Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Monday February 17, 2020.

Affirmative’ – YES
‘Columbia, the ___ of the Ocean’ – GEM
‘Go team!’ – RAH
‘I apologize!’ – OHSORRY
‘La Traviata’ and ‘Carmen’ – OPERAS
‘Shogun’ or ‘The Lord of the Rings’ – EPIC
‘What ___!’ (‘It’s so sloppy!’) – AMESS
Actor Billy ___ Williams – DEE
Alternative to shoelaces – VELCRO
Argentine partner dances – TANGOS
Attempt – TRY
Attend, as an event – GOTO
Author of the memoir ‘Becoming’ – MICHELLEOBAMA
Author of the memoir ‘First Lady From Plains’ – ROSALYNNCARTER
Author of the memoir ‘Living History’ – HILLARYCLINTON
Author of the memoir ‘Spoken From the Heart’ – LAURABUSH
Author of the memoir ‘The Times of My Life’ – BETTYFORD
Bagel topper – LOX
Bakery fixtures – OVENS
Barely make, with ‘out’ – EKE
Bread for a Reuben sandwich – RYE
Buddies – PALS
Busy buzzer – BEE
Chain-rattling sounds – CLANKS
Cloudless – CLEAR
Commercial goods: Abbr – MDSE
Communication system for the deaf, for short – ASL
Demoted planet – PLUTO
Disney’s ‘Lady and the ___’ – TRAMP
Dot in a 31-Down – PIXEL
Egg cell – OVUM
Egg-shaped – OVOID
Even a single one – ANY
Farm building – BARN
Former competitor of Southwest – USAIR
Game of chance whose results are often televised – LOTTO
Geico mascot – GECKO
Generous portions of pie – SIXTHS
German steel city – ESSEN
Gerontologist’s study – AGING
High-quality black tea – PEKOE
Humorist Bombeck and others – ERMAS
In ___ (as found) – SITU
Inits. in some church names – AME
Internet forum overseers, informally – MODS
Ire – ANGER
Jots down – NOTES
Kind of seat in a fighter jet – EJECTOR
Mag. number – ISS
Many – ALOTOF
Mediterranean or Adriatic – SEA
Network on the telly – BBC
One day ___ time – ATA
One taking vitals, perhaps – NURSE
Opposite of oui – NON
Prefix with angel or enemy – ARCH
Prestigious Atlanta university – EMORY
Rough and textured, as fabric – NUBBLY
Second-largest city in Oklahoma – TULSA
See 34-Down – GLORY
Shape of a rainbow – ARC
Sign of a B’way success – SRO
Sly animal – FOX
Sound before someone says ‘Gesundheit!’ – ACHOO
Sound of disgust – FEH
Sticky – GLUEY
Suitable for the country – RUSTIC
Supreme Court justice Kagan – ELENA
Swiss peaks – ALPS
Symbol of Christianity – CROSS
Texter’s pictograph – EMOJI
Turkish title – AGA
Wash – BATHE
What’s dispensed from the middle of many a soda dispenser – ICE
With 33-Down, the U.S. flag, affectionately – OLD
Young dog or seal – PUP