Here are the answers to Newsday.com Crossword puzzles Tuesday January 12, 2021.
”Electric” fishes – EELS
”More fun than” bunch – BARRELOFMONKEYS
”Understood” – ISEE
Actor Pitt – BRAD
Affectionate greeting – KISS
Baby’s bed – CRIB
Capital of Jordan – AMMAN
College entrance exams: Abbr – SATS
Days before holidays – EVES
Days of __ (long ago) – YORE
Devoured – EATEN
Dull in color – DRAB
Engaging in recreation – ATPLAY
Engrave deeply – ETCH
Escape in a hurry – FLEE
Extremely angry – IRATE
Face of a clock – DIAL
Factual – TRUE
Fire-setting crime – ARSON
Gambling probabilities – ODDS
Got out of bed – AROSE
Hard-to-please actress – DIVA
Harper who wrote ”. . . Mockingbird” – LEE
Himalayan nation – NEPAL
Hot-springs resorts – SPAS
In any way – ATALL
In first place – ONTOP
Ink stain – BLOT
Insect attacks – BITES
Jai __ (fast-moving sport) – ALAI
Japan’s continent – ASIA
Justice Kagan – ELENA
Large body of water – SEA
Later on – AFTER
Lincoln nickname – ABE
Minor mistake – SLIP
Mix with a spoon – STIR
Much-admired celebrity – IDOL
Must, informally – GOTTA
Needing a nap – SLEEPY
New Year in Vietnam – TET
Not on a tilt – LEVEL
Numbers from 0 to 9 – DIGITS
Off the leash, say – LOOSE
On a train or plane – ABOARD
Opinion piece – ESSAY
Overcooked, as a steak – BURNED
Pie __ mode – ALA
Pieces of broken glass – SHARDS
Prefix for violet – ULTRA
Prescription safety agcy – FDA
Problem-free school course – EASYA
Red veggies in borscht – BEETS
Religious offshoot group – SECT
Repetitive learning method – ROTE
Revise one’s writing – EDIT
Rip (up) – TEAR
Rower’s implements – OARS
Rung of a ladder – STEP
Sandwich shop – DELI
Sassy – PERT
Ship off – SEND
Shorten further, as an article – RECUT
Suffix for kitchen – ETTE
Sunbeams – RAYS
Time off work for new moms – MATERNITYLEAVES
Titled British women – DAMES
Top-rated – AONE
Tortoise opponent in a fable – HARE
Urban locales for borrowing books – LIBRARYBRANCHES
Venue for boxing – ARENA
Very small – TEENY
Voice of iPhones – SIRI
Vote into office – ELECT
Whitish gemstone – OPAL
Wyatt of the Old West – EARP
__ mater (school you went to) – ALMA
__-view mirror – REAR
