New York Times - Dec 22 2020

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'I'll pass' NAH
'Let's be ___ about this' ADULTS
A flat one is best to skip STONE
Affectionate nickname for the 'Father of the Symphony' PAPAHAYDN
Aged OLD
Arnaz of 'I Love Lucy' DESI
Auto takebacks, for short REPOS
Bar 'where everybody knows your name' CHEERS
Beats by a whisker EDGES
Caper ANTIC
Cause for a blessing ACHOO
Center of rotation AXIS
Chops down HEWS
Church recess APSE
Colorist DYER
Comforting mental state HAPPYPLACE
Corporate V.I.P CEO
Dingbats YOYOS
Dr. Zhivago's love LARA
Dunkable cookie OREO
Either part of a yin-yang symbol, e.g HALF
Equine animal, in rural dialect HOSS
Face With Tears of Joy, for one EMOJI
Fake eyelash, in slang FALSIE
Field of mathematics pioneered by John von Neumann GAMETHEORY
Golfer's challenge TRAP
Greek tourist destination CORFU
Hawaii's state bird NENE
Heating fuel OIL
Heating unit THERM
Heaven SHANGRILA
Hogs SWINE
Houston ballplayer ASTRO
Ice skating maneuver AXEL
Italian name of six popes PAOLO
Join at the altar WED
Keanu Reeves's role in 'The Matrix' NEO
Kind of computer port, in brief USB
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Kind of energy SOLAR
Kotb of 'Today' HODA
Like a soldier who might be court-martialed AWOL
Lively for one's age SPRY
Manages to gather, as cash SCRAPESUP
Mindless INANE
Nickname for Grandma NANA
One of two in the McDonald's logo ARCH
Org. whose members may be fore-warned? PGA
Paris's ___ de la Cité ILE
Part of a coding conditional ELSE
Part of a squash court WALL
Peepers EYES
Pen tip NIB
Perez whose film debut was in 'Do the Right Thing' ROSIE
Plains dwelling TEPEE
Pleasantly INAGOODWAY
Pottery fragment SHARD
Projecting rim of a metal beam FLANGE
Protection for vampire hunters CROSS
Rapture SHEERBLISS
Realm of marvels WONDERLAND
Research findings that can't be reproduced, say BADSCIENCE
Sign before Virgo LEO
Sign up for more RENEW
Some SiriusXM workers, for short DJS
Something a wedge often leaves exposed TOE
Steadfastly maintained, as one's beliefs HELDTO
Take a risk when taking a polygraph test LIE
Take steps (into) WADE
Uncle ___ SAM
Unspecified quantity ANY
Unwritten exam ORAL
Volume from Horace ODES
Whom 39-Down wants, in a classic poster YOU
With this puzzle's central black squares, ecstasy CLOUD
Word with cash or holy COW
___ Island (part of Brooklyn that isn't an island) CONEY