New York Times - Dec 23 2021

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Clues Answers
"!!!" OMG
"Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889" artist ENSOR
"Kiss her ___ for me" ("A Holly Jolly Christmas" lyric) ONCE
2016 animated film with songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda MOANA
45, e.g DISC
Archers BOWMEN
At all EVER
Beats (out) EDGES
Besmirches TARS
Black-eyed pea, technically BEAN
Butter up, say FLATTER
Buys tickets for a couple of friends for a Polynesian getaway? TAKESTWOTOTONGA
Car model with a musical name SONATA
Cause of the moon hitting your eye like a big pizza pie, in song AMORE
Certain international soccer championship, familiarly EUROS
Chicago airport code ORD
Dish that may be served folded OMELET
District of Columbia advocacy subject STATEHOOD
Does some cave art ETCHES
Doesn't disturb LETSBE
Essential character ETHOS
Explorer John RAE
For PRO
Free-fall phenomenon, informally ZEROG
Full of anticipation AGOG
Get ready to skate, with "up" LACE
Get something just right NAILIT
Give a buzz PHONE
Gobble down INHALE
Good thing to bring to the field AGAME
Great-great-great-great-great grandfather of Noah ENOS
Hankering ITCH
Heath genus that's also a woman's name ERICA
Historical event given its current name in 1939: Abbr WWI
In the way of ALA
Is unobliged to NEEDNOT
It's 1 for 90° SINE
Clues Answers
Lead-in to a Southern "-ville" ASHE
Let up EASE
Like Santa, in traditional depictions FAT
Miami five THEHEAT
More ragged TATTIER
Morgan Stanley acquisition of 2020 ETRADE
N.Y.C. neighborhood next to the Bowery NOHO
New citizen, perhaps EMIGRE
Noble gas you can't live without? VITALARGON
North and South, but not East or West POLES
Occasion on which to sing the hymn "Up From the Grave He Arose" EASTER
Old-timey agreements AYS
Opposite of exo- ENDO
Org. that gives out "gold" but fights pirates RIAA
Passage blocker, maybe NAY
Pitch-perfect ONKEY
Popular web browser CHROME
Reef deposit hung on the holiday tree? ACHRISTMASCORAL
Shock, in a way ZAP
Small thing ATOM
Something an Australian might throw on the barbie SHRIMP
Something it's good to get a hole in? ONE
Starbucks order for a man's man? CAFFEMACHO
Start of an English auto name ASTON
Sugar or flour STAPLE
Teeny-tiny ITSY
Things caught at a beach RAYS
Trash day reminder ODOR
Tries to wrangle the unwrangleable HERDSCATS
True LOYAL
Western gas brand ARCO
What cynophobia is the fear of DOGS
When said three times, how an overlong comment might be summarized BLAH
Word aptly hidden in "I've got this!" EGO
Word with candy or ball COTTON
___ shot RIM
___ shot MUG