New York Times - Dec 24 2021

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"Black Boy" memoirist Richard WRIGHT
"Black" follower ISH
"I wasn't going to say anything, but since you brought it up ..." YEAHABOUTTHAT
"I'm game" LETS
"That doesn't bother me anymore" IMOVERIT
"The gymnasium of the mind," per Blaise Pascal CHESS
"___ away!" ASK
"___ poor Romeo!": Shak ALAS
A cold wave can produce one PERM
Agronomic analyses SOILTESTS
All the king's men? LIEGES
Alternative to litmus paper PHSTRIP
Ancient symbols of life ANKHS
Artificial intelligence system modeled on the human brain NEURALNET
Besides Brunei, the only current sovereign sultanate OMAN
Calculus calculation RATE
Cardinal points?: Abbr TDS
Companion of the droid BB-8, in the "Star Wars" universe REY
Creation date, file size and location, for an iPhone photo METADATA
Crew POSSE
Currency units in Peru SOLES
Decorum TASTE
Democratic leader? DEE
Drop OMIT
Ear hair? TASSEL
Fast fashion? TRACKSUITS
Flamboyant prop BOA
Gained some courage GREWASPINE
GameCube successor WII
Gets the batter out, say BAKES
Golfers Ernie Els and Retief Goosen, for two Afrikaners
It's the truth! GOSPEL
Kind of chart, informally ORG
Last ___ GASP
Clues Answers
Like an F.B.I. director's term TENYEAR
Many a confession on a theater stage ASIDE
Monitor KEEPACLOSEEYEON
Most likely to burn, maybe PALEST
Noted basilica town ASSISI
Office address abbr STE
One end of the Mohs scale TALC
Ones making insulting offers LOWBALLERS
Part of many university names STATE
Polish REFINE
Puccini opera ... or the first five letters of the maestro who conducted its La Scala premiere TOSCA
Question that cannot be answered if its answer is "no" YOUAWAKE
Recipe direction BEAT
Retreated DREWBACK
School with the slogan "Ex scientia tridens," familiarly NAVY
Sequencing locale DNALAB
Simple and glib PAT
So much ATON
Some abbey attire COWLS
Something that gets passed around a lot MEME
Strong, dark quaff BOCK
The British royal family has one called the Cambridge Lover's Knot TIARA
Things picked up on a trail SCENTS
Throws, informally HUCKS
Triumphant shout EUREKA
Two-wheeler at a charging station ESCOOTER
Underground band SEAM
Up ASTIR
Velcro alternative LACES
What Shøp on "The Simpsons" is a parody of IKEA
What Twix bars are sold in TWOS
Wolf's home CNN
Yule log? NICELIST
___ Miguel Island, largest of the Azores SAO