New York Times - Dec 22 2021

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Clues Answers
"Darn it!" RATS
"Hamilton" actor Leslie ___ Jr ODOM
"I ___ know" (common excuse) DIDNT
"Resident Alien" channel SYFY
"Ridiculous!" MYEYE
"Same here" ASDOI
"___ Tannenbaum" (16th-century folk song that inspired a carol) ACH
"___ vez" ("Again," in Valencia) OTRA
Avid skateboarder, in lingo THRASHER
Awkward farewell UMBYE
Bother PAIN
Certain designer dog YORKIPOO
Cheeseboard choice BRIE
City with a beef KOBE
Clarice Starling's employer in "The Silence of the Lambs," in brief FBI
Cold rice topped with wasabi and raw fish NIGIRI
College app element REC
Composer of the piano piece played by Bugs Bunny in "Rhapsody Rabbit" LISZT
Cost of not doing business, maybe LOSTOPPORTUNITY
Cousin of a gull TERN
Days gone by, in bygone days ELD
Eventually INTIME
Fangorn Forest dweller ENT
Fertile ground LOAM
Fish also known as a bluegill BREAM
Fist bump DAP
Fit of sullenness POUT
Gabs YAKS
Gardeners' orders, at times SOILTESTS
Hershey toffee confection SKOR
Home to the deepest lake and river gorge in the U.S OREGON
Hubbub ADO
Ignores SNUBS
In base eight OCTAL
Indian flatbread ROTI
Jovial seasonal mood CHRISTMASSPIRIT
Clues Answers
Kind of kiss FRENCH
Like hay on a farm BALED
Like many a go-getter TYPEA
Likely cause of a cranky toddler's ear-tugging OTITIS
Lose the suit, say SKINNYDIP
Lovable goofball, say DORK
Make a bow TIE
Member of the fam SIS
Morning hrs AMS
Nanny ___ CAM
NASA endeavors whose vehicles can be found at the ends of 17-, 22-, 51- and 57-Across MARTIANMISSIONS
Nevertheless YET
Ode words TOA
Place to catch up over a hot drink TEAROOM
Poet who coined the term "carpe diem" HORACE
Quizzical Quebec questions? EHS
Regional wildlife BIOTA
Rest atop LIEON
Significant ___ OTHER
Sketch show since '75 SNL
Soaks up the hot sun BAKES
Sound heard in a long hall ECHO
Straight out of the barrel ONTAP
Take a snooze, with "out" ZONK
Tennis champ Osaka NAOMI
Timing of the Mercutio/Tybalt duel in "Romeo and Juliet" ACTIII
Title woman in a classic 1973 breakup tune ANGIE
Unfixable RUINED
Uniquely American cleverness YANKEEINGENUITY
Walkie-talkie band, briefly UHF
Warrior in the Greek pantheon ARES
When repeated, slangy sound of eating NOM
Why everyone loves a good train wreck MORBIDCURIOSITY
___ homo ECCE
___ Islands, Polynesian archipelago SAMOAN
___-Seltzer ALKA