New York Times - Dec 24 2020

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Clues Answers
'Good ___!' RIDDANCE
'Honest!' NOLIE
'I knew I was going ___ when it was taking longer and longer to wash my face': Harry Hill BALD
'Paradise Lost' and others EPICS
'The Game of Strategic Conquest' RISK
'This round's ___' ONME
'You got that right about me!' SUREDO
1815 novel made into films in 1996 and 2020 EMMA
A bit of resistance STATIC
Actress Kendrick of 'Pitch Perfect' ANNA
Adrift ATSEA
Advantage PLUS
Advantages PROS
Baby rabbit KITTEN
Barely perceptible, say DIM
Body part that's also a woman's name IRIS
Certain break-dancing move SPIN
Certain deposit ORE
Concentration AREA
Cons FELONS
Dish that might be seasoned with adobo sauce TACO
Do drugs USE
Endurance of hardship without complaint STOICISM
Font flourish SERIF
French setting for Puccini's 'Il Tabarro' SEINE
Gets away ESCAPES
Gets down cold MASTERS
Go on a date with a honeybun? TAKEONESSWEET
Half of a 1960s folk/pop group MAMAS
Hidden drawback CATCH
High-quality French vineyard CRU
How often Bette Davis won Best Actress TWICE
Is unable to get away, say ... or a hint to 17-, 24- and 40-Across? CANTFINDTHETIME
It destroyed the town of Mascali in 1928 ETNA
Kind of artist SCAM
Kind of engine DIESEL
Clues Answers
Lip ___ BALM
Lover of Giorgetta in Puccini's 'Il Tabarro' LUIGI
Makes a duck face, say MUGS
Native language of 50 million citizens of India URDU
Not going anywhere IDLE
Not hold back fury ERUPT
One target of doxycycline ACNE
Org. whose vision is 'a great public school for every student' NEA
Pageant identifiers SASHES
Pants measure WAIST
Part of an Instagram profile BIO
Part of one's mental life EGO
Person not to be trusted RAT
Piece by Puccini ARIA
Piece of curling equipment STONE
Plops down SITS
Poker slang for three of a kind TRIPS
Polar bear, to seals PREDATOR
Provide initial funding for SEED
Run over READ
Sad sound MOAN
See 5-Across ALERTS
Separates, in a sense SILOS
Series of goals HATTRICK
SOS response AID
Speak out OPINE
Spill a shipment of bowling balls? LETTHEGOODSROLL
Start of this clue ESS
There are more of these in the U.S. in October than any other month, surprisingly BRIDES
Tract of low-growing vegetation HEATH
What benchwarmers ride, with 'the' PINE
Wild party BASH
With 5-Down, some emergency bulletins AMBER
Word with rule or tackle SLIDE
Works during a slow day at the restaurant? WAITSFORNOONE
Zero NULL