New York Times - Dec 19 2018

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Clues Answers
'Absolutely!' OHYES
'I' strain? EGO
'Let's leave ___ that' ITAT
'So it may ___' SEEM
'The tongue of the mind,' per Cervantes PEN
'WTF With Marc Maron,' for one PODCAST
*A trails nut NATURALIST
*Acts phony SYCOPHANT
*Bag manager GARBAGEMAN
*Hint: hotel THEHILTON
2000s teen drama set in California THEOC
2002 animated film with a woolly mammoth ICEAGE
Ahab's inspiration? SEAAIR
Alaska, before 1959: Abbr TERR
As a result ERGO
Average guy? NORM
Beats it SPLITS
Beehive contents HAIR
Besides TOO
Big rigs SEMIS
Bright blue AZURE
Brutish sort OGRE
Carl who wrote 'Contact' SAGAN
Cartoon uncle of Scrappy-Doo, informally SCOOB
Catherine who married Henry VIII PARR
Chopin piece ETUDE
Common wear for female tennis players ANKLETS
Cry to guests at a surprise party HIDE
Danger PERIL
Each asterisked clue vis-à-vis its answer ANAGRAM
Fast-food utensil SPORK
Give a whuppin' TAN
Hit hard SLUG
Implore PLEAD
Impose, as a tax LEVY
Industry kingpin CZAR
Kevin ___, investor on TV's 'Shark Tank' OLEARY
Kitchen gadgets for mixing BEATERS
Like an evangelical Christian REBORN
Clues Answers
Like gases in the rightmost column of the periodic table INERT
Little jerk TIC
Little trickster IMP
Mai ___ TAI
Mother that might have a beard GOAT
One leaving in the spring? TREE
One of seven for New York City AREACODE
One of the Obama daughters SASHA
Ones always tossing things back? SOTS
Order from a police officer SPREADEM
Org. with the Wizards and Warriors NBA
Part of S O S, in popular usage OUR
Pasture LEA
Path of a blooper ARC
Paul of 'Crocodile Dundee' HOGAN
Phrase on a yard sale tag ASIS
Potentially offensive, in brief UNPC
Prefix meaning 'wine' OENO
President who later served as chief justice TAFT
Pub spigot ALETAP
Rating for many a sitcom TVPG
Relative of a discotheque GOGOBAR
Rx watchdog FDA
Scepter's go-with ORB
Shapiro of NPR ARI
Sharpshooter's asset AIM
Slants LEANS
Social media button SHARE
Stands in a studio EASELS
Start of many CB radio codes TEN
Sweat units BEADS
Sweetums DEARIE
Target of an astringent ACNE
They measure miles in meters CABS
Thin fastener BRAD
Twinings products TEAS
Unable to sit still ANTSY
Warm, action-oriented sort, they say LEO
Young slave girl in 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' TOPSY