Family Time - December 22 2019 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

Family Time - Dec 22 2019 

Clues	Answers
"A drop of golden sun"	RAY
"Cogito, ___ sum"	ERGO
"Take ___ Train" (Duke Ellington standard)	THEA
Abbr. on a road map	AVE
All dried up, like a desert	SERE
Almond shape	OVAL
Alter the appearance of	REDO
Assign a PG to	RATE
Baby on a farm	CALF
Be sore, as from a workout	ACHE
Bill killer	VETO
Boar's place	STY
Boy, another way	LAD
Bring to a close	END
Brunch or sup	EAT
Certain chess piece	ROOK
China and Japan are part of it (2 words)	FAREAST
Chowed down	ATE
Christmas decoration	TREE
Consumer (2 words)	ENDUSER
Currently leading, as a race	AHEAD
Dads, poppas and pops	FATHERFIGURES
Dairy case choice	OLEO
Draw into a trap	ENSNARE
Easy-to-make beverage	TEA
Find a purpose for	USE
Fit-fiddle connector	ASA
Formerly, to a poet	ERE
Framework of beams	TRUSS
Gash mark	SCAR
Ginger follower?	ALE
Clues	Answers
Good friend	PAL
Hide's partner	SEEK
In favor of	FOR
It's stuck in dirt	SEED
Made on a loom	WOVEN
Marquetry feature	INLAY
Meet in the middle?	OVERLAP
Naval yes	AYE
One with pants on fire?	LIAR
Opposite of everything	NOTHING
Part of a badminton court	NET
Part of a sword	EDGE
Part of the foot	ARCH
Playbill listing	CAST
Plot that thickens?	ACRE
Predetermined outcome	FATE
Saturated substances	FATS
Soprano's solo at the Met	ARIA
State absolutely	AVER
Systems for making announcements to large crowds	PAS
Triangular	THREECORNERED
Twist from heat	WARP
Type of duck	EIDER
Very, very long time	EON
Walk heavily with effort	PLOD
Way beyond ordinary	FANCY
What ENE can mean	EASTNORTHEAST
Whichever one	ANY
Withdraw, as troops	RETREAT
Word before "so!" and "not!"	ARE
___ diem	PER