Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Monday December 28, 2020.
‘Gnarly, dude!’ – RAD
‘Star Wars’ droid, informally – ARTOO
‘The Brady Bunch’ threesome – SONS
‘The Lord of the Rings’ baddie – ORC
‘To a Skylark,’ e.g – ODE
‘Wheel of Fortune’ play – SPIN
‘___ whiz!’ – GEE
911 call respondent, for short – EMT
Absolute chicness – HEIGHTOFFASHION
Amounts on Monopoly cards – RENTS
Anytime at all – EVER
Approx. when to get to the airport for a pickup – ETA
Athlete’s goal in competition – PEAKPERFORMANCE
BBQ spoiler – RAIN
Be sociable – INTERACT
Biblical land with a queen – SHEBA
Big sporting goods retailer – REI
Bold response to a threat – ORWHAT
Brown, as a roast – SEAR
Cherry-colored – CERISE
Chocolate beans – CACAOS
Choice on ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ – DOOR
Company behind Battlezone and Asteroids – ATARI
Cozy retreats – DENS
Cuomo of CNN – CHRIS
Cyclops and Wolverine, for two – XMEN
DVR system – TIVO
Email outbox folder – SENT
Enthusiastic response to ‘Who wants candy?’ – IDOIDO
Finest-quality, informally – AONE
Flying: Prefix – AERO
Found groovy – DUG
Georgia fruit – PEACH
German ‘mister’ – HERR
German industrial hub – ESSEN
Grouchy Muppet – OSCAR
Hail ___ (cry ‘Taxi!’) – ACAB
Health resorts – SPAS
Honeycomb stuff – WAX
Internet image file, familiarly – GIF
Jack who once hosted ‘The Tonight Show’ – PAAR
Late ‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex – TREBEK
Like Satan and some owls – HORNED
Lure of a coffee shop – AROMA
Male turkeys – TOMS
Malia Obama’s sister – SASHA
Model and TV host Klum – HEIDI
One clapping at a circus? – SEAL
Onetime Venetian V.I.P – DOGE
Person with a microphone – EMCEE
Prefix meaning ‘super-tiny’ – NANO
Quaint greeting – TOPOFTHEMORNING
Quart, liter or gallon – UNIT
Quibbles – CARPS
Rare blood type, for short – ONEG
Ready for picking – RIPE
Really bugs – IRKS
Relative of Rex or Rover – FIDO
Revealed, as one’s soul – BARED
Sgt., for one – NCO
Shoestring woe – KNOT
Shrek, for one – OGRE
Stack of papers – SHEAF
Stand-up comic Margaret – CHO
Supermodel Campbell – NAOMI
The devout do it on Yom Kippur – ATONE
Tiny bit of work – ERG
Title for Paul McCartney or Elton John – SIR
Trio or quartet – COMBO
Tuxedo shirt fastener – STUD
U.K. medal accepted and then returned by John Lennon, in brief – MBE
Unknown, on a sched – TBA
V.I.P.s – BIGSHOTS
Wile E. Coyote’s supplier – ACMECORPORATION
Word after pen or pet – NAME
Written material of no consequence – FLUFF
___ and every – EACH
___ Castellaneta, voice of Homer Simpson – DAN
