New York Times - Jan 9 2022

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Clues Answers
"Er ... umm ..." IMEAN
"Eureka!" IGETITNOW
"Forbidden fruit is the sweetest," e.g ADAGE
"My Cousin Vinny" setting ALABAMA
"That's the spot" AAH
"Yes, indeedy!" YOUBET
"___ funny!" TOO
"___ moved on" IVE
1997 pop hit with a nonsensical refrain MMMBOP
Actress ___ Pinkett Smith JADA
Ad or show follower BIZ
Afterword EPILOG
Airport route TAXIWAY
Akin to ALA
All-in-one purchase from a smoke shop VAPEKIT
Anago, on a sushi menu SEAEEL
And so forth ETC
Aromatic herbal drink ANISETEA
Artist known for his lampooning cartooning NAST
Attorney's org ABA
Baseball's "Master Melvin" OTT
Birthplace of five U.S. presidents, with "the" EMPIRESTATE
Blights EYESORES
Boise-to-Spokane dir NNW
Bowl-shaped cooking vessels WOKS
Breadths EXTENTS
Calming words FEARNOT
Capital of Bangladesh DHAKA
Carmen McRae or Anita O'Day, notably JAZZVOCALIST
Cause of a jolt SCARE
Chaired RAN
Clap back RETORT
Comprehension KEN
Court order WRIT
Crow's-nests, e.g LOOKOUTS
Declare AVER
Defiant refusal HECKNO
Didn't act rashly, say WAITED
Disorganized RAGTAG
Disseminated SOWN
Domain of Mars WAR
Driving stick? PROD
Eliminates, mob-style WHACKS
Endpoint of a Shinto pilgrimage MOUNTFUJI
Exit OFFRAMP
Fab TERRIF
Fete GALAAFFAIR
Fracases MELEES
Gag line? ICK
Game show invitation COMEONDOWN
German state that includes Frankfurt HESSE
German title FRAU
German title HERR
Got out fast BOLTED
Hard thing to do? TIME
Hardly a lover of hot wings? ICARUS
Hemlock relative FIR
Holy city near Baghdad NAJAF
Horrible boss, say OGRE
Hurting more ACHIER
In ___ fertilization VIVO
Inventory CATALOG
Is beaten by LOSESTO
It's nothing to joke about WEIGHTYMATTER
JPEG alternative GIF
Julie who played Catwoman on old TV NEWMAR
Just roll with it! DIE
Kind of writing CREATIVE
Kinda ABIT
Lab where the Higgs boson particle was discovered CERN
Clues Answers
Like discriminatory employers, often SUED
Lingerie fabric TRICOT
Lost deposits, as a bank? ERODED
Lunkhead OAF
Makes clearer, in a way DEFOGS
Manage FARE
Many moons AGES
Many, many, many moons EONS
Married mujeres: Abbr SRAS
Means of a quick recharge CATNAP
Mineral used as a flame retardant BORAX
Modern lead-in to "X" UBER
More mirthful GAYER
Morse morsel DAH
Munchkin TOT
Mushroom in miso soup ENOKI
Neighbor of S. Sudan ETH
Nickname for Virginia GIGI
Nicolas who directed "The Man Who Fell to Earth" ROEG
Nonbinary possessive THEIR
Old ___ (London theater) VIC
One living in the rial world? OMANI
Opposite of a glut DEARTH
Pack (in) TAMP
Personal bearing MIEN
Pit STONE
Post-default event TAXSALE
Puzzle (out) SUSS
Quick-witted NIMBLE
Radio frequency meas MHZ
Rapper ___ Cudi or DJ ___ Loco KID
Really busy, perhaps ORNATE
Red accessory for cartoondom's Huckleberry Hound BOWTIE
Rendezvous MEETUP
Scientific contribution from 98-Down, discovered in a manner suggested by this puzzle's theme LAWOFGRAVITY
See 58-Across REFS
See 88-Across SLIM
Sled dogs, e.g TEAM
Small section of a pit OBOES
Sorrow DOLOR
Sound in the Serengeti ROAR
Spade with a short handle? SAM
Spanish "hey!" OYE
Squealed TATTLED
Start of a story, in journalese LEDE
Start of some conventional wisdom WHENINROME
Startin' place GITGO
Stovetop device GASRING
Strong pan SLAM
Subj. line heading ATTN
Tech release of 2006 WII
Thank you, in Tokyo ARIGATO
They're not to be trusted SNAKES
Tom Petty hit with the opening line "She's a good girl, loves her mama" FREEFALLIN
Tying words? IDO
Unforgettable, unstoppable sort FORCEOFNATURE
Westernmost sch. in Conference USA UTEP
What's going up in Chicago? ELTRAIN
What's got ewe covered? WOOL
Who was famously hit over the head with inspiration? NEWTON
With 59-Across, flag bearers, for short? NFL
With 76-Across, Mexican business magnate who was once the world's richest person CARLOS
Word in some cocktail names COLADA
Words before relax or remember TRYTO
You can have a blast with this TNT
You might take a lift to one FLAT
___ out a victory EKE
___ P. Morton, Benjamin Harrison's vice president LEVI
___ Plaines, Ill DES
___ volente DEO