New York Times Sunday December 27 2020 Crossword Solutions

 New York Times, Sunday, December 27, 2020 Crossword Answers 

Clues	Answers
'My goodness!'	ISAY
'Notorious' rap nickname	BIGPOPPA
'See ya'	ADIOS
'To be honest ...'	FACTIS
1981 Stephen King thriller	CUJO
A student may pass it	NOTE
A thing in poker?	ACE
Airplane ___	MODE
Anthony ___, 1950s British P.M	EDEN
Apartment, in real estate talk	UNIT
Apollo's half brother	ARES
Bake, as an egg	SHIRR
Being fixed, as a car at a garage	INREPAIR
Bevy : quails :: mob : ___	EMUS
Big game changer?	LIONTAMER
Booty call?	BUTTDIAL
Brand of pads	SOS
Business partners	BOOMANDBUST
Business suits?	CEOS
C.I.A. whistle-blower Philip	AGEE
Calendar row	WEEK
Canoodling in a crowd, for short	PDA
Certain bolt holder	TNUT
Cheer for Real Madrid	OLE
Chicago mayor Lightfoot	LORI
Close call	SCARE
Cocktail with rum, curaçao and fruit juice	MAITAI
Commotion	ADO
Core principles	TENETS
Debut album for Etta James	ATLAST
Deceptive talk	HUMBUG
Deep-fried tortilla dish	TOSTADA
Didn't go anywhere	SAT
Domestic partners	ROOMANDBOARD
Drinking game that requires aim	BEERPONG
Dweeb	DORK
Earnest request	PLEA
Emperor who ruled for more than 13 years, dying at age 30	NERO
Encountered by chance	RANACROSS
Event organizer's count	ATTENDEES
Evil Kermit or Grumpy Cat	MEME
Extinct flightless bird that once grew up to 12 feet	MOA
Famous bed-in participant	ONO
Fervent believer	ZEALOT
Fill with freight	LADE
First dynasty of imperial China, 221-206 B.C	QIN
Fiscal year div	QTR
Flier trier?	TESTPILOT
Fool	DELUDE
For example	SUCHAS
Gave a boost	GOOSED
Gave up	CEDED
Group of heavies	GOONSQUAD
Have a preference	LEAN
Having a very high body mass index	OBESE
How Phileas Fogg traveled	AFAR
How-to manual component	STEP
Indefinite degrees	NTHS
Investment options, for short	CDS
It may be blond, brown or ginger	ALE
Kid's refrigerator display	ART
Kindergarten comeback	ISSO
Lake largely fed by the Detroit River	ERIE
Law partners	JUDGEANDJURY
Leigh who played Scarlett	VIVIEN
Lemon or lime drinks, informally	ADES
Like monarch butterflies	ORANGE
Like some vinaigrette	BALSAMIC
Like the water in a whistling teakettle	ABOIL
Magazine bestowing Best of Beauty awards	ALLURE
Makes a typo, say	ERRS
Modern meeting method	ZOOM
Money in coins rather than bills	SPECIE
More eye-catching	GLITZIER
Mount ___, workplace of the Cyclopes in Greek myth	ETNA
Nest noise	CHIRP
Not a big studio film	INDIE
Noticeably amazed	AGAPE
Obstinate sort	DEFIER
Of the utmost quality	FINEST
Officers above capts	MAJS
P.D. or F.D. worker	EMT
Partners in crime	BREAKINGANDENTERING
Patchy in color	PIED
Perturbation	UNEASE
Piano tune	RAG
Portend	BODE
Problems with streaming	LAGS
Prominent feature of the Who's 'My Generation'	BASSSOLO
Puller of strings?	HARPIST
Puzzled remark	IDUNNO
Really stood out	SHINED
Red ___	SEA
Representatives' term lengths	BIENNIA
Requests at security lines	IDS
Richard of 'Chicago'	GERE
Rihanna or Mariah Carey	POPIDOL
Romantic partners	HUGSANDKISSES
Ryder ride	VAN
S-shaped moldings	OGEES
Salmon and sturgeon delicacies	ROES
Setting for Hitchcock's 'Notorious,' informally	RIO
Sewing 101 assignment	HEM
Silent partners	PEACEANDQUIET
Simple palindromic reply to 'Madam, I'm Adam'	EVE
Singer with the 2020 album 'A Holly Dolly Christmas'	PARTON
Small hole-drilling tool	GIMLET
Snapchatter's request	ADDME
Some U.S. space launch rockets	DELTAS
Spaceman Spiff and Stupendous Man, for Calvin in 'Calvin and Hobbes'	ALTEREGOS
Spanish article	UNA
Sponge off of	USE
Sport with saddles	POLO
Still being debugged	INBETA
Subject of a Magritte work (or not?)	PIPE
Sweet red dessert wine	GRENACHE
Sweetness and sourness	TASTES
Take possession of	GET
Talents	KNACKS
Teen's woe	ZIT
This is what it sounds like when doves cry	COOS
Tight-fitting suits	SPEEDOS
Train ticket info, for short	ETD
Turn against	SOURON
Unfortunate events, old-style	HAPS
Universal donor's blood type, in brief	ONEG
Vegan milk source	SOY
Venomous snake	MAMBA
Villain with the 'real' name Edward Nigma	RIDDLER
Walker's need	LEASH
What San Diego and Tijuana do	ABUT
Who 'can get in the way of what I feel for you,' in a 2007 #1 Alicia Keys hit	NOONE
Winter setting in N.Y.C	EST
Wonder	AWE
Words accompanying a headshot, in brief	BIO
Writing partners	PENANDPAPER
___ learning	REMOTE
___ to come	YET