New York Times - Dec 20 2022

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Clues Answers
'Dagnabbit!' DRAT
'Get well soon' process, informally REHAB
'Holy moly!' OHMYGOD
'___ dog has its day' EVERY
Actor Brendan FRASER
Agcy. that promotes adoption SPCA
Airline that grounds its planes during the Sabbath ELAL
All excited KEYEDUP
Amusement park racers GOKARTS
Banned substances in sports, for short PEDS
Behind-the-arc shots, informally THREES
Big name in jeans LEE
Blank paper bearer PAD
Celine with five Grammys DION
Clears (of) RIDS
Climb RISE
Cold War power, in brief USSR
Country singer/songwriter Rabbitt EDDIE
Deep down ATHEART
Deserve EARN
Difficult to sort out, informally HAIRY
Directive at a physical SAYAAH
Eat at ERODE
Election year event PRIMARY
Father of Norway's King Harald OLAV
Finding hidden meaning, literally LINEREADINGLINE
Fraternal order since 1868 ELKS
Fruit used to make slivovitz PLUM
German car maker BMW
Gets into bed, literally SHEETSLIPSSHEET
Gets overlooked, literally CRACKFALLSCRACK
Got completely destroyed PERISHED
Home of Arches National Park UTAH
Impede HOLDUP
It tolls over British Parliament BIGBEN
Jaguars and Impalas, for instance AUTOS
Clues Answers
Laconic TERSE
Like the shape of an eggplant OVOID
Lose layers SHED
M.L.B. team that played its first two seasons at the fabled Polo Grounds METS
Makes suddenly aware of something, literally EYEHITSRIGHTEYE
Moved like a pendulum SWUNG
New York City mayor Adams and others ERICS
Oracle SEER
Org. targeted by Moms Demand Action NRA
Originates (from), as a word DERIVES
Outdoor grilling spot PATIO
Person who won't just talk, but act DOER
Plot developers SCHEMERS
Qatar's capital DOHA
Rapper who co-founded N.W.A, casually DRE
Rare roll with two dice TWELVE
Rate PACE
Rivers in Portugal and Spain RIOS
Rx writers: Abbr DRS
Section of a textbook UNIT
Shopping splurge SPREE
Slick substance OIL
Some surface damages DENTS
Stadium noisemaker AIRHORN
Starting action on a court SERVE
Stringed instrument that rhymes with another stringed instrument SITAR
Tenderhearted KIND
The 'I' of M.I.T.: Abbr INST
Title for Paul, Gregory or Francis POPE
Trust issues? ASSETS
Tuna type AHI
Wharton's '___ Frome' ETHAN
What five horizontal answers do with this one CROSS
Where Lake Erie reaches its southernmost point OHIO
Witch's facial feature WART
___ Creed (Christian avowal) NICENE