Newsday.com - Sep 20 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Newsday.com Puzzle - September 20 2020 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
''Filthy'' money	LUCRE
''Literary'' celebrities	LIONS
''Looks like trouble!''	UHOH
''__ seen better!''	IVE
Analyze minutely	PARSE
Angler's gadget	LURE
Antony's Almighty	DEO
As soon as	ONCE
Badger relative	RIVEROTTER
Base for some paints	LATEX
Before, in verse	ERE
Bend down	STOOP
Bhutanese or Bahraini	ASIAN
Boasts	HAS
Bubble wrap cushioning	AIR
Burn a bit	CHAR
Call for help	PLEA
Canine coat	FUR
Car repair bill line	LABOR
Carved gem	CAMEO
Chair's accessory	GAVEL
Cheer for a diva	BRAVA
Classmates, for instance	PEERS
Classroom array	DESKS
Coffeehouse concoction	LATTE
Come to a __ (start bubbling)	BOIL
Concerto improvisation	CADENZA
Connecting bars	YOKES
Cowhand's accessory	LASSO
Creative pursuits	ARTS
Customary routine	RITUAL
DC-based network	NPR
Dealt in	SOLD
Declined slowly	SLID
Deep indignation	WRATH
Deep-sea finfish	OCEANPERCH
Designer von Fürstenberg	DIANE
Diminutive songbird	WARBLER
Document design decisions	FONTS
Early winter season	NOEL
Early winter season	YULE
Elevation of a sort	HILL
Elongated toad eater	GRASSSNAKE
Enthusiastic about	INTO
Ernie's Muppet pal	BERT
Extinguish	DOUSE
Fade slowly	ABATE
Falls in line	OBEYS
False accounts	LIES
Falstaff-like	OBESE
Fancy fundraiser	GALA
Feeling vexed	SORE
Forest feline	LYNX
Formal attire	TAILS
Former	OLD
Friendly back-and-forth	BANTER
Friendly state	ALLY
Frowny face sentiment	IMSAD
Gelatin shaper	MOLD
Get better	HEAL
Ground squirrel relative	PRAIRIEDOG
Groups of tennis games	SETS
Grumpy one	CRAB
Hard-shelled algae eater	SEATURTLE
High-calorie, perhaps	FATTY
Hot-blooded	LUSTY
Hourly charge	RATE
In the lead	AHEAD
Inevitable outcome	FATE
Japanese truck maker	ISUZU
Kanga's creator	MILNE
Lanky one	SCRAG
Lazy nature	SLOTH
Linguistic ending	ESE
Little ones	SMALLFRY
Low-tech weed whacker	HOE
Maritime forces	NAVIES
Mexican ''mme.''	SRA
Miner's load	ORE
Mitchell's belle	OHARA
Morsels	BITS
Most favorable	BEST
Mottled mare	ROAN
Nation's interior	MIDLAND
NFL rushing great Smith	EMMITT
Noise dampeners	EARPLUGS
Northern game fish	LAKETROUT
Not available	TAKEN
Noxious vapor	FUME
Of epic proportions	HUGE
Of sight	OPTIC
One of the Coen brothers	ETHAN
One of the largest primates	MOUNTAINGORILLA
OPEC commodity	OIL
Originated	AROSE
Part of YSL	YVES
Pasta sauce flavoring	BASIL
Pay tribute to	HONOR
PCs from Taiwan	ACERS
Photo lab creations	PRINTS
Pizza portion	SLICE
Pizza portion	CRUST
Plane restraint	LAPBELT
Potter's buy	CLAY
Prepared for battle	ARMED
Professors' helpers	AIDES
Proofreader's marks	STETS
Pulled back	EASED
Ramadan rituals	FASTS
Realms	AREAS
Rodeo venue	ARENA
Routes for freighters	LANES
Russian news source	TASS
Scurry, old-style	HIE
Send forth	EMIT
Set of organ pipes	STOP
Shine, in product names	GLO
Shoptalk	LINGO
Show indignation	RANT
Show indignation	RAVE
Showed up	CAME
Skating competition category	PAIRS
Slip in some pots	IOU
Small burrowing rodent	FIELDMOUSE
Small songbird	MEADOWLARK
Sound of merriment	LAUGH
Spins rapidly	TWIRLS
Spread around	STREW
Stop lights	REDS
Sung solo	ARIA
Topic being discussed	THIS
Town council vote	YEA
Trade org	ASSN
Trash bag sealer	TIE
Truck capacity measure	TON
University of __ Dame	NOTRE
Very fine	CHOICE
Very long time	AGES
War-room hanging	WALLMAP
What downtowns have lots of	AUTOS
Whom Abe couldn't ''spare . . ., he fights''	ULYSSES
Wi-Fi patron	USER
With 18 Down, gung-ho	RAH
With no warranty	ASIS
Words of caution	CAVEAT
Yours and mine	OURS