New York Times Crossword Answers December 27, 2021

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Author: Adam Aaronson
Editor: Will Shortz

Across

"Ain't that the truth!" ILLSAY
Use a swizzle stick STIR
"You don't need to be ___, Roy" (rhyming Paul Simon lyric) COY
Human beings PEOPLE
Keister, in Leicester ARSE
Filmmaker DuVernay AVA
*TV remote inserts, often AABATTERIES
Implement with ink PEN
Technical detail, for short SPEC
*Sobriety support group session, informally AAMEETING
Give off, as vibes EMIT
Little criticism NIT
Pub barrel ALEKEG
*Animal whose name means "earth pig" in Afrikaans AARDVARK
Line on a sales receipt TAX
Skirmish TUSSLE
Lena of "Chocolat" OLIN
Floor cover RUG
*"Winnie-the-Pooh" writer AAMILNE
Lacto-___ vegetarianism OVO
Element that also names a household appliance IRON
Acknowledges with a head tilt NODSTO
Snag NAB
*4.0 on a transcript AAVERAGE
Shapes made in the snow ANGELS
Swing ___ (when big bands were big) ERA
Disney snow queen ELSA
*Three-time Emmy winner for "Breaking Bad" AARONPAUL
Word with butter or Stadium SHEA
What's central in heliocentrism SUN
Tennessee Smokies or Portland Sea Dogs … or what the answers to the starred clues comprise? DOUBLEATEAM
Words from an altar ego? IDO
Fairy tale menace OGRE
Section of a sentence PHRASE
What's inside an inner tube AIR
Fly high SOAR
Summer wear with a T-shirt SHORTS

Down

Many hoppy brews, in brief IPAS
___ of faith LEAP
One of four in the human brain LOBE
Actress Sissy SPACEK
Ctrl-___-Del ALT
Nonetheless YET
Singer Bareilles SARA
Minor haircut TRIM
"Ah, gotcha" ISEE
Forward, as mail RESEND
Banking giant that makes the Venture card CAPITALONE
Bakery hot spot OVEN
Yin's opposite YANG
"Don't starve yourself!" EAT
Big name in DVRs TIVO
Prefix with physics META
Tropical lizard IGUANA
Indoor spaces with lots of natural light ATRIA
First lady Bush LAURA
Arnold Schwarzenegger or Ronald Reagan, for California EXGOVERNOR
Parenthetical comment ASIDE
"___ Well That Ends Well" ALLS
Car for a vacationer RENTAL
Archcompetitor RIVAL
Some volume controls KNOBS
Pollution in city skies SMOG
Like, forever! EONS
Emperor during the Great Fire of Rome NERO
Total strangers, in modern slang RANDOS
Prefix with enterologist GASTRO
Right-angle shape ELL
Home of seven -stans ASIA
A4 automaker AUDI
Jumping stick POGO
Vibe AURA
Lyft competitor UBER
Consider, as a judicial case HEAR
Down ___ (Maine) EAST
Iowa campus town AMES
Mini-albums, in brief EPS
"Say ___" (doctor's request) AHH