Jonesin' - Oct 20 2020

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Clues Answers
'Auld Lang ___' SYNE
'Call Me Maybe' singer Carly ___ Jepsen [E] RAE
'Gimme ___! ... What's that spell? Ella!' [E] ANE
'Hallow' ending EEN
'I Like ___' ('50s political slogan) IKE
'I ___ open this jar. Can you help, Daddy?' [E] CANNOT
'The coolest kid in the universe' [E] ELLA
'There ought to be ___' ALAW
'Understood' [S] IGETIT
'Waterfalls' trio TLC
'___ Danger' (Nickelodeon show) [E] HENRY
'___ was saying ...' [E] ASI
Air France fliers, once SSTS
Animal that's cute, fuzzy, lazy and gray [E] KOALA
Bird that smokes and does vandalism? [E] ILLEGALEAGLE
Brickell whose band is the New Bohemians EDIE
Dislikes [S] HATES
Drinks that are alcoholic [S] ALES
Enjoys, as food [S] SAVORS
Everyone [S] ALL
Fearsome cat that spends moolah on Lamborghinis and mansions? [S] BUYINLION
Former 'Come on down!' announcer Johnny OLSON
Getting from ___ B ATO
Go off-script (sorry, Ella, it doesn't mean 'get more pounds') ADLIB
Green paper that you pay with [E] CASH
Horse's mesh protection against pests, maybe FLYNET
It may be parallel [E] LINE
Kid that can have a cellphone [S] TEEN
Kid who is 'epic!' [S] SID
Lake that sounds scary [E] ERIE
Like show horses' feet SHOD
Like some dirt bike tracks [S] HILLY
Looks rudely LEERS
Make goo-goo eyes at OGLE
Marks that are lines [S] DASHES
Martens and McStuffins, for instance [S] DOCS
Me: 'How about the clue 'Used needles,' Ella?' Ella: 'No, new needles. You have to use them because it affects the fabric more than you expect.' SEWED
Monkey that eats curtains? [E] DRAPEAPE
Ninja Turtle that wears red, to his friends [S] RAPH
Clues Answers
Olympic hurdler/bobsledder Jones LOLO
Palindromic Turkish title AGA
Parents 'who do puzzled goodness' [S] DADS
Piece that goes on the floor [S] TILE
Poker money ANTE
Pookums [E] DEARIE
Popular [E] FAMED
Quaint stores (you'd think, based on how they're spelled) SHOPPES
Queen in Arendelle [E] ELSA
Rat-a-___ [E] TAT
Region with Legoland, informally [S] SOCAL
Remote control car part [S] AXLE
Scaly creature that likes to eat frosted sweets? [S] CUPCAKESNAKE
She was a princess 'long ago' [E] DIANA
Sid: 'I'm not ___ years old anymore.' Me: 'No, I mean ___ as in 'I ___ some food.'' ATE
Sinn ___ (Irish political movement) FEIN
Slow animal that grows wings and gets in your clothes? [E] MOTHSLOTH
Sneaky little animal [E] SLYFOX
Someone who might cook meatballs for you [S] CHEF
Something a toy poodle says [E] YIP
Something said in an 'argument party' [S] NOYOU
Something that people say in awe [E] OOOH
Sound of a punch [E] {I created this puzzle for Take Your Kids To Work Day in collaboration with my then-nine-year-old twins. Clues followed by an [S] were written by Sid, and clues followed by an [E] were written by Ella.} BIFF
Spike thrown in the road to stop robbers [S] CALTROP
Tag situations? [S] GOTCHAS
Teacher's helper [E] AIDE
Tennis's Arthur ___ Stadium ASHE
The ___ on the Shelf [S] ELF
There are 100 in a century (abbr.) [S] YRS
They make up stairs [E] STEPS
Toilet paper layer PLY
Turns evil or moldy [E] GOESBAD
Type of lizard in 'Sing' [E] IGUANA
Type of wild 'kitty-kitty' :) [E] BOBCAT
Wants really badly [S] CRAVES
Water animal with flippers that makes barters 24/7? [S] DEALSEAL
Water drop sound [E] PLOP
___ for 'Ricky Bubwick' (apparently a name that Sid just made up) RIS
___ gin fizz SLOE