New York Times - Dec 17 2022

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Clues Answers
'Ah, yes, understood' ISEE
'I spilled ___ on my dog. Now he's gone': Steven Wright SPOTREMOVER
'I'll take another' HITME
'Ideas worth spreading' series TEDTALKS
'___ bat an eye' DIDNT
Act big? EMOTE
Alternative to .com or .org EDU
Bae HON
Big actors HAMS
Bit of silliness GOOF
Buds for brewers HOPS
Certain parental figure? DADBOD
Chicago mayor Lightfoot LORI
Clerical worker? PRIEST
Cold shower? THERMOMETER
Comment to someone enjoying a hot streak YOUREONFIRE
Common street name OAK
Court fig ATT
Crude meas BBL
Detail-oriented sort IDOTTER
Eschews a cab, say UBERS
Final resting place COFFIN
Fix RIG
Forked-tailed fliers TERNS
Gifts often given with kisses LEIS
Gomez who got her start on 'Barney & Friends' SELENA
Great deal TON
Here ONEARTH
Hindu god of love and desire KAMA
Honorific that translates to 'born before' SENSEI
Inbox messages from Nigerian princes, almost certainly EMAILHOAXES
Informal times of day AFTS
It goes without saying AXIOM
It makes scents! AIRFRESHENER
Clues Answers
It's a trap SNARE
Like some hard-to-read messages CODED
Like the Northern Lights AURORAL
Lucy of 'Why Women Kill' LIU
Made too much of something, perhaps GUSHED
Michael of 'Life & Beth' CERA
No-frills retirement options? COTS
Not getting involved in any nastiness ABOVETHEFRAY
One confined to a cell? AMOEBA
One with sole possession? SHOE
Org. whose motto is 'Per Ardua ad Astra' RAF
Outdoor event with long sticks, informally WEENIEROAST
Overcast clouds STRATI
Pay to play ANTE
Pitcher's aim? SALE
Place with multiple ports WINEBAR
Practice group?: Abbr DRS
Psychs KEYSUP
Ralphie's wish in 'A Christmas Story' REDRYDER
Recorded ONFILE
Shags, e.g DOS
Shut (up) PENT
Some modern media-related speculations FANTHEORIES
Something that may be cut and then cured MEAT
Something you reach out and take SELFIE
Soul, for one GENRE
Souvenir shop purchase TEE
Start of an old advice column DEARANN
Start of many a trick question TRUEORFALSE
Storage unit BYTE
Subject of a Nepali hunting license YETI
The Manassa ___, nickname for boxer Jack Dempsey MAULER
Void ANNUL
Winnow PARE