New York Times, Monday, December 16, 2019
| Clues | Answers |
| 'Dear ___ Hansen' (Broadway hit) | EVAN |
| 'My bad!' | OOPS |
| 'The ___ thickens' | PLOT |
| 'Unbelievable!' | GEEZ |
| *Container for a Kellogg's cereal | RICEKRISPIESBOX |
| *Reputed place at the North Pole | SANTASWORKSHOP |
| *Trilogy set in Middle-earth, with 'The' | LORDOFTHERINGS |
| A.M.A. members | DRS |
| Actor Epps of 'House' | OMAR |
| Altered version of a song | REMIX |
| Amenity at most hotels and airports | FREEWIFI |
| Animated lead singer of the Pussycats | JOSIE |
| Arena section | TIER |
| Author Zora ___ Hurston | NEALE |
| Banned insecticide | DDT |
| Bell-ringing makeup company | AVON |
| Biblical boat | ARK |
| Candlemaker's supply | WAX |
| Celestial explosion | NOVA |
| Choreographer Alvin | AILEY |
| Computer command to go back | UNDO |
| Created a tapestry | WOVE |
| Cunning | SLY |
| Early April zodiac sign | ARIES |
| Ending with Capitol or Faith | HILL |
| Err | GOOF |
| Folk singer and protester Joan | BAEZ |
| Furry swimmer | OTTER |
| Google alternative | BING |
| Grp. to call for a tow | AAA |
| Hair on a horse or a lion | MANE |
| Harsh light | GLARE |
| Hockey Hall-of-Famer Bobby | ORR |
| Is of use to | AVAILS |
| Jon Bon Jovi or Simon Le Bon | ROCKSTAR |
| Kind of test whose answers can't be erased | ORAL |
| Largest city in the United Arab Emirates | DUBAI |
| Leave off, as the last letter in this clu | OMIT |
| Links legend Palmer, familiarly | ARNIE |
| Lively for one's age | SPRY |
| Make a mental image of | ENVISAGE |
| Marsh plant | REED |
| McEntire of country music | REBA |
| Miller ___ (low-calorie beer) | LITE |
| Muscle pain | ACHE |
| Nag, nag, nag | BADGER |
| Name of many Norwegian kings | OLAV |
| Nasty comments | BARBS |
| Once around the sun | YEAR |
| One more than bi- | TRI |
| Orange root vegetable | YAM |
| Otherworldly glow | AURA |
| Physical expression of frustration, in modern lingo | HEADDESK |
| Plays a round | GOLFS |
| Poll finding, perhaps | TREND |
| Positive response | YES |
| Pub offerings | ALES |
| Published | RAN |
| Recurring Tyler Perry movie role | MADEA |
| Riding the waves | ASEA |
| Singer/songwriter Redding | OTIS |
| Slender woodwind | OBOE |
| Spiky plant with soothing juice | ALOE |
| The white stuff in an orange | PITH |
| Typeface alternative to Helvetica | ARIAL |
| Unite | JOIN |
| Unpredictable, in an unwanted way | DICEY |
| Wander about | ROVE |
| What the answer to each of the starred clues has | ELVES |
| What the I.R.S. collects | TAXES |
| Wicked | EVIL |
| Wine barrel wood | OAK |
| Words at a swearing-in ceremony | OATH |
| Words before and after 'or not' in a Shakespeare quote | TOBE |
| Wryly humorous | DROLL |
| [Just like that, it's gone!] | POOF |
| ___ hostel (inexpensive accommodations) | YOUTH |
| ___ Noël (boss of 65-Across, in France) | PERE |
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