Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Tuesday December 29, 2020.
‘Auld Lang ___’ – SYNE
‘Happily ever after’ … or what 17-, 27-, 39- or 47-Across has? – FAIRYTALEENDING
‘Keep as is’ – STET
‘Smart as a whip’ and ‘sharp as a tack’ – SIMILES
‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ actress Kemper – ELLIE
‘You rang?’ – YES
A pop – EACH
Bank statement no – ACCT
Big Alaska export – OIL
Big name in dog food – ALPO
Broadcasts – AIRS
By way of – VIA
Cable channel named for a talk show host – OWN
Cantankerous – CUSSED
Cereal bit – OAT
Cuts with shears, maybe – LOPS
Deduce – INFER
Director Anderson – WES
Frosty coating – RIME
Funnyman Brooks – MEL
Galileo, by birth – PISAN
Garment that may be ‘dropped’ – TROU
Guard’s command – HALT
Half of a Monopoly pair – DIE
Hipster’s ‘gotcha’ – IDIG
In years past – ONCE
It might be brown or pale – ALE
It’s all about me, me, me – EGOTRIP
Kind of nut – KOLA
Kind of tide – NEAP
Largest lizard on earth (up to 10 feet long) – KOMODODRAGON
Leave out – OMIT
Locales of wasps and spies – NESTS
Looks lasciviously – OGLES
Loosen, as a knot – UNTIE
Many a groan inducer – PUN
Mideast sultanate – OMAN
Modern war hazards, for short – IEDS
Moscow turndown – NYET
Mother ___ – TERESA
Moving at a snail’s pace – INCHING
One of three in a Morse ‘S’ – DOT
Ones usually found at home – UMPS
Opposite of loose – TAUT
Particle in a particle accelerator – ION
Pizazz – ELAN
Political division, metaphorically – AISLE
Pulitzer-winning James – AGEE
Request for payment – INVOICE
Rocky Mountain National Park sighting – ELK
Salacious – LEWD
Salon creations – DOS
Sass – LIP
Secure at shore – MOOR
Show known for its cold opens, for short – SNL
Sit ___ (audit) – INON
Skulls – CRANIA
Some bridal accessories – VEILS
Some classroom wall hangings – WORLDMAPS
Spacious – ROOMY
Speaks with a gravelly voice – RASPS
Spiral-horned African antelope – NYALA
Super bargain – STEAL
Sweet-talk and send chocolates, say – WOO
Tablet released in 2010 – IPAD
Tandoori bread – NAAN
Ten Commandments, e.g – LAWS
The Golden State, familiarly – CALI
Toronto landmark that’s the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere – CNTOWER
Totally lost – ATSEA
Tribe that lent its name to a Nebraska county – OTOE
Waylay, as a conversation – DERAIL
What the biblical Methuselah is famous for – LONGEVITY
Who sang the 1973 #1 hit ‘Midnight Train to Georgia’ – GLADYSKNIGHT
Xena, notably – WARRIORPRINCESS
___ coffee – ICED
___ Spiegel (German newsmagazine) – DER
___ vera – ALOE
