Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Friday December 18, 2020.
Let’s go!’ – BETTERGETMOVING
‘Wow!,’ quaintly – EGAD
‘Yo!’ – HEY
‘___ et labora’ (‘Pray and work’: Lat.) – ORA
+ or -, for a battery – END
Academy offering – OSCAR
Bit of needle work – TAT
Caesar and others – SALADS
Censure – CONDEMN
Center of a circle or square, maybe – STATUE
Cleared one’s cookies? – ATE
Close up – SEAL
Conned – HAD
Court suspensions? – NETS
Demi of pop – LOVATO
Erin Doherty’s role on ‘The Crown’ – ANNE
Extra-bright – NEON
Fella – BUB
Foe of Caesar – CATO
Future D.A.’s hurdle – LSAT
George Mallory’s famous response to ‘Why did you want to climb Mount Everest?’ – BECAUSEITSTHERE
Get-up – TOGS
Hold for another year, say – FAIL
Kitchen tool for fruit – CORER
Like a hoppin’ party – LIT
Line outside the entrance? – OPENSESAME
Longtime CBS News host Charles – OSGOOD
Look out for, say – ABET
Mantel piece – VASE
Mezza ___ – VOCE
Mideast capital – DOHA
Mike Piazza, beginning in 2006 – EXMET
Modern register at a cashless establishment – IPAD
Nick ___, football coach who led both L.S.U. and Alabama to national championships – SABAN
Not fancy at all – HATE
Obedience class command – HEEL
One involved with an operation – SCRUBNURSE
One of the Beastie Boys – MCA
Org. that endorsed Obamacare – AMA
PC program suffix – EXE
People who might tell you to stop, but probably shouldn’t – BACKSEATDRIVERS
Pkg. insert – ENC
Poorly kept – SEEDY
Rafts – TONS
Rank – NASTY
Really fancies – CRAVES
Recipe abbr – TSP
Retreats from the heat – OASES
Sacked – LOOTED
Seasonal seafood delicacy – SHADROE
Setting for forensic investigations – SCENEOFTHECRIME
Some members of the fam – SIBS
Some real heady stuff? – BEER
Source of the word ‘trousers’ – ERSE
Square-cut masonry – ASHLAR
State flower of Utah – SEGO
Stereotypical cry from a sailor – SHIVERMETIMBERS
Supermodel Wek – ALEK
Target of a 1972 ban – DDT
The U.S. Open is played on it: Abbr – EDT
Thereabouts – ORSO
Things in the plus column – ASSETS
Things typically found in dens – ARMCHAIRS
Torque symbol – TAU
Using any means necessary – CATCHASCATCHCAN
Vague sense – VIBE
W.W. I battle locale – YSER
Way – ROAD
Way – PATH
What Neptune’s chariot was drawn by – SEAHORSES
[Gulp!] – OHNO
___ Mesa, Calif – COSTA
