Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Saturday December 26, 2020.
#1, informally – FAVE
‘Be right with you’ – ONESEC
‘Hands Across the ___’ (John Philip Sousa march) – SEA
‘The way,’ in Islam – SHARIA
‘Unquestionably’ – YES
Add up, so to speak – RINGTRUE
Aromatic attire – LEIS
Basilica di Santa Chiara locale – ASSISI
Big name in bandages – CURAD
Bunch of flowers – POSY
Cap material – POLARICE
Chops – AXES
Cold evidence – SNIFFLE
Couple of pennies? – ENS
Creators of quipus, knotted strings used to record census data and other information – INCA
Draw – ATTRACT
Embroidery loop – PICOT
F equivalent – ESHARP
Field of product liability – TORTLAW
From dawn to dusk – ALLDAY
Going out for a while? – SIESTA
Hurt – HARMED
Iris feature – AREOLA
It adds color to a sidewalk – CHALKART
It has its opinions – OPEDPAGE
Italian sculptor ___ Lorenzo Bernini – GIAN
Joshua trees, e.g – YUCCAS
Keogh alternative – IRA
Kind of music or pitch – ELEVATOR
Like some queens – APIAN
Lilliputian – TEENSY
Lime might be added to one – KILN
Locale near a landing – STAIR
Maiden – DAMSEL
Major chip maker – NEC
Make disappear – DISPEL
N.F.L. Hall-of-Famer who was the 1993 Super Bowl M.V.P – AIKMAN
No-nos at a racetrack – LATEBETS
Not very bright – DRAB
One ‘A’ in the Michigan nickname ‘A2’ – ANN
One likely to end on a low note? – TUBA
One of many that Bugs Bunny appeared in – CEL
Ones making good use of the hands? – CARDSHARKS
Organizer of a couples cruise? – NOAH
Over the ___ – EDGE
Part of certain percussion instruments – MALLET
Pet from the tropics – IGUANA
Powerhouse – DYNAMO
Protector of a quarterback’s blind side, often – LEFTTACKLE
Respected figure – ELDERSTATESMAN
Retries – DOOVERS
River of song – SWANEE
Ruffles – IRKS
Rules might define them – ERAS
Show the door – USHEROUT
Showbiz’s ‘Mr. Showmanship’ – LIBERACE
Singer India.___ – ARIE
Some Craigslist listings: Abbr – APTS
Something for which a dealer might tell customers ‘Hands off!’ – SELFDRIVINGCAR
Start of a romance – SPARKS
Suffer some damage – TAKEAHIT
Suffix with prism – OID
The eucharist, e.g – RITE
Venom – MALICE
Whose house might be in Aarhus – DANE
Words in a foreign language that bear a deceptive resemblance to those in another, like the French ‘décevoir’ (‘disappoint’) and the English ‘deceive’ – FAUXAMIS
Works with the hands – KNEADS
___ State, home of the Golden Flashes – KENT
