New York Times - Dec 12 2016

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Clues Answers
'Have a taste!' TRYIT
'Make it snappy!' ASAP
'Me, Myself & ___' (Jim Carrey movie) IRENE
'Mon ___!' (French cry) DIEU
'Now ___ me down to sleep' ILAY
'Smokes' CIGS
'Star Trek' officer with an earpiece UHURA
'The Star-Spangled Banner,' e.g ANTHEM
'___ the Lord my soul to keep' IPRAY
2016 #1 album by Rihanna ANTI
A sixteenth is a short one NOTE
A ___ pittance MERE
Actress Ward SELA
Admit at the door LETIN
Augment INCREASE
Biscuit with English tea SCONE
Black gemstone ONYX
Brother of Donald Trump Jr ERIC
Bull-riding venue ARENA
Chaim who played Tevye in 'Fiddler on the Roof' TOPOL
Choir voice ALTO
City NNE of Paris LILLE
Coffee break hour TENAM
Communication problem ... illustrated literally by the black squares before 5-, 19-, 26-, 54-, 65- and 73-Across LANGUAGEBARRIER
Conks out DIES
Cookie holders TINS
Dart (around) FLIT
Egypt's capital CAIRO
Eight, in France HUIT
English racing venue EPSOM
Exams for future J.D.s LSATS
Folk singer Pete SEEGER
Formal-sounding commitment ISHALL
Frenzied MANIC
Friend of Romeo MERCUTIO
Friends and neighbors KITH
Garlicky mayo AIOLI
Go along with a bear market SELL
Great Lakes natives ERIES
Clues Answers
High/low card ACE
Homeland of 9-Across EIRE
It goes down a fallopian tube OVUM
Item in a golfer's bag TEE
Knight time? YORE
Landing approximations, for short ETAS
Late attorney general Janet RENO
Lobbying org. that fights music piracy RIAA
Lower part of the leg SHIN
Maestro Kurt ___ MASUR
Mello ___ (soft drink) YELLO
Moneymaking part of a museum GIFTSHOP
Music genre for 36-Down NEWAGE
Norway's patron saint OLAFII
Noted rocker/humanitarian BONO
Omega's opposite, alphabetically ALPHA
One-named singer from County Donegal ENYA
Ones taking captain's orders CREW
Orchestra reed OBOE
Religious offshoots SECTS
Reservoir creator DAM
Responsibility DUTY
Sagan who hosted 'Cosmos' CARL
Short ___ (quick work) SHRIFT
Sicilian volcano ETNA
Slightest bit IOTA
Sluggers' stats RBIS
Stratford-upon-___ AVON
Successful job applicant HIREE
Theater awards OBIES
Troublemaker BADACTOR
Two-door auto COUPE
Vegetable that becomes gooey when cooked OKRA
Visa alternative AMEX
Wasn't up to par AILED
Weapon in fencing EPEE
Works of Keats ODES
___ center (place for a Ping-Pong table) REC
___ good deed DOA