New York Times - Oct 19 2021

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Clues Answers
"Affliction" for those close to graduation SENIORITIS
"Isn't ___ bit like you and me?" (Beatles lyric) HEA
"The Simpsons" storekeeper APU
"___ Carter V" (2018 Lil Wayne album) THA
"___ you asked ..." SINCE
*Chain known for its soft pretzels AUNTIEANNES
*Children's book whose title character says "If I can fool a bug, I can surely fool a man. People are not as smart as bugs" CHARLOTTESWEB
*Prominent left-leaning political action committee EMILYSLIST
Accumulate PILEUP
Actor Baldwin ALEC
Baseball rival of BOS NYY
Big name in petrol ESSO
Bit of décor? ACUTEACCENT
Bygone jet, for short SST
California's Big ___ SUR
Care for cars? TYPO
Catch, as fly balls SHAG
Dance in a pit MOSH
Dead even ALLTIEDUP
Downloads in the testing phase BETAAPPS
Eight, in Italian OTTO
Fashion's Calvin KLEIN
French word in some bistro names CHEZ
Furniture item often facing a TV COUCH
Game often played with a random number generator KENO
Genie's locale LAMP
Globe coverer OZONE
Goat's bleat MAA
Greek goddess of discord ERIS
H.S. exam PSAT
Hesitant syllables UMS
Hijab, e.g VEIL
Holds on to KEEPS
Housing in the big house CELL
Ingredient in some topical gels ALOE
Insta uploads PICS
It has fuzzy skin PEACH
Clues Answers
Late actor Ed ASNER
Layered buildup in the Arctic SNOWPACK
Literary trio found in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues THEBRONTES
Monogram of the "Treasure Island" author RLS
Muslims, e.g., but not Hindus MONOTHEISTS
National Endowment for the ___ ARTS
October birthstone OPAL
One of the Smurfs PAPA
One who's up at dawn EARLYRISER
Part of a doorframe JAMB
Part of L.G.B.T GAY
Part of U.A.E ARAB
Persistent little sibling, maybe PEST
Pieces of three-pieces VESTS
Radish lookalike TURNIP
Rushed, old-style HIED
Say that you're going, say RSVP
Small interval for grouping data, to a coder BIN
Sport with mallets POLO
Sushi topper ROE
Takes classes at ATTENDS
Teed off DROVE
The "one" in a one-two JAB
The blahs, more formally ENNUI
Title winner CHAMP
Top BEST
Unsupported assertion SAYSO
Unwanted discovery in a refrigerator ODOR
Whom you might contact after a computer crash ITGUY
Wish HOPE
Word with immunity or mentality HERD
Writer Ephron NORA
Yard sale caveat ASIS
___ pal GAL
___ Rizzo, main role in "Midnight Cowboy" RATSO
___'wester (hat) SOU
___-advised ILL