Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Tuesday February 18, 2020.

Atlas Shrugged’ author Rand – AYN
‘Oh, now I get it!’ – AHA
‘So far,’ on a quarterly pay stub: Abbr – YTD
‘Storms are brewin” in her eyes, in a 1986 #1 hit – SARA
‘Very,’ en español – MUY
‘What is Pyramus? a lover, ___ tyrant?’: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ – ORA
‘Your majesty’ – SIRE
1-1, e.g – TIE
1930s boxing champ Max – BAER
Abbreviation in ancient dates – BCE
Approaches – NEARS
Back-and-forth tool – SAW
Backsides – KEISTERS
Beads on the morning grass – DEW
Biting – ACRID
Cactus known for its psychoactive effects – PEYOTE
Coral rings – ATOLLS
Depended (on) – RELIED
Does a driving test task – or an apt description of the five circled diagonals in this puzzle – PARALLELPARKS
Dog guarding the gates of the underworld – CERBERUS
Dress – GARB
Exchange new vows – REWED
Fall behind – TRAIL
Father of Rachel and Leah in Genesis – LABAN
Fervor – ARDENCY
Glass showcases for small animals – TERRARIA
Government agcy. for retirees – SSA
Guitarist May of Queen – BRIAN
Hasten – HIE
Horned Frogs’ sch – TCU
Howling at the moon, say – BAYING
Insurance giant on the N.Y.S.E – AIG
It may be issued for a defective product – RECALL
Jumped – LEAPT
Karate instructor – SENSEI
Kind of hands said to be the devil’s playthings – IDLE
Lascivious – LEWD
Lee of Marvel Comics – STAN
Like baby shampoo – TEARLESS
Like zombies – UNDEAD
Lou Gehrig’s disease, for short – ALS
Low voices – BASSI
Machines on hay farms – BALERS
Made the bed? – GARDENED
Mails – SENDS
Mandates – DICTA
Many hour-long TV shows – DRAMAS
Needlefish – GARS
Not quite a C – DPLUS
Novelist McEwan – IAN
Nutrient fig – RDA
Old, ineffective sort – DOTARD
Once did – USEDTO
One of the Beatles – LENNON
Part of a listening pair – EARBUD
Part of many a woodwind – REED
PC core – CPU
Person who cherishes high principles – IDEALIST
Plying the waves – ASEA
Prioritize in the trauma center – TRIAGE
Relative of a zither – HARP
Resident of Nebraska’s largest city – OMAHAN
Sal of ‘Rebel Without a Cause’ – MINEO
Shadows that have grown long? – BEARDS
Singer of ‘Smooth Operator’ – SADE
Single things – MONADS
Soak up – ABSORB
Something a false person puts on – ACT
Take to court – SUE
The ‘C’ of I.C.U – CARE
Two-time Super Bowl M.V.P. Manning – ELI
Ukrainian peninsula seized by Russia in 2014 – CRIMEA
Village of the Prancing Pony inn in ‘The Lord of the Rings’ – BREE
Word after martial or culinary – ARTS
Young ___ (tots) – UNS
[not my mistake] – SIC
___ bargain – PLEA
___ Fisher, women’s clothing brand – EILEEN