New York Times - Feb 21 2022

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Clues Answers
"And ___ off!" (start of a race) THEYRE
"Don't bet ___" ONIT
"Fear of Flying" author Erica JONG
"Love your work!" IMAFAN
"On the other hand ..." [#33] HAVINGSAIDTHAT
"S.N.L." network NBC
"That tastes terrible!" UGH
"That's a joke" IKID
"The Jungle Book" wolf AKELA
"The Naked ___" (Goya painting) MAJA
"The Queen's Gambit" game CHESS
"To the max" suffix EST
Absurd or foolish DAFT
Actor Efron ZAC
Actor Morales ESAI
Actress Foster of "The Silence of the Lambs" JODIE
Actress Jovovich of "The Fifth Element" MILLA
Assistance AID
Baseball slugger's stat RBIS
Calms EASES
Chart-topper HIT
Christmas entrees ROASTHAMS
Complete one round of reps DOASET
Country singer Loretta LYNN
Dance-based fitness program ZUMBA
Den fixtures TVS
Denies any association with DISCLAIMS
Denim pants with a red tab label [#36] LEVISBLUEJEANS
Dick ___, comic strip detective TRACY
Electrical units AMPS
Facts and figures, in brief INFO
Frozen drink brand ICEE
Fútbol cheer OLE
Give an earful YELLAT
He troubleshoots Macs and PCs ITGUY
Heavenly sort ANGEL
In the distant past [#43] GOINGWAYBACK
Inter ___ (among others) ALIA
Israeli statesman Abba EBAN
It may fill up during a vacation INBOX
Juliet's love ROMEO
Clues Answers
Jungle vine LIANA
Keeps the engine running, without moving IDLES
Kimono sash OBI
Largest movie theater chain in the U.S AMC
Lead-in to girl ATTA
Longtime electronics company RCA
Mag. staffers EDS
Magic spell HEX
Not suitable, as for a job UNFIT
Nuclear experiments, for short ATESTS
On a whim [#35] JUSTFORKICKS
Once more AGAIN
One of a pair for a podcast listener EARBUD
One of Santa's reindeer VIXEN
Only dwarf with a three-letter name DOC
Padlock fastener HASP
Patron saint of Norway OLAV
Pen fluid INK
Photographer Goldin NAN
Pound sounds ARFS
Pulitzer-winning columnist Maureen DOWD
Relative of an ostrich or emu RHEA
Relatively safe investment security AABOND
Rowboat propeller OAR
Safecracker YEGG
Savings for old age, for short IRA
Schlep TOTE
School reunion attendee, informally ALUM
Select group of celebs ALIST
Some boxing decisions, in brief TKOS
Spousal greeting HIHON
Tag line? COST
Title character in a Tyler Perry film franchise MADEA
Tyrannosaurus ___ REX
Understand GET
West with the classic movie line "I'm no 45-Across ..." MAE
When happy hour often begins ATFIVE
Where domestic meals are enjoyed [#32] FAMILYDININGROOM
___ constrictor BOA
___ Dylan, lead singer of the Wallflowers JAKOB