New York Times - Dec 19 2021

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Clues Answers
"Gimme ___!" (start of a cheer at three Big Ten schools) ANI
"Gonna Let It Shine" singer ODETTA
"Got it" IREADYOU
"Kitchy-kitchy-___!" KOO
"Sign me up!" IMIN
"Sure, I'm game" LETS
"The One I Love" band REM
"What's ___ you?" ITTO
"___ Maria" AVE
"___, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" YES
Adjusts the spacing between, as typed letters KERNS
Agcy. fighting epidemics CDC
Amasses, with "up" RACKS
Becomes less taut SAGS
Becoming faint TRAILINGAWAY
Big block LOGJAM
Big name in cast-iron cookware STAUB
Blowout party BLAST
Bobby of the N.H.L ORR
Bow ARC
Breakfast dish / Fruitcake tidbit OATMEALMANRAISIN
Cabinet dept. since 1965 HUD
Certain Scandinavian DANE
Certain Scandinavian FINN
Certain urban map BUSROUTE
Chandelier part, often CRYSTAL
Chiwere speakers OTOES
Christmas ornament, often ORB
Citrus hybrid TANGELO
Classic dog name FIDO
Come to ___ TERMS
Come to ___ ANEND
Course preparers CHEFS
Court sport grp ATP
Demoralize UNNERVE
Downfall RUIN
Drive-___ THRU
Dropped the ball ERRED
El ___ ("View of Toledo" painter) GRECO
Filmmaker von Trier LARS
First and reverse GEARS
Fit INGOODSHAPE
Fivers ABES
Fix, as a lawn RESOD
Football units: Abbr YDS
Forest spirit DRYAD
Genuine HEARTFELT
Get, slangily COP
Green shampoo PRELL
H.S. subj ENG
High-maintenance NEEDY
Hip bones ILIA
Hurdle for a J.D. wannabe LSAT
It was eliminated from the U.S. in 2004 RUBELLA
It'll knock you out ETHER
Italian thoroughfare STRADA
Kind of leaf / Scientist born on Christmas Day in 1642 FIGELFNEWTON
Kitty POT
Lancaster-to-Scranton dir NNE
Library IDs ISBNS
Little lead EDGE
Little tyke / Flatter, with "up" PEANUTBELLBUTTER
Long-tailed monkey SAI
Loud but friendly growl RAWR
M.L.K. or R.B.G.: Abbr INITS
Mannheim madame FRAU
Med school subj ANAT
Modern prefix with medicine TELE
More than enough TOOMANY
Mushroom SWELL
Clues Answers
Musician Brian ENO
National dance co ABT
Nightmare TERROR
No ___ (apartment policy) PETS
Not a mystery KNOWN
Not learned INNATE
Noted Dadaist ARP
Nuclear medicine units RADS
Ogler EYER
Old "Up, up and away" sloganeer TWA
Old-fashioned menorah filler OIL
One keeping others up at night, perhaps SNORER
Outback orders STEAKS
Paris's ___ Saint-Louis ILE
Part of R.S.V.P SIL
Party staple ONIONDIP
Pep / Onesie feature GINGERTREESNAP
Personal essence TRUESELF
Physician awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom by G. W. Bush DRFAUCI
Piano performance, possibly RECITAL
Pirate BUCCANEER
Popular adoption agcy ASPCA
Possible result of getting one's wires crossed / Moolah SHORTCANEBREAD
Prefix with space AERO
Present opening? OMNI
Pride and prejudice, e.g TRAITS
Project JUT
Proverb-spouting Panza SANCHO
Raises UPS
Reduce in volume / As new THINSTARMINT
Relative of a tee-hee / Bit of marginalia SNICKERHEARTDOODLE
Remove, as a ribbon UNTIE
Richard famous for large-scale sculptures SERRA
Ring / Hold, as inhabitants TOLLANGELHOUSE
Scalpel creations SLITS
See 89-Across ACID
Set GEL
Singer Gomez SELENA
Singer Grande, informally ARI
Singer/actress Shore DINAH
Solarium activity SUNNING
Some graffiti STREETART
Some laundromat machines COINOPS
Some ranges AMANAS
Something else THEBEESKNEES
Stage name of rapper Yasiin Bey MOSDEF
Super Mario Bros. platform NES
Teetotaler's opposite SOT
They might be put on ACTS
Things bachelors might have DEGREES
This puzzle's images, in two different ways COOKIECUTTERS
Trig function SINE
Two-time U.S. Open tennis champion while still a teen SELES
Undercover attire? PJS
UNICEF address suffix ORG
Volts/amp OHMS
Went in a different direction BRANCHEDOUT
What some neighborhoods do GENTRIFY
Where to go on a trip? RESTAREA
Wishy-washy response IMAY
With 111-Down, cholesterol reducer OLEIC
Woman in Progressive ads FLO
Words before point or rate ATANY
___ Cradle (maritime rescue device) JASONS
___ Creole (Caribbean language) HAITIAN
___ culpa MEA
___ Finch, "ER" doctor CLEO
___ Hall ("The Wind in the Willows" residence) TOAD
___ Helmer, Ibsen heroine NORA
___-mo SLO