Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Thursday December 31, 2020.
”Get cracking!” – HOPTO
”Psst!” – HEYYOU
”Science Kid” of TV – SID
”Terrible” age – TWO
”The Lion King” lioness – NALA
”The West Wing” Emmy winner – ALDA
Adam Smith topic – WEALTHOFNATIONS
Atlanta campus – EMORY
Award for a soap – EMMY
Banded stone – AGATE
Bathwater tester – TOE
Belt sander, e.g – POWERTOOL
Big celebrations – FETES
Chewy candy – TAFFY
Chinese tourist attraction – GREATWALL
Chocolate choice – DARK
Colonial era settlement – TOWNE
Country singer Tillis – PAM
Crunchy message holder – FORTUNECOOKIE
Dean Martin song topic – AMORE
Deck out – ADORN
Early evening – SEVEN
Electee of 1908 – TAFT
Eminent roster – ALIST
English-class subject – SYNTAX
Fill with ammo – LOAD
Flood control structure – LEVEE
Former – ONETIME
Fox musical series – GLEE
Fruit-filled desserts – TARTS
Giraffe relative – OKAPI
Gives a heads-up to – ALERTS
Good judgment – SENSE
Group of witches – COVEN
Haywire – AWRY
High-flown verse – ODE
Imitates – APES
In the distance – AFAR
Inundated – AWASH
Language of Pakistan – URDU
Legendary Shawnee leader – TECUMSEH
Like eggs – YOLKY
Long time follower – NOSEE
Long-distance requirement – AREACODE
Military addresses – SIRS
Military band member – FIFER
Milker’s workplace – DAIRYFARM
Montana nickname – TREASURESTATE
Not-so-sweet smell – ODOR
Objective – GOAL
OED entries – WDS
Offer more than – OUTBID
Old verb ending – ETH
On display – SHOWN
Panache – ELAN
Physique – BODY
Put on the wall – HANG
Rev.’s speech – SER
Rock guitarist Eddy – DUANE
Sat around – IDLED
Shifty – SLY
Shimmering stone – OPAL
Shortened, as a board – SAWNOFF
Shout of approval – BRAVO
Sideburn neighbor – EAR
Small drum – TABOR
Sopranos hit them – HIGHNOTES
Street-corner shout – TAXI
Strike a stance – POSE
Summer Olympics event – EPEE
Tolstoy heroine – ANNA
Very, in Vichy – TRES
Walled Spanish city – AVILA
Wander far and wide – ROVE
