Newsday.com Nov 17 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Newsday.com - November 17 2020 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
''Bye now!''	TATA
''Certainly, señora!''	SISI
''Haven't decided for sure''	IMIGHT
''High'' part of some shoes	HEEL
''It's either you __''	ORME
''Money __ everything''	ISNT
''Thar __ blows!''	SHE
''Wish you __ here''	WERE
''__ you kidding?''	ARE
Actor Alda	ALAN
Alamo Rent a Car rival	AVIS
Animal at a dairy	COW
Apex	ACME
Ark builder	NOAH
Belly muscles	ABS
Birds of peace	DOVES
Black __ (cattle breed)	ANGUS
Butterfly's cousin	MOTH
California/Nevada lake	TAHOE
Chair or bench	SEAT
Chinese restaurant beverage	HOTTEA
Class exams	TESTS
Denim alternative for slacks	CHINO
Drop __ to (write)	ALINE
Dry as a desert	ARID
Epic story	SAGA
Formal ''Who's there?'' reply	ITISI
Former abbr. for Russia	USSR
From the Emerald Isle	IRISH
Go-getter	DYNAMO
Goes off script	ADLIBS
Gorilla, for example	APE
Got to one's feet	STOOD
Granola grains	OATS
Grasp firmly	GRIP
Halloween mo	OCT
Helium or hydrogen	GAS
High-minded goals	IDEALS
Initial poker stake	ANTE
Initial stage	ONSET
Level of a theater	TIER
Lots (of)	TONS
Milk-colored stone	OPAL
Move up or down a computer screen	SCROLL
Noisy sleeper	SNORER
Northern African desert	SAHARA
Norway's capital	OSLO
Not as much	LESS
Odometer measure	MILE
Optimistic	ROSY
Orchestral works with string solos	VIOLINCONCERTOS
Pie fruit	APPLE
Pitch a tent in the woods	CAMP
Prefix meaning ''all''	OMNI
Region	AREA
Sailors' maps	CHARTS
Sandwich bread	RYE
Scratch up	MAR
So far	ASYET
Solos for divas	SOPRANOARIAS
Solos for keyboardists	PIANOSONATAS
Spicy chip dip	SALSA
Stocking fiber	NYLON
Story that's often ''tall''	TALE
Stuff ''taken out'' to throw out	TRASH
Thaw	MELT
The __ (feelings of tedium)	BLAHS
Took a photo of	SHOT
Topped with frosting	ICED
Type of ray that's a fish	MANTA
Typical person from Jordan	ARAB
Tyrannical ruler of old Rome	NERO
University of __ Dame	NOTRE
Very dreary	DISMAL
Vice __ (the other way around)	VERSA
White heron	EGRET
Without help	ALONE
__ day now (very soon)	ANY