New York Times - Dec 9 2021

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Clues Answers
"Absolutely, will do" YESYES
"Catch my drift?" YADIG
"Mm-hmm ..." ISEE
"Warm" NEAR
"Yer wrong" NAW
... a movement to make invoices illegal? KILLBILLING
... a quick trip to purchase cutlery? KNIVESOUTING
... a room in an environmentally friendly hotel? GREENBOOKING
... a triceratops trying to find a spot for its car? JURASSICPARKING
Film adaptation with ... a choir arriving at the airport? (2016) LALALANDING
Alphabetically first of the 100 most popular boys' names in the U.S AARON
Biblical progenitor of the Edomites ESAU
Blackjack ___, source of dense wood OAK
Brand of light-colored cookie NILLA
Brave ___ lion ASA
Brooks with Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards MEL
Carb- follower IDE
Cell membrane makeup LIPIDS
Clarkson with the 2004 hit "Since U Been Gone" KELLY
Cousin of equi- ISO
Cracked a bit AJAR
Disney+ series set after "Avengers: Endgame" LOKI
Dogs in Tibetan monasteries, once PUGS
Experimental, say EDGY
Feeling sad DOWN
Follower of John ACTS
Geology interval EON
Getting the job done ONIT
Ginger ___ ALE
Govt. org. that had the same leader for its first 48 years FBI
Govt.-issued ID SSN
Hallucinogen from a cactus PEYOTE
High-heel shoe attachment ANKLESTRAP
Hold tight BIDE
Home of the 62-Down hummingbird, the world's smallest bird CUBA
Home to the largest Goya collection in the world PRADO
Hyatt alternative OMNI
In a daze ADDLED
Iniquitous EVIL
Clues Answers
Japanese carrier ANA
John, abroad SEAN
Kind of battle RAP
Leave in a huff, with "out" STORM
Let up ABATE
Like AKINTO
Louisville is in it, in brief ACC
Makes out NECKS
Minute, informally ITTY
Nonfiction film, in brief DOC
One on the case? STAIR
One's parents, slangily, with "the" OLDS
Part of a range: Abbr MTN
Pizzeria order PIE
Playwright William INGE
Pop singer ___ Max AVA
Prefix with system ECO
Presidential middle name DELANO
Quality of a playful kitten FRISKINESS
Rob with four Super Bowl rings, familiarly GRONK
See 34-Down BEE
Set certain underwater traps EELED
Sign off on OKAY
Skin-care application TONER
Sleekly designed, informally AERO
Something to chew on BONE
Still on the line, perhaps DAMP
Surpass in strength OUTGUN
Temporarily out LOANED
The duck, in "Peter and the Wolf" OBOE
Things with hooks BRAS
Tranquil PLACID
Unleashes on LETSAT
Word that becomes its own opposite when "n" is added to the front EVER
You might have a stake in this TENT
You might need this to go on CUE
[What a joke!] GROAN
___ friends AMONG
___-core (punk offshoot) SKA