New York Times - Dec 1 2019

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Clues Answers
'He's like ___ to me' ASON
'Little House on the Prairie' girl LAURA
'Star Wars' nickname ANI
'To repeat ...' ASISAID
... It abuts water on only one of its four sides RHODEISLAND
... It usually comes from sheep CATGUT
... It was predominantly German HOLYROMANEMPIRE
... It's a legume PEANUT
... It's a rodent native to the Andes GUINEAPIG
... It's a woodwind from Central Europe ENGLISHHORN
... It's an American name for a German game CHINESECHECKERS
... It's an ellipse STPETERSSQUARE
... They're lousy places to sleep RESTROOMS
... They're of Indian origin ARABICNUMERALS
A rancher might pull one over a calf BOOT
AARPers SRS
Abhors LOATHES
Aerobatic maneuver TAILSPIN
Alternative indication ORNOT
Apt move when dancing the salsa? DIP
Atoms BITS
Attach, as a ribbon TIEON
Bagged leaves? TEA
Big name in the soup aisle KNORR
Bird growing up Down Under EMU
Cathy's comics cry ACK
Charismatic DYNAMIC
Compares (to) LIKENS
Competitor RIVAL
Cool red giants SSTARS
Cop ___ APLEA
Cornerstone abbr ESTAB
Currently ATPRESENT
Dash dial TACH
Dashed RAN
Defibrillator pros EMTS
Drift ice pieces FLOES
Eponym of a London insurer LLOYD
Eruption particulates ASH
Exam for many sophs. and jrs PSAT
Expunges DELETES
First, last, male or female name LEE
Fish that's 69-Down reversed EEL
Flanged structural support IBEAM
Footprint maker SOLE
Frankish finish ENDE
Fuel mileage, for example RATIO
Gambling game akin to bingo KENO
Gilded chest in the Bible ARK
Give ___ on the wrist ASLAP
Heir extension? ESS
High-grade U.S.M.C. enlistee NCO
Highly decorated BAROQUE
Highway haulers SEMIS
Hindu tradition that's two men's names in reverse TANTRA
Historic discovery RELIC
Home of the Huskies, informally UCONN
Home to the Sundance Film Festival UTAH
Honey BABE
Huffington of journalism ARIANNA
Impersonator's skill APING
In ___ development UTERO
Inker's artwork TAT
It starts in Mar DST
It's often performed by 105-Across CPR
Italian 'darling' CARA
Jennifer who wrote the Pulitzer-winning 'A Visit From the Goon Squad' EGAN
Kitt who played Catwoman on TV EARTHA
La-la lead-in OOH
Lambaste TEARINTO
Clues Answers
Letters on an incomplete syllabus TBA
Like bicycle chains OILED
Like drumheads TAUT
Like par 2 holes among all holes in miniature golf EASIEST
Lima lady: Abbr SRA
Make amends? EDIT
Make litter-proof? NEUTER
Meeting expectations UPTOPAR
Miffed UPSET
Mo. when the N.F.L., N.B.A., N.H.L. and M.L.B. all have games OCT
More overbearing BOSSIER
Move offshore, say EBB
Not just any THE
Notwithstanding INSPITEOF
Of all time EVER
Onetime home of the Vikings and the Twins METRODOME
Overruns INFESTS
Parking lot souvenir DENT
Part of a gym set REP
Phrase before a date USEBY
Pixelatedness, for short RES
Popular microwave snack POPCORN
Possible result of late payments, informally REPO
Pretentious ARTY
Preventive medicine, slangily VAX
Printing hues CYANS
Punjab's capital LAHORE
Rapper Tone ___ LOC
Regard ESTEEM
Russian novelist Maxim GORKI
Salt's hip-hop counterpart PEPA
Sci-fi character depicted as a glowing red dot HAL
Second most popular Vietnamese surname (after Nguyen) TRAN
Septennial symptom? ITCH
Serious STAID
Short story VIGNETTE
Silty spot DELTA
Slices of life: Abbr YRS
Some rectangular tablets IPADS
Sounds of enlightenment AHAS
Source of Andrew Carnegie's fortune STEEL
Spoons, e.g NESTLES
Subdued TAME
Suddenly stand at attention SNAPTO
Survive ENDURE
Tart dessert LIMEPIE
They're compacter than compacts MINIS
Things around a cloverleaf EXITSIGNS
Throws in one's two cents OPINES
Tithing portion TENTH
Trite OLDHAT
U.S. viticulture region NAPA
Umami enhancer, for short MSG
Undo, legislatively REPEAL
Unidentified person in a suit ROE
Unmatched sock, informally ORPHAN
Van Gogh masterwork IRISES
Verb on a candy heart LUV
Vintage-looking shade SEPIA
Vouch for ATTESTTO
Welcoming whiff AROMA
West end? ERN
What avengers get EVEN
What diet products often contain LESSFAT
When doubled, a Yale football song BOOLA
Wholehearted endorsement AMEN
Wind-up toys? KITES
Yang's opposite YIN
___ Lanka SRI
___ the Orange (Syracuse mascot) OTTO