Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Friday July 31, 2020.

Preach!’ – AMENTOTHAT
‘The Color Purple’ protagonist – CELIE
‘The funny thing is …’ – ODDLY
‘What’s that ___?’ – LIKE
‘What’s that ___?’ – AGAIN
‘Whatever’ – DONTCARE
‘___ pass’ – ITLL
1980s-’90s series set in California – LALAW
A.P. English subj – LANG
Abbr. aptly hidden in COMPASSES – SSE
Act like a shark, in a way – LEND
Actress Alice of old Hollywood – FAYE
Ball in a gym, maybe – PROM
Be behind – TRAIL
Beyond awkward – CRINGEWORTHY
Blows away – AWES
Brand with ‘Classic’ and ‘Wavy’ varieties – LAYS
Bring down – ABASE
Cold brew – ICEDTEA
Columbia athlete – LION
Country whose name is believed to come from ancient Greek for ‘honey-sweet’ – MALTA
Crush something? – ORANGESODA
Day when the Last Supper is commemorated: Abbr – THU
Density symbols – RHOS
Diplomatic gift from China – PANDA
Director Lee – ANG
During – AMID
Eyebrow-filling technique – MICROBLADING
Feature of Tokyo’s Imperial Palace – MOAT
Food-filled field – GASTRONOMY
Fuss – ADO
Groin pulls? – LUSTS
Gymnastics eponym of a double back somersault with three twists – BILES
Hilton ___, Pulitzer-winning critic for The New Yorker – ALS
How-___ – TOS
In one ear? – HEARD
Indefatigable – HARDY
It’s used in a flash – BULB
Lead-in to amorous – POLY
Life partner – LIMB
Like 50 U.S. senators – HALF
Like some monogrammed towels – HISANDHIS
Los ___ (city in Silicon Valley) – ALTOS
Made peace – RECONCILED
Med. device regulator – FDA
Meteor showers? – PLANETARIA
More than buds – BFFS
Movie reviewers often trash them – STUBS
Not sleepy – ALERT
Not yet astir – ABED
Número atómico of lithium – TRES
One may be cooped up – HEN
Org. for good drivers – PGA
Overlook – LEDGE
Pants, slangily – TROU
Prefix with static or dynamic – AERO
Ram sign – ARIES
Scrunches up – WADS
Secured, as a sailor’s rope – BELAYED
Signal for help – FLARE
Some like it hot – CIDER
Sports org. headquartered in Indianapolis – NCAA
Stage for a big star? – REDGIANT
Superhero in ‘The Incredibles’ – ELASTIGIRL
The Forest Service is part of it, in brief – USDA
They’re made up of stacked sheets – LAYERCAKES
Trainees known to work notoriously long hours – RESIDENTS
TV host in the World Golf Hall of Fame – DINAHSHORE
Way to go … or, as two words, lead-in to ‘way to go’ – ALONG
Whiskey or beer choice – RYE
___ code – PENAL
___-pop – ALT