New York Times - Aug 18 2021

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Clues Answers
'Holy mackerel!' EGAD
'Midsommar' director Aster ARI
'Piggy' TOE
'Why?' WHATFOR
'___ be my pleasure' ITD
Aches (for) LONGS
Also PLUS
Artist's starting place BLANKCANVAS
At all, in dialect NOHOW
Babe Zaharias was the first woman to compete on its tour, in brief PGA
Bird that had no natural predators until humans arrived DODO
Black History Mo FEB
Black-and-white item in a sleeve OREO
Brand in the ice cream aisle EDYS
Breaded and topped with tomato sauce and mozzarella, for short PARM
Campaign expense TVAD
Cartoonist suggested by this puzzle's theme THOMASNAST
Centaur's foot HOOF
Cheese used in Babybels EDAM
Combined INONE
Dad POP
Data structure with a root node TREE
Drug dosages: Abbr MGS
Edward Snowden's former employer, in brief NSA
Fly-by-night type? MOTH
For all ages, as a video game RATEDE
Frequent reveler, or a hint to 16-/26- and 36-Across PARTYANIMAL
Fruit in the William Carlos Williams poem 'This Is Just to Say' PLUM
Fruits whose seeds can act as a substitute for black peppercorns PAPAYAS
Fuel up, in a way EAT
Gardening tool HOE
Get situated ORIENT
Get-go OUTSET
Guest ___, what The New York Times calls op-eds ESSAYS
Half of a half-bathroom TOILET
Hearty laugh YUK
Hit the slopes SKI
Hornswoggle DELUDE
Clues Answers
Instrument played by indie rock's Sufjan Stevens OBOE
Item exchanged in a so-called 'yankee swap' WHITEELEPHANT
Its underside might be covered in gum DESK
John Lewis was born here: Abbr ALA
Latin gods DEI
Light bulb moment sound AHA
Lots ATON
Nimble AGILE
Org. that oversees O.T.C.s FDA
Pacify APPEASE
Part of the food pyramid FATS
Pretzel, basically KNOT
Puts up ERECTS
Repeated string in a chain letter subject line FWD
See 16-Across ONTHEDONKEY
Shaming syllable TSK
Shared one's views OPINED
Show with the recurring character Target Lady, in brief SNL
Something to do TASK
Tell TATTLE
The first cloned mammals EWES
Things best kept under one's hat? BADHAIRDAYS
Tick (off) TEE
Tidy NEAT
Tiny toymaker ELF
Toggle option OFF
Transform MORPH
Tucker who had her first hit in 1972 and won her first Grammys in 2020 TANYA
Undo NEGATE
V.I.P. on base SARGE
Visual in an annual report GRAPH
Website with articles like '10 Surprising Ways to Use Mayonnaise Around Your Home' EHOW
What an asterisk might suggest SEENOTE
Winter bugs FLUS
With 26-Across, game that uses a blindfold PINTHETAIL
Words after a gasp OHNO
Yarn TALE
___ faire (historical re-enactment event, for short) REN