Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Thursday December 24, 2020.
”A mouse!” – EEK
”Motor Trend” topic – AUTOS
”Othello” plotter – IAGO
”Too bad!” – ALAS
44th president – OBAMA
Administer the oath to – SWEARIN
All wound up – TENSE
Anchor’s job – NEWSCOVERAGE
Arctic explorer – PEARY
Be scornful of – SNEERAT
Be suspicious – SMELLARAT
Beanery patron – EATER
Beginning – ONSET
Blue hue – NAVY
Bug-eyed – AGOG
Butterfly relatives – MOTHS
Carousel locale – BAGGAGECLAIM
Circumference section – ARC
Comedian Crystal – BILLY
Conceals – MASKS
Condos, cottages, etc – REALTY
Dairy din – MOOING
Directional sign – ARROW
Divide – PART
Down for the count – KOD
Feeling off – ILL
Fellows – MEN
Film buff’s channel – AMC
Fr. ladies – MMES
Glide down peaks – SKI
Goody two shoes – PRIG
Hamburger portion – PATTY
Help in wrongdoing – ABET
Hosiery mishaps – SNAGS
Hubbub – ADO
Impenetrable – DENSE
Japanese assent – HAI
Knock on the noggin – BONK
Mike tester’s word – ONE
Mole, in spydom – DOUBLEAGENT
Museum-funding org – NEA
Network point – NODE
Not yet realized – UNMET
Parrot’s place – CAGE
Part of an abbey – APSE
Person to respect – ELDER
Pitch-black – INKY
Plow into – RAM
Pool-table material – SLATE
Put to shame – ABASE
Read the UPC of – SCAN
Schedule opening – SLOT
Scratching-post user – CAT
Ship’s backbone – KEEL
Show credits – CAST
Sitcom half-hour – EPISODE
Snakes do it – MOLT
Some toothpaste – GEL
Stage prompts – CUES
Stolen, slangily – HOT
Synthetic fabric – ORLON
Taj __ – MAHAL
Take it easy – LAYBACK
Tariff regulations, e.g – TRADEPOLICY
Thurman of film – UMA
To any extent – ATALL
To the __ degree – NTH
Toledo’s lake – ERIE
Top gymnastic scores – TENS
Treat vindictively – SPITE
Trucker on the air – CBER
Up to it – ABLE
Variety of softball – SLOWPITCH
Was idle – SAT
Was rambunctious – ACTEDUP
Without a break – ONEND
Work up – AGITATE
Yemen neighbor – OMAN
