New York Times - Dec 21 2022

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Clues Answers
'A fickle food,' per Emily Dickinson FAME
'A League of ___ Own' THEIR
'Cabin Fever' director Roth ELI
'Do you mind?' MAYI
'Euphoria' channel HBO
'Fudge,' 'fie' and 'fiddlesticks' are some of the printable ones FWORDS
'Now wait just a second!' WHOA
'Oh yeah?' THATSO
'Why are you making such a fuss?' ... or a hint to 17-, 36- and 43-Across WHATSTHEBIGDEAL
'Yeah, sure' IBET
'You don't really have to' NONEED
'___ soon?' TOO
Antelope with chin hair GNU
Be an omen of BODE
Belabor, with 'on' HARP
Bevy : quails :: parliament : ___ OWLS
Blue shade NAVY
Brouhahas ADOS
Confusion might ensue when they're crossed WIRES
Conquer a hero? EAT
Country with the second-most Portuguese speakers ANGOLA
Deceptive movement FEINT
Download that might use a freemium model APP
Dream hand for a poker player ROYALFLUSH
E-tickets often come as these PDFS
Enthusiastic response to 'Wanna come?' DOI
Exhaust physically DRAIN
Expel OUST
Field for Maria Callas OPERA
Follower of Bay or gray AREA
Food FARE
Food, potentially PREY
Grunts and groans, e.g NOISES
Hindu fire god AGNI
Hunter visible at night ORION
Ideal for audiophiles, in brief HIFI
In the loop AWARE
It can prevent cracking LIPBALM
It means nothing at Wimbledon LOVE
Clues Answers
Key for getting out, not in ESC
Key word when writing dialogue SAYS
Large swallow SWIG
Large-scale corporate union MEGAMERGER
Like flourless cake DENSE
Like marshes or bagpipes REEDY
Like tears and some language SALTY
Major bashes FETES
Manhattan, on an envelope NYNY
Metal next to tungsten on the periodic table RHENIUM
Modify, as an article EDIT
Nowhere to be found AWOL
One able to lift 10 to 50 times its body weight ANT
One side of a page RECTO
Party people, for short POLS
Patriarchs and matriarchs ELDERS
Peach or plum HUE
Place for thieves DEN
Protect, as freshness SEALIN
Reduce LOWER
Remove condensation from DEFOG
Risk taker's acronym YOLO
Sheepish answer to 'Who broke this?' IDID
Shove down the throat of FOISTON
Sign in a clearance section FIFTYPERCENTOFF
Signal to play HITIT
Snack item sometimes shown in ads next to a glass of milk OREO
Stretch STINT
Sulky HUFFISH
Swing ___ ERA
Target for an exterminator PEST
The duck in 'Peter and the Wolf' OBOE
Title holders OWNERS
U.K. acting award BAFTA
U.S. theater awards OBIES
Widespread RIFE
Word with due or true NORTH
___ setter IRISH
___ slicker CITY