New York Times - Dec 23 2018

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Clues Answers
'Alas!' HOWSAD
'And who ___?' ISNT
'Git!' SCAT
'Go ahead!' DOSO
'I did it!' TADA
'Shame!' TSK
'x' in 5x = x^2 ÷ 2 TEN
4-0 series, say SWEEP
Align TRUEUP
All limbs LANK
Alternative to pavement GRAVEL
Antidiscriminatory abbr EEO
Arabic name that sounds like a polite affirmative YASIR
Architect Maya LIN
Audit a class, say SITIN
Awestruck GAGA
Banisters RAILS
BBQ side SLAW
Beau's girl AMIE
Bee, e.g SAMANTHA
Biblical spy CALEB
Big suit CEO
Bleachers STANDS
Botanical bristles AWNS
Brief swim DIP
Buckwheat cereal KASHA
Bygone office position STENO
California's motto EUREKA
Certifiable, so to speak INSANE
City near the Sierras RENO
Codger COOT
Connoisseur of food and drink EPICURE
Cross inscription INRI
Data maintained by competitive dentists? FILLINGSTATS
Dead reckoning? OBITPAGE
Doesn't really see IMAGINES
Dutch cheese GOUDA
English guy CHAP
Enthrones CROWNS
Envelope abbr ATTN
Evidence left by a moth HOLE
Fervor ZEAL
Figure in Jewish folklore GOLEM
Flowering herb also known as devil's nettle YARROW
G.I.'s address APO
Gift tag word FOR
Halliburton of the Halliburton Company ERLE
Harvard University Press's ___ Classical Library LOEB
Has a 42-Down EATS
How polka bands get their start? WITHONEACCORDION
Hundredths: Abbr PCTS
Iago or Othello ROLE
Improvised RIFFED
Inits. before many state names USS
Intentionally lost THREW
Introvert's focus SELF
Irish port, county or bay SLIGO
Islamic mystic SUFI
It fits in a lock OAR
It notably has two bridges SITAR
It's not as simple as a), b), c) ESSAYTEST
Italian article UNA
Italian wine city ASTI
Jesus Christ, with 'the' SON
Kitchenware brand EKCO
Lansing-to-Flint dir ENE
Like a truck descending a steep hill INLOW
Like corsets LACED
Like panang curry THAI
Like powwows TRIBAL
Clues Answers
Like some factories ... or, in a different sense, like 90-, 109- and 119-Across (but not 24-, 32- and 53-Across)? UNIONIZED
Main ingredient in Wiener schnitzel VEAL
Mathematician's 116-Down QED
Max at the MoMA ERNST
Modern prefix with tag GEO
More pulchritudinous COMELIER
Most remote of the Near Islands ATTU
Move slowly (along) CHUG
Need for a model GLUE
Nickname for a hard-to-please girl? MISSIMPOSSIBLE
Not loose, as a diamond INSET
Noted beauty contest loser HERA
Offshore sight, maybe OILRIG
One might be found near a cloverleaf MOTEL
Online enticement CLICKBAIT
Org. with an annual Help a Horse Day ASPCA
Partner in indecision with 5-Across HAW
Partner in indecision with 5-Down HEM
Pas sans AVEC
Performed creditably DIDOK
Philosophical argument for belief in God PASCALSWAGER
Pontiff's gold treasure? PAPALBULLION
Potentially unhelpful answer to 'Who's there?' ITSME
Protective sorts in showbiz STAGEMOTHERS
Query about the Freedom Caucus or Berniecrats? ISTHATAFACTION
Rare success story from the dot-com bubble EBAY
Register things SALES
Restroom sign LADIES
Room to maneuver LEEWAY
Russian 'peace' MIR
Sea cow MANATEE
See 41-Down MEAL
Seethe BOIL
Series RUN
Shoddy CHEAP
Some refuges DENS
Some refuges ARKS
Some runoff sites EAVES
Sources of Manchego cheese EWES
Spanish greeting HOLA
Speakers' searches for just the right words? RHETORICALQUESTS
Speed RACE
St. Petersburg's river NEVA
Star bursts NOVAE
Summer hat PANAMA
Sushi eel UNAGI
Terminus ENDPOINT
Texter's transition OTOH
That's right! EAST
The 21st Amendment, e.g REPEAL
Tinker (with) FIDDLE
Tit for tat? SWAP
Trolley sound CLANG
Unctuousness SMARM
Unduly harsh DRACONIC
Value ESTEEM
Vexes ANNOYS
War-torn Syrian city ALEPPO
What can go before watt MEGA
What comes before 'B'? ORAL
What leads many people to say 'Let's face it'? MECCA
White part of pearly whites ENAMEL
Woman's name that means 'star' STELLA
Wonder AWE
Wood for a raft BALSA
Word with store or sign DOLLAR
Word with you but not me ARE
___ Alcorn, creator of Pong ALLAN
___ Lee, singer with the 2011 #1 album 'Mission Bell' AMOS
___-Dixie (grocery chain) WINN