New York Times - Sep 28 2021

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Clues Answers
"American ___ Warrior" NINJA
1989 Spike Lee title offering good, if vague, advice DOTHERIGHTTHING
Abbr. on a wrapper NTWT
Actor Idris with an O.B.E ELBA
Actress de Armas ANA
Actress Jessica ALBA
Actress Sohn of "The Wire" SONJA
Air Force Academy student CADET
Alero or Aurora, informally OLDS
Aliases, informally AKAS
Animating LIFEGIVING
B'way's "___ Miz" LES
Backspace through, say ERASE
Beg PLEAD
Bit of firefighting equipment AXE
Bothered a lot ATEAT
Carne ___ (taco option) ASADA
Certain curve ESS
Change ALTER
Cheese in a Greek salad FETA
Co-founder of the N.A.A.C.P. and author of "The Souls of Black Folk" WEBDUBOIS
Cockpit array DIALS
Derby cocktail JULEP
Digs up, in a way HOES
Ebbed WANED
Fires up? SETSABLAZE
Forensic abbr CSI
Fort ___, N.C BRAGG
Germ SEED
Island nation that's the world's smallest republic NAURU
It might be jacked up CAR
Jennifer who wrote "A Visit From the Goon Squad" EGAN
Language from which "bandana" comes URDU
Language that may be used in 56-Down JAVA
Like many bridal veils GAUZY
Like paths of missiles ARCED
Like Prince William vis-à-vis Prince Harry ELDER
Lose traction SKID
Make amends (for) ATONE
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Motorola phones RAZRS
Much mail: Abbr LTRS
Much-requested airplane seat AISLE
One of a résumé pair? ACUTEACCENT
One of football's Mannings ELI
Org. enforcing RICO laws FBI
Org. supporting mom-and-pop stores SBA
Part of a wedding ceremony RING
Periods in the N.B.A.: Abbr QTRS
Put in a movie role CAST
Refusing to understand BEINGOBTUSE
Relationship of the circled letters to the apt words they connect to in this puzzle ANGLE
Rend TEARAPART
Rile up ANGER
Romeo and Juliet had one TRYST
Runner's midsection? ENS
Samovar TEAURN
Scientist who said "Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark" SAGAN
See 4-Down LEMON
See 55-Down UNIX
Seriously uptight ANAL
Six-sided state UTAH
Spanish 101 verb ESTAR
Store with a one-way route through its cavernous space IKEA
Strip sails and ropes from UNRIG
Strong connection, as to one's land DEEPROOTS
Suffix with architect URE
Surrounded by AMID
Tack on ADD
Targets of cleanses TOXINS
Through VIA
To wit: Abbr VIZ
Type ILK
What's new? THELATEST
When a football might be hiked ONTWO
With 14-Across, longtime CNN host DON
Works in the Galleria degli Uffizi ARTE
Year in the reign of Nero LIX
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