New York Times - Oct 23 2021

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Clues Answers
"Is this such a good idea?" DOIDARE
"Oh, that's good!" NICEONE
"Por ___?" QUE
"Stronger With ___ Tear," 2009 hit album for Mary J. Blige EACH
"What's the ___?" DIF
"Wot's dat over ___?" DERE
A host of, in brief MCING
Baby WEE
Baby-to-be ZYGOTE
BBQ specialty PORKRIB
Bullish TAURINE
Cause of a decrease in the cost of gasoline OILGLUT
Certain native of the Mideast EMIRATI
Challenge for a language learner IDIOM
Charge for some truckers CARTAGE
Contents of some wells INK
Controvert DENY
Cry of ineptitude ISTINK
Dix minus un NEUF
Drawing of the body without its skin, from the French ECORCHE
Duds at an awards ceremony, maybe TUX
Duraflame product FIRELOG
Face of the internet? EMOTICON
Fail badly TANK
First sch. to win 100 N.C.A.A. titles UCLA
Flower in the nightshade family PETUNIA
Get GROK
Go from E to F FUELUP
Headliner LEADACT
Hybrid Thanksgiving dessert PIECAKEN
Indian spice mixes MASALAS
Kind of pool DATING
L.A. jazz venue where Thelonious Monk recorded a live album, with "the" ITCLUB
Law school subject ETHICS
Like cranks GROUCHY
Clues Answers
Likely M.V.P. candidate ALLSTAR
Literally, "one who is sent off" APOSTLE
Low-quality paper RAG
Manor house attendant GATEMAN
Meat GIST
Musical equivalent of two whole notes BREVE
One of the Lesser Antilles STKITTS
Online marketing giant with a primate in its logo MAILCHIMP
Pass it on! LORE
Pass through D.C.? ENACT
Pippi Longstocking feature PIGTAIL
Popular baitfish SHAD
Potential topic to discuss in science class? ENERGY
Questions of surprise? POPQUIZ
Quickly and soon INAWINK
Quiet period LULL
Rabbit ears TVANTENNA
Request from a host RSVP
River with the second-largest discharge volume in the New World, after the Amazon ORINOCO
Rounded, say INEXACT
Some charges for animal lovers PETFEES
Some vacation getaways ISLES
Standard Disney fare PGFILMS
Strenuous TAXING
Sunblock blocks it UVLIGHT
They've got to hand it to you DEALERS
Things on the heads of some outlaws PRICES
What halophobia is the fear of SALT
What's mixed with bismuth, lead and cadmium to make cerrosafe TIN
Where I-25 meets I-40: Abbr NMEX
Words of acceptance SOBEIT
[knock on wood] IHOPE
___ and ran ATE
___ Chinmoy, onetime Indian spiritual leader SRI
___-tip (beef cut) TRI