New York Times - Dec 15 2019

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Clues Answers
'Alas ...' ITSSAD
'Boo-___!' YAH
'My ___' TREAT
'None for me, thanks' IMCOOL
'Quiet, you!' SHUSH
'That's odd ...' HMM
'The pond': Abbr ATL
'Well, golly!' GEEWHIZ
'Whither thou ___ ...' GOEST
'___ run!' GOTTA
'___ supuesto!' (Spanish 'Of course!') POR
Abbr. on a keyboard key ESC
Admonishment before Christmas morning NOPEEKING
Agreeable response to a parental order YESMOM
Airer of 'Arrow' and 'iZombie' THECW
Baseball double play, in slang ... or a hint to understanding the 12 Across answers that have circles TWINKILLING
Beats by ___ (audio brand) DRE
Bit in a feedbag OAT
Bit of off-road equipment MUDTIRE
Boatload TON
Bog growths MOUSSES
Boor OAF
Brain, slangily NOODLE
California city whose name translates to 'the table' LAMESA
California's ___ National Forest SIERRA
Can opener POPTOP
Certain bean or horse PINTO
Chits inits IOU
Chow down on, biblically EATOF
Cleaning up the mess, for short? ONKP
Coastal inlet RIA
Company that introduced Etch A Sketch OHIOART
Concise and to the point PITCHY
Contributors to 'the front page of the internet' REDDITORS
Cry just before the birthday guest arrives at a surprise party HIDE
Daily cable show that's covered Hollywood since 1991 ENEWS
Derrière END
Desirous PITCHY
Disgusting, quaintly UGSOME
Doorway ENTRY
Drink with a straw MALT
Dutch banking giant ING
Duties imposed LEVITES
Enclosure for a slush pile, for short SASE
Erupt SPEW
F.D.R.'s last veep HST
Family written about by Margaret Mitchell OHARAS
Fig. watched by some dieters BMI
Finish of three U.S. state names ANA
Flash drive port USB
Florist's cutting STEM
Foe of the Jedi SITH
For now PROTEAM
Fortune 500 category, informally TECH
Founder of the Ottoman Empire OSMAN
Fragrant item in a fireplace PINELOG
Freedom LICENSE
French schoolteacher MAITRE
G.R.E. administrator ETS
Genre akin to goth EMO
George W. Bush's nickname for himself, with 'the' DECIDER
Good thing to find on a boat SEALEGS
Group running a celeb's social media accounts, say PROTEAM
Hatcher of 'Lois & Clark' TERI
Here's the kicker! TOE
Hit 2011 animated movie RIO
Hitting close to home? STRIPLING
Hot under the collar IRATE
Improvement UPGRADE
In the slightest ATALL
India's smallest state GOA
Interval known as 'the devil in music' on account of its unsettling sound TRITONE
Clues Answers
It's a start ONSET
Its seeds whirl to the ground ELM
Judea and Sheba, in the Bible LANDS
Juniors, to their fathers NAMESAKES
Keeper of the books? SHELF
Last-minute eBay bidders SNIPERS
Laureate HONOREE
Lawman at the O.K. Corral EARP
Lead-in to long ERE
Levels TIERS
Like a 'mwa-ha-ha' laugh EVIL
Marks out XES
Maximally mannered NICEST
Members of un monastère FRERES
Mischievous titter HEHE
Most sinewy WIRIEST
Muscat native OMANI
Near impossibilities on par-5 holes ACES
One of 24 KARAT
One of Chaucer's pilgrims REEVE
One who fixes flats? TUNER
Orange Sesame Street monster ZOE
Org. that began welcoming girls in 2019 BSA
Pandemonium MAYHEM
Part of a parade float on New Year's Day ROSEPETAL
Party notifications sent with a click LEVITES
Pattern on a barber pole STRIPLING
Picks, with 'for' OPTS
Political figure on whom Snowball is based in 'Animal Farm' TROTSKY
Presidential time ERA
Producer of bills ATM
Provocative poster TROLL
Pusher of green eggs and ham SAM
Relating to theft on the high seas PIRATIC
Retro-cool music purchases LPS
Salsa and guacamole DIPS
Sandwich with an apostrophe in its name POBOY
Seasoning in a yellow-and-blue tin OLDBAY
Send over the moon ELATE
Shade HUE
Some fraternity row letters XIS
Some South Africans BOXERS
Something with many variables to consider ALGEBRA
Takes the plate in place of BATSFOR
Texter's 'ciao' TTYL
The big eau MER
The Jets, but not the Giants GANG
Things students take NOTES
This puzzle's subjects, by another name THEGEMINI
Tingling, in a way NUMB
Title role played by Hilary Swank in a 2009 biopic AMELIA
Tousles, as hair MOUSSES
Tsps. or tbsps AMTS
Warehouse stacks BOXERS
Weather phenomenon whose double lights were said to represent this puzzle's subjects STELMOSFIRE
Welcome, as a guest SEEIN
Wet firecracker, e.g DUD
What amber comes from RESIN
What violence might lead to RRATING
When repeated, 'Cheerio!' PIP
Where Orange County is, in brief SOCAL
Where to set your butts down ASHTRAY
Wiped ERASED
Word before rip or slip LET
Word with coin or ring TOSS
World of Warcraft enemies ORCS
Youngest animal in the Hundred Acre Wood ROO
___ admin SYS
___ fly SAC
___ Speaker MADAM
___ tai MAI