New York Times - Feb 28 2022

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Clues Answers
"Hometown proud" supermarket IGA
"How cute!" sounds AWS
"Slouching Towards Bethlehem" author Joan DIDION
"So long!" SEEYA
"___ soon?" TOO
"___ Te Ching" TAO
10-Down filler INK
1990s cartoon series featuring Yakko, Wakko and Dot ANIMANIACS
Abbr. meaning "and others" ETAL
Actor with the famous line "I pity the fool!" MRT
Agreements PACTS
Amazon speakers introduced in 2014 ECHOS
Amtrak express train ACELA
Archaeologist's find RELIC
Arizona college town TEMPE
Around 50.25% of the world's adult population MEN
Baby-boomer series that starred Ken Olin THIRTYSOMETHING
Bones next to ulnae RADII
Bunch of wolves or cards PACK
Busy with other things TIEDUP
Contest with roping and riding RODEO
Cornered, in a way TREED
Cultural anthropologist Margaret MEAD
Dark shade of blue NAVY
Deities GODS
Disquieted state UNEASE
Doggie doc VET
Enjoy a meal EAT
Eve's man ADAM
Flamenco cheer OLE
Francis of old TV's "What's My Line?" ARLENE
Ho ___ Minh City CHI
ID in the form xxx-xx-xxxx SSN
In a sulk MOPING
In few words TERSE
Indian stringed instrument SITAR
Instruction to Kate in a Cole Porter title KISSME
It clinks in a drink ICE
Jai ___ (sport) ALAI
Clues Answers
Jeannette ___, first woman elected to Congress RANKIN
Journalist Curry ANN
Justice Kagan ELENA
Letters before an alias AKA
Like auto shop rags OILY
Like some well-pitched games TWOHIT
Linguine or fettuccine PASTA
Make ___ meet ENDS
Male cat TOM
Mauna ___ (Hawaiian volcano) LOA
Meters and liters UNITS
Museum-funding org NEA
Must-have NEED
Not from Earth ALIEN
Nurses, as a drink SIPS
One may be half-baked or brilliant IDEA
One side in eight-ball pool SOLIDS
Org. featured in the documentary "This Film Is Not Yet Rated" MPAA
Parts of a French archipelago ILES
Pinnacle PEAK
Play opener ACTI
Poet William who wrote "The Prelude" WORDSWORTH
Popular online reference WIKIPEDIA
Prefix between bi- and quad- TRI
Public health agcy CDC
Reason for a markdown DEFECT
Reproductive cell for a fern SPORE
Rub the wrong way IRK
Six for a TD, e.g PTS
Some Best Buy buys, for short PCS
South American rodent with soft, dense fur CHINCHILLA
Swamp in "Pogo" OKEFENOKEE
The Beatles' "Till There ___ You" WAS
Tuba sound OOMPAH
Two are better than one, they say HEADS
Word before room or comedy SITUATION
Writing implement filled with 37-Down PEN
X-ray follow-up, perhaps CTSCAN
___ pants (cropped style popularized in the 1960s) CAPRI