New York Times Crossword Answers December 12, 2021

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Author: Daniel Okulitch and Doug Peterson
Editor: Will Shortz

Across

Research subject for which Bohr won a Physics Nobel ATOM
Grimm account TALE
Musical medley MASHUP
Like cranberries TART
Protagonist of Colson Whitehead's "The Underground Railroad" CORA
Big-time ALOT
Tarot deck grouping ARCANA
Trash day reminder, maybe ODOR
Side hustle for a hairstylist? LOCKSMITH
Rodent-catching feline MOUSER
Maker of Regenerist products OLAY
Oust UNSEAT
French auto pioneer Louis RENAULT
Dan Conner and Danny Tanner, e.g. TVDADS
[Blown kiss] MWAH
Side hustle for a veterinarian? LABSPECIALIST
Manage OK COPE
Dangerous crowd MOB
Try to lighten up, perhaps? DIET
New York Cosmos star of the '70s PELE
Metal precioso ORO
Polite rejection NOSIR
National gemstone of Mexico FIREOPAL
Side hustle for a therapist? BAGGAGEHANDLER
"A Confederacy of Dunces" author TOOLE
Shed, with "off" SLOUGH
Many a Sharon Olds poem ODE
Leaf-to-branch angles AXILS
It may be glossed over LIP
Turned SLUED
Its fleece is hypoallergenic ALPACA
Part of a gig BYTE
Side hustle for an anesthesiologist? OUTPATIENTCOORDINATOR
Leon who wrote "Battle Cry" URIS
Avid bird-watcher, say TOMCAT
URL divider SLASH
"Mr. Mayor" airer NBC
First stroke of the day ONEAM
Holy ones: Abbr. STS
Spanish city north of León OVIEDO
Encrusted CAKED
Side hustle for a carpenter? NAILTECHNICIAN
Netted ENSNARED
Give an address ORATE
Home in the mud STY
Christmas purchase TREE
Like Athena WISE
Moving ___ VAN
Record label for Otis Redding and Big Star STAX
Side hustle for a marriage counselor? CIVILENGINEER
Small sweater? PORE
Cold-weather jacket ANORAK
Person with lots to show REALTOR
Kind of license POETIC
Museum that awards the Turner Prize TATE
"Oh yeah? Watch me!" ICANSO
Side hustle for a drill instructor? BASECOACH
Tech tutorials site CNET
Sub groups? NAVIES
Set of showbiz awards, in brief EGOT
Hightail it FLEE
Actress and inventor Lamarr HEDY
Where the tradition of shaking hands as a greeting originated GREECE
Clinches, with "up" SEWS
Show off at the gym FLEX

Down

"Because freedom can't protect itself" org. ACLU
Animated figure TOON
Evil creatures in 7-Down ORCS
Defiant retort MAKEME
Large orchestral gong TAMTAM
Mahershala of "Moonlight" ALI
Frodo's film franchise, familiarly LOTR
Blues great Waters ETHEL
One with a nesting instinct MAMABIRD
Inflame AROUSE
Shape SCULPT
Something made in a hurry HASTE
A in French class UNE
One getting down, so to speak PARTIER
Cheery "Ciao!" TOODLEOO
Two-time opponent of Dwight ADLAI
Map lines ROADS
Guilt-producing meeting, perhaps TRYST
Maxim SAW
Nobel-winning author Gordimer NADINE
Park supervisor? VALET
Refine HONE
Economic stat. CPI
Male swans COBS
Like one Freudian fixation ORAL
Bouncy toys POGOSTICKS
Thrift-store fashion, informally BOHO
Blue SAD
Order member FRIAR
Hindu, for one POLYTHEIST
Justice beginning in 2006 ALITO
New Testament miracle recipient LEPER
"Uh-oh" sounds GULPS
___ fresca AGUA
Its etymology may derive from the diminutive of "borough" in Italian GHETTO
"Mission: Impossible" theme composer Schifrin LALO
Convention center event EXPO
Some HDTVs LCDS
Commodores hit with the lyric "Good times never felt so good" SAILON
Singer Celine DION
One of two in "Hamilton" ACT
Aggressively mainstream, in slang BASIC
Unit of prevention OUNCE
___ legend URBAN
Revise, as text EMEND
Org. with Divisions I-III NCAA
Suspense novelist Hoag TAMI
Pandora native in "Avatar" NAVI
Side of a block STREET
Word after high or weak TEA
Classic skit comedy show SCTV
Sole ingredient in some cookies? DATA
Rock with colorful bands ONYX
Sum total ENTIRETY
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" vampire DARLA
Like a bad outcome for all LOSELOSE
Great deal HEAP
Causing quite a stink REEKING
Opposite of morn EEN
Frank WIENIE
"Hold on …" INASEC
Hotel room restriction NOPETS
Drive to the station, say SEEOFF
Come down with CATCH
Nonsensical INANE
Checked a box, maybe VOTED
Accent ___ GRAVE
Wizards' wear ROBES
Giant bird of Arabian myth ROC
Blow a fuse RAGE
Starbucks size TALL
Slurpee relative ICEE
Party mix ingredient CHEX
Big game show prize CAR
Scatter SOW