Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Saturday December 19, 2020.
‘All right, you’ve got my interest’ – ILLBITE
‘Cool’ amount – MIL
‘Fine then!’ – BELIKETHAT
‘Get ___!’ – REAL
1979 film with Bette Midler’s first starring role – THEROSE
Agamemnon’s son – ORESTES
Ape or parrot – MIMIC
As you like it – TOORDER
Audible nudge – AHEM
Big ___ – MAC
Bruce Lee in ‘Fists of Fury,’ for example – ONEMANARMY
Cabinet additions – HANDLES
Callisto’s animal form, in Greek mythology – BEAR
Case study? – CRIMESCENE
Certain border – HEM
Cheeks – BUNS
Common material for a jacket – ABOUTTHEAUTHOR
Creature whose name comes from the Tswana language – TSETSE
Dark period for Monet – NUIT
Delicate touch – TACT
Dinner ___ – ROLL
Does some lifting – STEALS
Eponym of a European capital, by tradition – ROMULUS
Excited, in modern slang – TURNT
Firm, in a way – ALDENTE
First track on a soundtrack album, often – MAINTHEME
Flies – ZIPS
Got a schoolmate in trouble, maybe – TOLD
Hard and fast – SET
How beans or cheese are often served in Britain – ONTOAST
Item in a metalworker’s gun – RIVET
Jewelry stores? – TREASURETROVES
L’___ (Lalique perfume) – AMOUR
Let proceed – OKED
Letter before Quebec in the NATO alphabet – PAPA
Like NyQuil, in brief – OTC
Lingering quality – ODOR
Lyre holder in classical artwork – ERATO
Make murky – CLOUD
Male kangaroos – BOOMERS
Marbled cut – STRIPSTEAK
Nonbinary possessive – THEIR
Not again! – ONCE
Nutritional guideline, in brief – RDA
Ones holing up in closets? – MOTHS
Parting word – TATA
Parting word – ADIEU
Passing concern – WILL
Preschool recital – ABCS
Prohibition Bureau name – NESS
R&B artist with the Grammy-winning 2017 hit ‘Best Part’ – HER
Rebuff – SNUB
River of Idaho – TETON
Round trips? – ORBITS
Running mate? – COHOST
Sensationalistic opinion, informally – HOTTAKE
Snafu – MESS
Speak softly with contentment – PURR
Squirt – TYKE
Stands – RISES
Stayed fresh – KEPT
Studies more closely, perhaps – REREADS
Stuff searched for in vein? – ORE
The ‘she’ of ‘Nevertheless, she persisted’ – ELIZABETHWARREN
Title woman in a 1975 R&B hit by the Spinners – SADIE
Unit of magnetic flux density – TESLA
Voice – UTTER
Wax figure? – TUSSAUD
Where the dish oysters Rockefeller was invented, informally – NOLA
Williams who was one of the original Temptations – OTIS
