Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Tuesday December 22, 2020.
”Absolutely!” – YES
”Money __ object” – ISNO
”My __ are sealed!” – LIPS
”__ but known!” – HADI
Actors’ parts – ROLES
Adopted, as a pet – TOOKIN
Air freshener target – ODOR
Ankle injury – SPRAIN
Assist in a crime – ABET
Balance-sheet plus – ASSET
Band of traveling actors – TROUPE
Berets and bonnets – HATS
Best-seller – HIT
Big sheet of ice – FLOE
Breadbasket items – ROLLS
Building’s ground level – FIRSTFLOOR
Butcher shop buy – BEEF
Cafeteria brawl – FOODFIGHT
Capital of Norway – OSLO
Contemptible one – LOUSE
Criticize – FINDFAULT
Deed holder – OWNER
Dog treats – BONES
Duet plus one – TRIO
Elm, for one – TREE
Employee’s end-of-week shout – TGIF
Envelope part – FLAP
Fence opening – GATE
Fizzy drink – SODA
Fly like an eagle – SOAR
Fuse, as metal – WELD
Grownup – ADULT
Handout in a fine restaurant – WINELIST
Horse’s foot – HOOF
Hosiery shade – NUDE
Hotel room fee – RATE
Is knocked for a loop – REELS
Keep in a cage – CONFINE
Lessen – ABATE
Library no-no – NOISE
Little kids – TOTS
Mix, as salad – TOSS
Move like a butterfly – FLIT
Much-admired celebrity – IDOL
Nary a soul – NONE
Not punctual – LATE
Oodles – ATON
Otherwise – ELSE
Paid out – SPENT
Participates in a marathon – RUNS
Peered at – EYED
Prefix for dynamic – AERO
Putter’s target – HOLE
Railroad bridge supports – TRESTLES
Result of a sudden downpour – FLASHFLOOD
Similarly – ALIKE
Skeptical – LEERY
Skin-cream ingredient – ALOE
Soccer score – GOAL
Southpaw’s nickname – LEFTY
Speck of land in the sea – ISLE
Start a paragraph – INDENT
Start to melt – THAW
Steering system components – TIERODS
Stinging insect – BEE
Sunrise direction – EAST
Take up a hem, perhaps – ALTER
Thorough investigation – PROBE
Throw out a fishing line – CAST
Top-notch – AONE
Tummy muscles, for short – ABS
Used to be – WAS
Very strange – EERIE
Wandering animal – STRAY
Wartime partner – ALLY
Washbowl – BASIN
Where Des Moines is – IOWA
Winter coaster – SLED
