New York Times - Dec 20 2012

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Clues Answers
'Chicago Hope' Emmy winner LAHTI
'Give ___ buzz' MEA
'Pretty, pretty please?' CANTI
Actor Brynner YUL
As it happens INREALTIME
Atomic WEE
Big 'birds' of old SSTS
Bozo in a big Mercedes? SCLASSCLOWN
Cause of everything going up? ARSON
Centipede creator ATARI
Classic theater name ROXY
Cloud producer, for short NTEST
Conservative skirt MAXI
Dancer/choreographer Michio ITO
Diet, commercially LITE
Discriminatory, in a way AGEIST
Ear part CANAL
Early races HEATS
End of many company names SONS
Fill-in SUB
Fishes or cuts bait, say OPTS
Fourth-largest city in the Americas LIMA
French town in '44 news STLO
Frigg's husband ODIN
Gamer's midday meal? XBOXLUNCH
Gulf land OMAN
Hair-raising SCARY
Hearth's content ASH
Hip AUCOURANT
Ill. hours CST
Impulse WHIM
Inked up TATTED
It may fill a niche URN
Japanese or Javanese ASIANS
Lacking OUTOF
Like 36-Down, e.g NORSE
Liq. measures PTS
Clues Answers
N.Y.C. subway line in one's imagination? ATRAINOFTHOUGHT
Narc's discovery STASH
Nasal spray brand SINEX
Newt, once EFT
Noodle dish RAMEN
Old German duchy name SAXE
Part of a sitcom sign-off NANU
Peppermint ___ PATTIE
Proof positive SMOKINGGUN
Quick online message ENOTE
Range GAMUT
Red wing? GOP
Rent-___ ACOP
Restaurant's after-dinner selection TEAS
Santa ___ ANITA
Secretive org CIA
See 21-Across SAW
See 57-Across BONUS
Some hard-to-wrap presents SLEDS
Spanish spread RANCHO
Sporting a fake nose and glasses, maybe INCOG
Sporting figure: Abbr ATH
Spot ESPY
Starting O, maybe TIC
Stops in the country INNS
Team supposedly cursed by a billy goat CUBS
The weather, commonly TOPIC
They take a beating DRUMS
Total RUIN
Trades one-twos, say SPARS
Umpire of Hamlet's fencing match with Laertes OSRIC
Upper STIMULANT
Use, as dishes EATON
Villains in the '28-Down' films, e.g SICKOS
With 63-Across, extra holiday pay ... or what's in 17-, 22-, 34- and 45-Across? CHRISTMAS
Working hours for director Shyamalan? MNIGHTSHIFT
___ law OHMS