New York Times - Dec 22 2016

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Clues Answers
'To Live and Die ___' (1985 film) INLA
A party to INON
A penny is a small one ANTE
Act out MIME
Actor Ken OLIN
Actress Sophia LOREN
Arctic shipping hazard FLOE
Army V.I.P GENER
Big-selling Procter & Gamble product TIDE
Bright-eyed ERT
Brunch option CREPE
Buddy BRO
Buildup behind a dam SILT
Bungles ERRS
Certain football pass LATER
Checks for the ex IMONY
Claim LEGE
Competent ABLE
Competitor of eBay UBID
Competitor of Sapporo KIRIN
Conclude negotiations DOADE
Course requirements? TEES
Database manager's option MERGE
Divulge REVE
Dog in the funnies SNERT
Fairy tale sister GRETEL
Fencing option EPEE
Fingered IDED
From abroad? DES
Girder also known as a rolled-steel joist IBEAM
God, in Granada DIOS
Hitchcock, for one FRED
Huge COLOSS
Inner: Prefix ENTO
International prize first awarded to Stephen Hawking in 1979 BERTEINSTEINMED
Islands attire OHASHIRTS
Leader between Mao and Jiang DENG
Leave rolling in the aisles SLAY
Like arrangements for some wedding receptions FLOR
Clues Answers
Like some sex PREMARIT
Lounging slipper MULE
Melancholy GLOOM
Modest skirt MIDI
Moon of Saturn that's a French woman's name HELENE
Narrow valley GLEN
Neutral shade ECRU
Not a knockoff REAL
Not dressy CASU
One of the founders of Westworld, on HBO's 'Westworld' ARNOLD
Part of Q.E.D ERAT
Peeved, informally POD
Perfect IDE
Phone button REDI
Pilgrims John and Priscilla DENS
Pirate captain mentioned in Poe's 'The Gold-Bug' KIDD
Prepare for framing again, say REMAT
Prudish PURITANIC
Punk LOUSY
Region in western Germany RUHR
Rennes rejections NONS
See 45-Across SIDING
Some aerial show formations VEES
Steelers' grp AFC
Support group for adolescents ATEEN
Taverns and such ESELLERS
Teacher's handfuls BRATS
Things that may all be off BETS
Took potshots (at) SNIPED
TV character who says 'You know I wouldn't talk in front of anyone but you' MRED
Victor's cry IDIDIT
Whales like the one in 'Moby-Dick' BINOS
What may be dispensed from a dispenser SOAP
With 42-Down, home construction material ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme UMINUM
Women's beauty magazine LURE
Word cried 15 times in a row by Meg Ryan in 'When Harry Met Sally ...' YES
Writes on a blog POSTS
Zilch NONE
___ bran OAT