New York Times Crossword Answers December 24, 2019

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Author: Alex Eaton-Salners
Editor: Will Shortz

Across

Offset, as costs DEFRAY
Old cornball variety show with Buck Owens HEEHAW
"The Misanthrope" playwright MOLIERE
Beer buy SIXPACK
*Bologna, e.g. COLDCUT
Of a ring-shaped part of the iris AREOLAR
Commencement celebrant, in brief GRAD
*Device for holding papers together BINDERCLIP
Renter's contract LEASE
Alternative to café THE
Larsson who wrote the "Millennium" trilogy STIEG
Capp and Capone ALS
First things you learn ABCS
*Carpenter's decorative molding WINDOWTRIM
Low in fat LEAN
Co. in the Dow Jones index since 1979 IBM
Museum-funding org. NEA
N.Y.C. museum, with "the" MET
Genetic "messenger" RNA
Personal manner MIEN
*Abundant harvest BUMPERCROP
Common bar order, with "the" SAME
"One more thing …," in a text BTW
Hesitant assent UHYES
Yelps of pain OWS
On the briny ATSEA
With 63-Across, singing group … or a hint to the ends of the answers to the four starred clues BARBERSHOP
Española, por ejemplo ISLA
Ballplayers with birds on their caps ORIOLES
See 54-Across QUARTET
David Bowie song whose title subject is "waiting in the sky" STARMAN
Take apart, as a tapestry UNWEAVE
Book that might include "Silent Night" HYMNAL
Managed, somehow EKEDBY

Down

Way in or out DOOR
Lady ___ (nickname in jazz) ELLA
Played at a hoedown, perhaps FIDDLED
___ hall (place to play) REC
Dutch-speaking Caribbean vacation spot ARUBA
Hairy Himalayans YETIS
Bring on board HIRE
Bring to bear, as pressure EXERT
Of a historic period EPOCHAL
"Monster's Ball" Oscar winner HALLEBERRY
Black-purple fruit from a palm tree ACAI
Cincinnati radio station of bygone TV WKRP
Director of 2000's "Charlie's Angels," to film fans MCG
In need of cheering up SAD
At hand NEAR
"Ghostbusters" character ___ Spengler EGON
Does the crawl, say SWIMS
Bone paralleling the fibula TIBIA
Epitaph words INMEMORIAM
Compensate for a sprained ankle, say LIMP
Hook's sidekick SMEE
Lakeside rental CANOE
Loses one's cool SNAPS
Spud ___, 5'7" N.B.A. star who famously won a Slam Dunk Contest WEBB
Lacking slack TAUT
Factual TRUE
"Glory to the ___ king" (carol line) NEWBORN
Air kiss sound MWAH
Oversaw, as a committee CHAIRED
movie about Dr. King SELMA
Brimless chef's hat TOQUE
Liveliness SPUNK
Brit's "Baloney!" BOSH
Pseudocultured ARTY
Not staged REAL
Target of an ID thief SSN
Wild guess STAB
Impose, as a tax LEVY
Cleaned the dishes? ATE
Feeling of wonder AWE