NY Times Crossword 17 Dec 20, Thursday

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Across

Clues	Answers
Needing some kneading, say	ACHY
Language in which a nutty person might be told “Yer bum’s oot the windae”	SCOTS
Hunting store purchase	AMMO
Hook’s henchman	SMEE
Stamp holder	ALBUM
Birthday ___	WISH
Basic idea	GIST
Items that are hard to throw away?	BOOMERANGS
Remedy	ANTIDOTE
Troublemaker of 1-Down	LOKI
Important piece in échecs	ROI
Money-collecting org.	IRS
Word included to prevent libel, say	ALLEGED
Rough write-up	DRAFT
Ballet basic	PLIE
Losing tic-tac-toe row	O-X-O
Cry of dismay in 5-Across	ACH!
Singer/songwriter Corinne Bailey ___	RAE
Landed	ALIT
Work suggested by this puzzle’s circled and shaded squares	BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH
Strongly advocate	URGE
-: Abbr.	NEG
One of the Kennedys	TED
Pudding flavor	FIG
Big name in in-flight internet	GOGO
___ Nadu (Indian state)	TAMIL
America ___, star of TV’s “Ugly Betty”	FERRERA
Extinct flightless bird	MOA
Lead-in to puncture	ACU-
Actress Chaplin	OONA
Like an unused air mattress	DEFLATED
That’s gnus to me!	WILDEBEEST
Shortcoming	FLAW
Word before rich or talk	IDLE …
Rent	LEASE
Swiss Alp next to Lake Lucerne	RIGI
Just OK	SO-SO
Small and pointy-eared, perhaps	ELFIN
What “exaggerated” is sometimes misspelled with	ONE G

Down

Clues	Answers
Mythical realm accessible only by the rainbow bridge Bifrost	ASGARD
Key to this puzzle’s theme?	C MINOR
Greek goddess of the hearth	HESTIA
Sight on Disney World’s Expedition Everest ride	YETI
Flavor: Sp.	SABOR
Sticks together	CLOTS
Instrument featured in 36-Across	OBOE
Rum ___ Tugger (“Cats” cat)	TUM
Most foul	SMELLIEST
Up	AWAKE
Puttering around?	MINIGOLF
Flavor enhancer	MSG
Exclamations of surprise	OHS
Credit line?	ROLE
Leave behind	DITCH
___ Freed, early radio personality who coined the term “rock ‘n’ roll”	ALAN
It takes people out	EXIT
Biblical verb	DOTH
What the opening motif of 36-Across is said to represent	FATE
Response to “Grazie!”	PREGO!
Epithet for a judge	HONORABLE
Lover of Radames, in opera	AIDA
Muscly	BUFF
Tribe that fought the Iroquois	ERIE
Servings with sweet-and-sour sauce	EGG ROLLS
Summer Triangle star	VEGA
___ position	FETAL
Something editable using CRISPR technology	GENE
Oscar winner Marlee	MATLIN
Cooling-off period?	ICE AGE
First name of this puzzle’s dedicatee, born December 1770	LUDWIG
Copland ballet with a hoedown	RODEO
Longtime star of F.C. Barcelona	MESSI
A lot	OFTEN
What 49-Down became in later life	DEAF
Prefix with Cuban	AFRO-
Ill. neighbor	WIS
Formal “yes”	I DO
Reef predator	EEL