Universal - Dec 29 2020

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Clues Answers
"Nevertheless ..." YET
"Said ___ ever!" NOONE
"___ Miz" LES
"___ of the Body Snatchers" INVASION
*Apt cocktail for a biker bar? SIDECAR
*Bridge maneuvers (note each starred answer's first word, plus four letters below it) ENDPLAYS
*Family-friendly restaurant offering KIDSMEAL
Actress Witherspoon REESE
Back in the day AGO
Baton-passing race RELAY
Be dishonest LIE
Bills, when signed by the president LAWS
Blazing FIERY
Bravo host Andy COHEN
Butter type in moisturizers SHEA
Captain of the Pequod AHAB
Colorful talkers? MACAWS
Cookie with a Golden variety OREO
Corn throwaway COB
Country west of Togo GHANA
Design detail, briefly SPEC
Dig deep (into) DELVE
Disney mermaid ARIEL
Drone's mission, briefly RECON
Econ. stat hidden in "signpost" GNP
Eggplant ___ (popular Italian dish, for short) PARM
Endured STOOD
Enemies FOES
Fashionable Donna KARAN
Fried squid rings, e.g CALAMARI
Futbol cheer OLE
Get along well (with) CLICK
Go out, like the tide EBB
Gondola steerer OAR
Gone up RISEN
Got a new canine, say? TEETHED
Hammer sound BANG
Hits wrong, in golf SHANKS
Clues Answers
Holed up HID
Holiday ___ INN
Illuminated from beneath UPLIT
Its shoulders can support many tons ROAD
L.A.'s ___ Air BEL
Lentil dish in Mumbai DAL
Like chewy pretzels SOFT
Org. closed on Yom Kippur JCC
Part of a Western costume COWBOYBOOT
Person who takes covers BEDHOG
Pieces of commentary REMARKS
Printed handout PAMPHLET
Public relations concern IMAGE
Rare gender for a calico cat MALE
Relinquishes CEDES
Right away ATONCE
Sailors' salutations AHOYS
Saudi Arabia's capital RIYADH
See 29-Across TABLE
See 29-Across THE
Some write limericks POETS
Songwriter DioGuardi KARA
Sources of some nut butter CASHEWS
Southeast Asian tongue LAO
Stereotypical trivia whizzes NERDS
Subject of "Walk the Line" JOHNNYCASH
Subject of a paparazzo's pic CELEB
Sweater material CASHMERE
Symbol EMBLEM
They might cause a brain freeze ICEES
They're on the agenda ITEMS
Titter on Twitter LOL
Unit of land ACRE
Unwanted looks LEERS
Vaults for valuables SAFES
Winter conveyance SLED
With 35- and 40-Across, like this puzzle's shady payments? UNDER
Writer of praiseful verses ODIST