Wall Street Journal - Dec 28 2021 - Filling a Void

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Clues Answers
“2001” computer HAL
“Homeland” org CIA
“I hear ya, sister!” AMEN
“Nearly done!” ONETOGO
“The Maine Woods” writer THOREAU
Alkaline solution LYE
An American in Paris, maybe EXPAT
Annoy RILE
Auto adornment DECAL
Basic religious belief DEISM
Become worthy of EARN
Big place in California? SUR
Bitterly regrets RUES
Bright BRAINY
Broad back muscle, for short LAT
Buccaneers’ base TAMPA
Busy mo. for elves DEC
Cake finisher ICER
Cartoon character accompanied by Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog TOMTERRIFIC
Caterpillar roll ingredient EEL
Cheese in a red coat EDAM
City that aptly rhymes with “casino” RENO
Cornstalk growth EAR
Disney title character who joins the Imperial Army MULAN
Doves do it COO
Easter find EGG
Embedded agents MOLES
Friendly AMIABLE
Ghastly AWFUL
Heavy Olympics favorite DREAMTEAM
Innermost CENTRAL
Island east of Java BALI
It’s neither heated nor chilled ROOMTEMPERATURE
Japanese floor mat TATAMI
Lawyer: Abbr ATT
Lends a hand AIDS
Letter before sigma RHO
Letters before xis NUS
Levine of Maroon 5 ADAM
Clues Answers
London stroller PRAM
Longtime label for Kenny G ARISTA
Loosen, as a cuff UNBUTTON
Lovebirds no more EXES
Make fizzy AERATE
Miami-to-NYC heading NNE
Mixture MELANGE
Monopoly card DEED
National Mall shader ELM
Objective END
Outback strutters EMUS
Pampering place SPA
Parent whose kids have moved out, and a phonetic clue to parts of 17-, 25-, 35- and 48-Across EMPTYNESTER
PC key next to the space bar ALT
Pension supplements IRAS
Person with drawing power? ARTIST
Pinball parlors ARCADES
Polluter-policing org EPA
Professor in a game PLUM
Prune again RETRIM
Put the kibosh on NIX
Raid participant COMMANDO
Reverberated ECHOED
Rose of Guns N’ Roses AXL
Rye buys LOAVES
Scoreboard nos PTS
Shad yield ROE
Six-legged worker ANT
Slap target, sometimes WRIST
Small, to Scots WEE
Start for way, west or wife MID
Tailor’s concern FIT
Texture FEEL
They can be seen on the flags of Haiti and Guam PALMTREES
Toss into the mix ADD
Used a loom WOVE
Vase with a footed base URN
Words with jam or pickle INA
___ Kippur YOM