Newsday.com Dec 14 2020 Crossword Solutions

 Newsday.com - Dec 14 2020 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
''If all __ fails . . .''	ELSE
''It's c-c-cold!''	BRR
''Not guilty,'' for one	PLEA
''Okay with me!''	IAGREE
''Spoiled'' tot	BRAT
Ancient Roman garment	TOGA
At a job again	BACKINTHESADDLE
Bakery loaves	BREADS
Before, poetically	ERE
Big bother	HASSLE
Boyfriend	BEAU
Brief in one's words	TERSE
Change for a $20 bill	TENS
Chicago airport	OHARE
Childish giggle	TEHEE
Come next	ENSUE
Competed in a marathon	RAN
Corsage flower	ORCHID
Didn't arrive on time	CAMELATE
Drastically reduce, as prices	SLASH
Emphatic turndown	NOHOW
English nobleman	EARL
Filled the gas tank	FUELED
Flip-chart holder	EASEL
For each	PER
Gain a position by hard work	EARNONESSPURS
Get married	WED
Get properly trained	LEARNTHEROPES
Golfer's goal	PAR
Gumbo veggie	OKRA
Have ambitions	ASPIRE
Hay package	BALE
Historical period	ERA
Impolite look	LEER
Jet's velocity	AIRSPEED
Lab experiments	TESTS
Layers of paint	COATS
Leased	RENTED
Letterhead illustration	LOGO
Long periods of time	EONS
Mariner's call for help	SOS
Mesa relative	BUTTE
Metal in girders	STEEL
Metals in rocks	ORES
Moisturizer ingredient	ALOE
Moon cavity	CRATER
Mural or sculpture	ART
NBC rival	CBS
Not in the office	OUT
Not in the office	AWAY
Owl's call	HOOT
Pebble or boulder	STONE
Potato bud	EYE
Quarterback, throwing a ball	PASSER
Race car's circuit	LAP
Reactions to bad jokes	GROANS
Sanctify	BLESS
Scornful smile	SNEER
See socially	DATE
Self-images	EGOS
Shade of color	HUE
Ships' docking spots	PIERS
Sneaky scheme	RUSE
Solemn promise	OATH
Stopped slouching	SATUP
Suffix for major	ETTE
Sword handle	HILT
The Dalai __	LAMA
To the rear, on a boat	AFT
Trophy or medal	AWARD
U-turn from NNW	SSE
Unhappy	SAD
Unlock	OPEN
USO visitors	GIS
Vowel quintet	AEIOU
Wipe away, as chalk	ERASE
Wrench or hammer	TOOL
__ one's time (wait)	BIDE