New York Times - Dec 29 2014

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Clues Answers
'August: ___ County' (2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning play) OSAGE
'One Love' singer BOBMARLEY
'Use your head!' THINK
'___! The Herald Angels Sing' HARK
*'Man!' OHBROTHER
*'Wait, wait ... go back' YOULOSTME
*Bit of Boston Harbor debris in 1773 TEACHEST
*Golfers' bookings TEETIMES
*What a good speaker maintains with the audience EYECONTACT
1970 John Wayne film RIOLOBO
Call off, as a mission ABORT
Change, as the Constitution AMEND
Course for which you hardly need to 51-Down EASYA
Cross through XOUT
Diner's card MENU
Director's end-of-scene cry CUT
Doublemint, for one GUM
Enjoys Joyce, Carroll or Oates READS
Female org. since the 1850s YWCA
Fills up SATES
Final approval SAYSO
Forest units TREES
Fox News anchor Smith SHEP
Fr. girl MLLE
German automaker OPEL
Getting ___ years ONIN
Glam rock band ___ the Hoople MOTT
Havana hero José MARTI
Howe'er THO
Internet business DOTCOM
Jeanne d'Arc, for one: Abbr STE
Juillet's season ETE
Lansing's home: Abbr MICH
Lean-___ (rude shelters) TOS
Leave no room for misinterpretation ... or what the first words of the answers to the five starred clues do, literally SPELLITOUT
Letters between jays and ells KAYS
Like integers of the form 2n + 1 ODD
Loosens, as laces UNTIES
Clues Answers
Lottery buys TICKETS
Maudlin SOPPY
Muppet maker Jim HENSON
Musical pitch TONE
Needing no Rx OTC
Not joint-pounding, as aerobics LOWIMPACT
October 31 option TREAT
One just squeaking by? MOUSE
Opposite of spicy MILD
Pace or race follower CAR
Put into law ENACT
Put-down SLUR
Putin's refusal NYET
Regular NORMAL
Sauce thickener ROUX
Second-stringers BTEAMS
Shade HUE
Small recess NICHE
Somewhat ABIT
Suffix with ranch ERO
Thwarts STYMIES
Titanic victim John Jacob ___ ASTOR
Title for Sam or Ben UNCLE
Twosome DUO
U.S. intelligence org NSA
U.S.S. ___ (aircraft carrier named for a former admiral) NIMITZ
Univ., e.g SCH
Unnamed others THEY
Vikings, e.g NORSE
Wall Street inits NYSE
Weightless state, informally ZEROG
What i.o.u.'s represent DEBTS
Worldwide GLOBAL
Writer's plan OUTLINE
___ constrictor BOA
___ nut (Chinese fruit) LITCHI
___ of Wight ISLE
___ Park, Colo ESTES