New York Times - Jan 30 2021

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Clues Answers
'Between the World and Me' author, 2015 COATES
'Decision time!' ITSNOWORNEVER
'Little Women' actress Ronan SAOIRSE
Absolutely trounced PASTED
Actress Rowlands GENA
America's first historically Black sorority, in brief AKA
Amphibian that Ogden Nash once rhymed with 'bottle' AXOLOTL
Angles SLANTS
Banh ___ (sticky rice cake) TET
Bit of encouragement for someone's success MOREPOWERTOYOU
Buck, boomer, jack, flyer or jill, informally ROO
Certain mouthpiece attachment REED
Color that comes from the Latin for 'red' RUBY
Continuously improve, in tech-speak ITERATE
De-frosting? DETENTE
Decked out CLAD
Decline SAYNO
Doctor's office, maybe SUITE
Dog ... or a type of dog HOUND
Dos y dos y dos y dos OCHO
Earth-shattering EPIC
Excited, with 'up' KEYED
Frequently flooded land FEN
Frosty air? ICINESS
Glossy alternative MATTE
Hero of Philadelphia HOAGIE
Holding up the line for? CUING
IG-11 on 'The Mandalorian,' e.g DROID
Lead-in to belief DIS
Like some brows and berets KNIT
Lines in an application? CODE
Little 'uns TOTS
Little ball of fur KITTYCAT
Lock holder? MOUSSE
Clues Answers
Longtime Sacha Baron Cohen persona ALIG
Makes clean ... or less clean DUSTS
Makes out DISCERNS
Many a 31-Down piece POT
Material that artists get all fired up about? CERAMIC
Milan ___, author of 1984's 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' KUNDERA
Natural cover SCAB
Natural recess COVE
Not with 'them' ONEOFUS
One might carry a torch SCONCE
One temporarily donning a cap GRAD
Openness CANDOR
Parting word ADIEU
Piece of the pie? CRUST
Queens, e.g ROYALS
Rigmarole ADO
Say 'Ta-da!,' say CROW
Set the wheels in motion GETGOING
Setting of a 1945 conference YALTA
Sharp feeling PANG
Shell, maybe CASING
Singing style with African-American roots DOOWOP
Smear DAUB
Spent DONE
Spike in activity on a sports field? CLEAT
Standard of comparison BASELINE
Stereotypically arcane subject ROCKETSCIENCE
Subject of a family feud, maybe ESTATE
Team that infamously blew a 28-3 Super Bowl lead they had late in the third quarter: Abbr ATL
Turns over CEDES
Was on RODE
Workers with talent SCOUTS
Wry comment on a sorry situation YOUHATETOSEEIT
___ change EXACT