New York Times - Jan 2 2020

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Clues Answers
#49 ALASKA
'A simple yes ___ will suffice' ORNO
'For a quart of ___ is a dish for a king': Shak ALE
'I bless the rains down in ___' (lyric from a 1983 #1 hit) AFRICA
'Nature's great healer,' per Seneca TIME
'The Night of the Hunter' screenwriter James AGEE
1967 thriller for which Audrey Hepburn received an Oscar nomination WAITUNTIL
1990 Sam Raimi superhero film MAN
A-O.K JAKE
Animal that sounds like you? EWE
Baby's first home WOMB
Ballet movement PLIE
Battle stat MIA
Bio lab medium AGAR
Bistro sign word CHEZ
Cash flow tracker, for short CFO
Checks CURBS
Cocktail made with ginger beer NSTORMY
College of ___ Island (CUNY school) STATEN
Container in a tasting room CASK
Critical hosp. area ICU
Crowning point ACME
Didn't doubt a bit KNEW
Ended a fast ATE
Entertaining lavishly REGALING
Eponymous Belgian town SPA
Erstwhile iPod type NANO
Fair-hiring inits EEO
Famously nonunionized worker ELF
Former Mideast alliance, for short UAR
Gets ready for a punch, say TENSES
Grammy winner India.___ ARIE
Guy in a suit JOHNDOE
Hedy of old Hollywood LAMARR
Impermanent fixes STOPGAPS
Independence in Washington, e.g.: Abbr AVE
Kind of butter used in cosmetics SHEA
Like much freelance work OFFSITE
Little peeve NIT
Clues Answers
Little shut-eye CATNAP
Lose amateur status GOPRO
Many John Wayne films, informally OATERS
Most bone-chilling ICIEST
N.B.A. All-Star Curry STEPH
National park through which the Virgin River runs ZION
Not know something others know BEINTHE
Nyctophobic AFRAIDOFTHE
Offerings at many coffeehouses SCONES
Old days YORE
Once more in vogue RETRO
Pass ELAPSE
Perfume ingredient MUSK
Plain for all to see NAKED
Planet of 1970s-'80s TV ORK
Poor mark DEE
Post-sunset AFTER
Prospector's accessory PAN
R.M.N. or L.B.J PRES
Reach quickly, as a conclusion LEAPTO
Rent LET
Result EFFECT
Sight on a dollar bill SEAL
Spam, for one MEAT
Stinging plant NETTLE
Suck in again, scientifically RESORB
Surprise winner HORSE
Sweet that lacks milk CHOCOLATE
Tel Aviv-to-Cairo carrier AIRSINAI
Territory east of Ukraine on a Risk board URAL
Top gun ACE
Train schedule abbr ARR
Transport to remote areas, briefly ATV
Unit in a shopping cart ITEM
Unoriginal voice ECHO
Uses as partial payment TRADESIN
Wheels for four SEDAN
Where Darth Vader gets his strength ... or what eight answers in this puzzle share THEDARKSIDE
Zoophilist's org SPCA