New York Times - Dec 13 2016

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Clues Answers
'Well, obviously!' DUH
'What a relief!' PHEW
Ad word suggesting a lack of undesirable moisture DRI
Affirmative to a commanding officer YESSIR
Animal with an opposable thumb APE
Annoy IRK
Attorneys' fees paid with gold fillings? DENTALRETAINERS
Bambi, e.g DEER
Best ONEUP
Big name in lawn care SCOTTS
Chocolaty hot beverage MOCHA
Coaxed WHEEDLED
Command to a dog after a ball is thrown GOFETCH
Company that buried 700,000+ unsold video games in 1983 ATARI
Conglomerate originally named Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo SONY
Court precedents involving games of hoops? BASKETCASES
Daring BOLD
Departed LEFT
Destroy RUIN
Does a tech job CODES
Exist ARE
Fail to persevere QUIT
Fiddling emperor NERO
Flora and fauna BIOTA
Frontiersman Daniel BOONE
Gaelic language ERSE
Get a look at ESPY
Google ___ EARTH
Graceful birds SWANS
Help AID
Home on an estate MANOR
Humiliate ABASE
Internet destination SITE
Journey TRIP
Law documents concerning pugilists? BOXERBRIEFS
Lead-in to kraut or braten SAUER
Legal actions provoked by oversimple jigsaw puzzles? THREEPIECESUITS
Like a short play ONEACT
Clues Answers
Like most carousel animals EQUINE
Like some boat motor types INBOARD
Like some French sauces WINEY
Lock of hair TRESS
Love god EROS
Monk's home ABBEY
Mother-of-pearl source ABALONE
Neutral shade ECRU
Not working IDLE
Numbskull IDIOT
Object of early Christian condemnation PAGAN
Online crafts seller ETSY
Paris-to-Berlin dir ENE
Parrots and ferrets PETS
Per unit EACH
Pickled flower bud CAPER
Places for contacts EYES
Pleasant scent AROMA
Primitive weapon SPEAR
Response to a joke HAHA
Rock-and-roll need AMP
See 51-Across ONRYE
Ser : Spanish :: ___ : French ETRE
Shore birds ERNS
Smile GRIN
Smoke an e-cigarette VAPE
South American animal also known as a 'hog-nosed coon' COATI
Tatter SHRED
Tavern BAR
Touchdown pass catchers, e.g SCORERS
Trace of color TINGE
Troublesome critters VARMINTS
Unwelcome cry at the front door RAID
What 'oopsy' signals ERROR
What a help desk provides INFO
Wheel connectors AXLES
With 40-Across, common deli sandwich HAM
___ Cruces, N.M LAS