Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Friday December 18, 2020.
Giant’ mammal – PANDA
‘Got it’ – ISEE
‘I wouldn’t put it ___ them’ – PAST
‘Oh yeah? You and what ___?’ – ARMY
‘Oops! . . . ___ It Again’ – IDID
‘Stop goofing around!’ – GETSERIOUS
‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,’ for example – SPIRITUAL
‘Thank you for coming to my ___ Talk’ – TED
‘The Little Mermaid’ prince – ERIC
1936 Olympics star Jesse – OWENS
2012 Rihanna hit – STAY
A-lister, e.g – CELEB
Actress Collins – LILY
Adhesive for hanging a dorm room poster – TAPE
Aid for a lost Soul – GPS
Anime about a gondolier on Mars – ARIA
Apple tablets – IPADS
Avoid an incoming projectile, perhaps – DUCK
Bit found in an apple’s core – SEED
Bitter beverage – ALE
California wine county – NAPA
Commotion – DIN
Commotion – ADO
Cone’s counterpart – ROD
Customer – PATRON
Do poorly – FAIL
Docking spot – PIER
Early video game company – ATARI
End of a student’s email address – EDU
End-of-the-week exclamation – TGIF
Fell to the bottom – SANK
Fish dish that might be fishy – GASSTATIONSUSHI
Forte – SPECIALTY
French word on perfume bottles – EAU
Frosty beverage – ICEE
Geometry calculation – AREA
Honorific in India – SRI
In ___ of (rather than) – LIEU
Instrument that plays an orchestra’s tuning note – OBOE
Key on either side of a space bar – ALT
Las Vegas Strip gas – NEON
Laundry product – LIQUIDDETERGENT
Light brown – TAN
Low-pitched instrument – BASS
Melt ingredient – TUNA
One with a password – USER
Parenthetical comment – ASIDE
Pasta-shaped swimming toy – POOLNOODLE
Pen tip – NIB
Perform some songs – DOASET
Plagued – ATEAT
PlayStation maker – SONY
Podiatrists treat them – FEET
Pop in the oven – BAKE
Prepare to propose, perhaps – KNEEL
Resting on – ATOP
Restless – ANTSY
Round, thin object – DISK
Ruminate – DWELL
Share a border – ABUT
Skier’s shelter – LODGE
Slimy substance – GOO
Slips up – ERRS
Some bovines – BULLS
Soup recipe verb – STIR
Stimulate – PIQUE
Stories – TALES
Sturdy footing – SOLIDFOUNDATION
The first ‘A’ in AALDEF – ASIAN
Throat-clearing sound – AHEM
Timed event – RACE
Took a swig, say – DRANK
Tree that’s a symbol of strength – OAK
Vegetable that’s often massaged – KALE
Woks and skillets, e.g – PANS
Word after ‘mock’ or ‘fair’ – TRIAL
___ and raised – BORN
___ splicing – GENE
