Newsday.com - December 17 2019 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

Newsday.com - Dec 17 2019  

Clues	Answers
''All opposed'' reply	NAY
''Green'' sci	ECOL
''My goodness!''	DEARME
''You bet!''	YES
''__ first you don't succeed . . .''	IFAT
''__ Misérables''	LES
''__ you kidding?''	ARE
13, in Roman numerals	XIII
Acme	APEX
Actor McGregor	EWAN
Adorned lavishly	DIDUP
Backyard cooker	GASGRILL
Bag with handles	TOTE
Bird feeder supply	SEED
British singer of ''Skyfall''	ADELE
Catch, as a crook	NAB
Christmas carol	NOEL
City near Lake Tahoe	RENO
Computer pro, for short	TECH
Creative thought	IDEA
Crisp ginger cookie	SNAP
Daughter's brothers	SONS
Decorator's theme	MOTIF
Dig out	EXCAVATE
Egotist's priority	SELF
Eighth mo	AUG
Fashion sense	STYLE
German car brand	AUDI
Gossipy person	YENTA
Graph paper pattern	GRID
Has regrets about	RUES
Have a glance at	SEE
Husbands or wives	MATES
In flames	AFIRE
Journeying to the past and future	TIMETRAVELING
Lessen gradually	ABATE
Line of stitching	SEAM
Little hooter	OWLET
Little laugh	TEHEE
Mention one's VIP pals	NAMEDROP
Messed-up situation	SNAFU
Miles away	AFAR
Military group	UNIT
Mind reading	MENTALTELEPATHY
Not at all skillful	INEPT
Of a Vatican leader	PAPAL
One of 50 on the American flag	STAR
Opera solo	ARIA
Pays for everyone's lunch	TREATS
Poems of praise	ODES
Rebound, as sound	ECHO
Resort with saunas	SPA
Robber's haul	LOOT
Sailor's greeting	AHOY
Scratching post user	CAT
Shade of color	HUE
Ship of 1492	NINA
Singer McEntire	REBA
Site for wedding vows	ALTAR
Slight amount	IOTA
Some female singers	ALTOS
Spacecrafts from other worlds	FLYINGSAUCERS
Spanish appetizer	TAPA
Startled sound	GASP
Tablet of paper	PAD
Tree with cones	FIR
Tumbler or goblet	GLASS
Twangy, as a voice	NASAL
Unrestrained delight	GLEE
Uses a sofa	SITS
Very slightly	ABIT
Vote down, informally	NIX
Waffle cooker	IRON
Walk proudly	STRUT
Wanderer	NOMAD
West Point mascot	ARMYMULE
Wide shoe width	EEE
Yearn (for)	LONG