Newsday.com Jan 12 2021 Crossword Solutions

 Newsday.com - Jan 12 2021 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
''Electric'' fishes	EELS
''More fun than'' bunch	BARRELOFMONKEYS
''Understood''	ISEE
Actor Pitt	BRAD
Affectionate greeting	KISS
Baby's bed	CRIB
Capital of Jordan	AMMAN
College entrance exams: Abbr	SATS
Days before holidays	EVES
Days of __ (long ago)	YORE
Devoured	EATEN
Dull in color	DRAB
Engaging in recreation	ATPLAY
Engrave deeply	ETCH
Escape in a hurry	FLEE
Extremely angry	IRATE
Face of a clock	DIAL
Factual	TRUE
Fire-setting crime	ARSON
Gambling probabilities	ODDS
Got out of bed	AROSE
Hard-to-please actress	DIVA
Harper who wrote ''. . . Mockingbird''	LEE
Himalayan nation	NEPAL
Hot-springs resorts	SPAS
In any way	ATALL
In first place	ONTOP
Ink stain	BLOT
Insect attacks	BITES
Jai __ (fast-moving sport)	ALAI
Japan's continent	ASIA
Justice Kagan	ELENA
Large body of water	SEA
Later on	AFTER
Lincoln nickname	ABE
Minor mistake	SLIP
Mix with a spoon	STIR
Much-admired celebrity	IDOL
Must, informally	GOTTA
Needing a nap	SLEEPY
New Year in Vietnam	TET
Not on a tilt	LEVEL
Numbers from 0 to 9	DIGITS
Off the leash, say	LOOSE
On a train or plane	ABOARD
Opinion piece	ESSAY
Overcooked, as a steak	BURNED
Pie __ mode	ALA
Pieces of broken glass	SHARDS
Prefix for violet	ULTRA
Prescription safety agcy	FDA
Problem-free school course	EASYA
Red veggies in borscht	BEETS
Religious offshoot group	SECT
Repetitive learning method	ROTE
Revise one's writing	EDIT
Rip (up)	TEAR
Rower's implements	OARS
Rung of a ladder	STEP
Sandwich shop	DELI
Sassy	PERT
Ship off	SEND
Shorten further, as an article	RECUT
Suffix for kitchen	ETTE
Sunbeams	RAYS
Time off work for new moms	MATERNITYLEAVES
Titled British women	DAMES
Top-rated	AONE
Tortoise opponent in a fable	HARE
Urban locales for borrowing books	LIBRARYBRANCHES
Venue for boxing	ARENA
Very small	TEENY
Voice of iPhones	SIRI
Vote into office	ELECT
Whitish gemstone	OPAL
Wyatt of the Old West	EARP
__ mater (school you went to)	ALMA
__-view mirror	REAR