27 Dec 21, Monday, NY Times Crossword Answers

27 Dec 21, NY Times Crossword Solutions

1 “Ain’t that the truth!” : I’LL SAY!
7 Use a swizzle stick : STIR
11 “You don’t need to be ___, Roy” (rhyming Paul Simon lyric) : COY
14 Human beings : PEOPLE
15 Keister, in Leicester : ARSE
16 Filmmaker DuVernay : AVA
17 *TV remote inserts, often : AA BATTERIES
19 Implement with ink : PEN
20 Technical detail, for short : SPEC
21 *Sobriety support group session, informally : AA MEETING
23 Give off, as vibes : EMIT
26 Little criticism : NIT
27 Pub barrel : ALE KEG
30 *Animal whose name means “earth pig” in Afrikaans : AARDVARK
35 Line on a sales receipt : TAX
36 Skirmish : TUSSLE
38 Lena of “Chocolat” : OLIN
39 Floor cover : RUG
40 *”Winnie-the-Pooh” writer : AA MILNE
42 Lacto-___ vegetarianism : OVO
43 Element that also names a household appliance : IRON
45 Acknowledges with a head tilt : NODS TO
46 Snag : NAB
47 *4.0 on a transcript : A AVERAGE
49 Shapes made in the snow : ANGELS
51 Swing ___ (when big bands were big) : ERA
52 Disney snow queen : ELSA
53 *Three-time Emmy winner for “Breaking Bad” : AARON PAUL
58 Word with butter or Stadium : SHEA …
62 What’s central in heliocentrism : SUN
63 Tennessee Smokies or Portland Sea Dogs … or what the answers to the starred clues comprise? : DOUBLE-A TEAM
66 Words from an altar ego? : I DO
67 Fairy tale menace : OGRE
68 Section of a sentence : PHRASE
69 What’s inside an inner tube : AIR
70 Fly high : SOAR
71 Summer wear with a T-shirt : SHORTS