to) – ALLUDE
Senior’s income source: Abbr – IRA
Separately – APART
Silk substitute – RAYON
Sir’s counterpart – MADAM
Some evergreens – YEWS
Some Harvard grads – MBAS
Sphere starter – HEMI
Subatomic particle – MESON
Sun Tzu’s ”The __ War” – ARTOF
Texas NBAer – MAV
Three-time heavyweight champ – ALI
Throughout the course of – AMID
Tom Cruise ex – KATIE
Victory goddess – NIKE
Volume’s ID – ISBN
Walking speeds – PACES
Wedding-dress style – ALINE
When NPR airs the week’s first ”Fresh Air” – MONDAYAFTERNOON
Whence pride comes – EGO
Wonka creator – DAHL
__-Saxon – ANGLO
