New York Times - Dec 8 2020

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Clues Answers
'Really?' ISIT
'___ relax' ('Breathe') TRYTO
9-to-5 activity WORK
Accustom to difficulty INURE
Arena arbiter, informally REF
Arthur who wrote 'Days of Grace' ASHE
Big name in kitchen utensils OXO
Bird whose beak inspired Darwin's theory of evolution FINCH
Bubbleheaded DITSY
Cancel ANNUL
Cards in Monopoly DEEDS
Complete stranger, slangily RANDO
Critic's pick, for short REC
Drunken, in a way BEERY
Dublin's land EIRE
Electrical unit OHM
Exchange SWAP
Fancy notebook brand MOLESKINE
Fend (off) WARD
Flying formations VEES
Forgo ESCHEW
Foxlike WILY
French conductor Boulez PIERRE
Fuel economy org EPA
Gare de l'___, Paris railway station EST
Gregor ___, Kafka character who transforms in 'The Metamorphosis' SAMSA
Having no toppings, as a pizza PLAIN
Hubbub ADO
In a ___ of trouble HEAP
In heaven, say ABOVE
In hell, say BELOW
In some sense SOTOSPEAK
Inscribed stone markers STELAE
It's in the details, they say DEVIL
Kind of tear for an athlete ACL
Land, as a plane ARRIVE
Like a Monday crossword EASY
Like a Saturday crossword HARD
Like the year you ring in on January 1 NEW
Clues Answers
Like the year you ring out on December 31 OLD
Little lie FIB
Madison Square Garden team KNICKS
Meat substitute TOFU
Method of successive improvement ITERATION
Not hidden OVERT
Not rainy DRY
Obsolescent home movie format VIDEOTAPE
Off-hours activity PLAY
One totally unlike another ... or what each answer on the edge of this puzzle has? POLAROPPOSITE
Person in a boardroom, informally EXEC
Pic picked in a parlor TAT
Pizza joint in 'Do the Right Thing' SALS
Pooh's morose friend EEYORE
Prefix with aggression MICRO
Put in stitches SEW
Put the kibosh on STOP
Rainy WET
Rips into HASAT
Rocks, in drinks ICE
Seasickness, e.g NAUSEA
Senegal's capital DAKAR
Shrewd ASTUTE
Singer/songwriter DiFranco ANI
Single-serving coffee pod KCUP
Some belly buttons INNIES
Some French wines RHONES
Speedy shark MAKO
Stephen of 'V for Vendetta' REA
Taiwanese electronics giant ACER
Take off, as a plane DEPART
They loop the Loop ELS
Things that may be broken when moving? LEASES
Tourist city in New Mexico's high desert TAOS
Unpleasant encounter RUNIN
Upscale hotel facility SAUNA
Venomous snakes with zigzag patterns on their backs ADDERS
Web-footed diver OTTER
Where the sheep is in 'Little Boy Blue' MEADOW