New York Times - Dec 30 2017

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Clues Answers
'Best to avoid that' IWOULDNT
'The Chosen One' of the N.B.A KINGJAMES
'The Merchant of Venice' film star, 2004 ALPACINO
'The More You Know' spot, e.g., for short PSA
'Yesss!' SWEET
'You are quite right' SOITIS
Artist with many mathematically inspired works MCESCHER
Ate HAD
Base for some Chinese art URN
Bayou genre ZYDECO
Benefiting AIDING
Bombs FAILS
Brand at Indy FIRESTONE
Break down WEEP
California's Point ___ SUR
Cards IDS
Chips and ___ (Tex-Mex offering) QUESO
Colorful pullovers DASHIKIS
Composition of some beds LAVA
Conseil d'___ ETAT
Courses for cars in competition RACEWAYS
Cracks QUIPS
Die down ABATE
Does this church position ring a bell? ALTARBOY
Elephant rider's seat HOWDAH
Faithfulness FEALTY
Folder, maybe ICON
Gulf War weapon SCUD
Hemingway's 'old man' SANTIAGO
Inclines TENDS
Item from another time RELIC
Keystone figure KOP
Laissez-faire doctrine SOCIALDARWINISM
Like division by zero NOTVALID
Like Earth OBLATE
Clues Answers
Little jerk TIC
Loss prevention association? MNEMONIC
Magnet alloy ALNICO
Mark who won two golf majors in 1998 OMEARA
Matchmaking site available in Hebrew JDATE
McKinley's assassin CZOLGOSZ
Mil. branch disbanded in 1978 WAC
Miss's counterpart HIT
No-goodnik BADAPPLE
Old-fashioned sort FOGY
One subject to imprisonment, in Dickens's day DEBTOR
Option for people who can't handle the truth? DARE
Party host's convenience WETBAR
Patterned fabric DAMASK
Pay back AVENGE
Pioneering hip-hop trio RUNDMC
Place for many a start-up THEWEB
Played again RERAN
Pole vault units? ZLOTYS
Question that might precede 'Hallelujah!' CANIGETAWITNESS
Ran harder SPEDUP
Range ROVE
Shoot out SPEW
Snag GRAB
Subject of Durocher's 'Nice guys finish last' sentiment OTT
Subjects of some disputes in planes ARMRESTS
Take in less DIET
The shakes DTS
They often precede hikes HUTS
Troubling prognosis WORSE
Woman's name meaning 'grace' ANN
Zeroed (in on) HOMED
___ Kamoze, 'Here Comes the Hotstepper' singer INI
___ Karzai, ex-president of Afghanistan HAMID
___ oil, ingredient in some health care products EMU