Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Tuesday December 22, 2020.
‘Carol’ actress Mara – ROONEY
‘Didn’t see ya there!’ – OHHI
‘Doc McStuffins’ creator Chris – NEE
‘Life of Pi’ animal – TIGER
‘Scrubs’ and ‘Transplant’ settings – ERS
‘Uh-oh!’ – YIKES
‘What more can ___?’ – ISAY
‘___ Fables’ (collection with ‘The Tortoise and the Hare’) – AESOPS
‘___ Meets Body’ (Death Cab for Cutie song) – SOUL
Acorn-producing tree – OAK
Animated characters, for short – TOONS
Arabic for ‘commander’ – EMIR
Artwork you might find at a subway station – MOSAIC
Bouquet holder – VASE
Capital of Austria – VIENNA
Cars with charging stations – TESLAS
Cauliflower relative – BROCCOLI
Cunning scheme – PLOY
Experts – PROS
Family member – MOM
Feature of pro bono services – NOFEE
Fire residue – ASH
Full range – GAMUT
Glowing tree decorations – CHRISTMASLIGHTS
Got up – AROSE
Grateful exclamation – MYHERO
Harvest – REAP
Initials before a summary – TLDR
Jr., to Sr., perhaps – SON
Karaoke item – MIC
Language ___ – ARTS
Lhasa language – TIBETAN
LIKE THIS CLUE – INCAPS
Little troublemaker – IMP
Mascara target – LASH
Modify – CHANGE
Moon indentation – CRATER
More sage – WISER
Movie backdrop – SET
Musical with Rumpleteazer – CATS
NBC show filmed in NYC – SNL
Neglect – IGNORE
No ___, ands or buts – IFS
Nothing-but-net sound – SWISH
Noun, perhaps – PERSON
Ocean Vuong, for example – POET
Pig’s place – STY
Place for a volleyball pad – KNEE
Platform for Apple products – IOS
Poet Naomi Shihab ___ – NYE
Prefix meaning ‘three’ – TRI
Quickly start doing something – SWINGINTOACTION
Safe way to view a solar eclipse – PINHOLECAMERA
Sewing tool – NEEDLE
Shake an Etch A Sketch – ERASE
Siblings may share one – LASTNAME
Soccer powerhouse – USA
Solicit support from – WOO
Sound of boredom – SIGH
Sound of surprise – GASP
Spanish greeting – HOLA
Sri Lanka language – TAMIL
Stockpile – STASH
The ‘k’ in kg – KILO
The hare, to the tortoise – LOSER
Title for Whatsit, Who and Which in ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ – MRS
Topiary plant – SHRUB
Trapezoid, e.g – SHAPE
Treats with a cold pack – ICES
URL ending – ORG
Winnie ___ Pooh – THE
Woodwind player – OBOIST
Word after ‘private’ or ‘public’ – EYE
Word before ‘noon’ or ‘five’ – HIGH
Word shouted in Bananagrams – PEEL
Yellow creature in ‘Despicable Me’ – MINION
___ a pic – SNAP
___ peeve – PET
