New York Times - Oct 6 2022

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Clues Answers
'Bésame ___' (bolero song) MUCHO
'Blinking heck!' NERTS
'I never look back, dahling. It distracts from ___': Pixar's Edna Mode THENOW
'___ Croft: Tomb Raider' LARA
2013 biopic about actor Mineo SAL
Banned antimalarial DDT
Before opening? ANTE
Bestow upon temporarily LENDTO
Bit IOTA
Blue notes? SEXTS
Causes to run without human involvement AUTOMATES
Collect all together POOL
Common operating system for supercomputers, once UNIX
Crapshoots, essentially ROLLS
Creator of an animal shelter NOAH
Dedicatee of 'Moby-Dick' HAWTHORNE
Demolition material TNT
Deploy, as wire from a spool UNCOIL
Direction to bow, for a violinist ARCO
Disappear midtour, say GOAWOL
Enter cautiously EDGEIN
Europe's third-longest river URAL
Expert DEFT
F in music class? LOUD
Falco of TV's 'Oz' EDIE
Finish off EAT
Geiger of Geiger counter fame HANS
Gradually trims ... or a phonetic second hint to solving this puzzle's theme PARESDOWN
Hermès, par exemple DIEU
Honesty, kindness or respect, for many people COREVALUE
How things have always been done TRADITION
IDs since the Great Depression SSNS
It's no loss TIE
Johnson who directed 'The Last Jedi' RIAN
Key used for exiting ESC
Lie about LOLL
Looked for facts in figures DATAMINED
Loosening, as a joint OILING
Major option for a future C.E.O ECON
Clues Answers
Many Stan Lee film appearances CAMEOS
Michigan college or its town ALMA
Milk delivery point TEAT
Musky 'cat' CIVET
News letters UPI
Nose (around) ROOT
Novelizes, e.g ADAPTS
Officer's title SIR
Officer's title MAAM
One who's up to the minutes STENO
PBS's '___ the Science Kid' SID
Prison weapon SHIV
Proust's '___ Way' SWANNS
Pumped metal IRON
Sealed the deal ICEDIT
Set up for a swing TEED
Shifts from neutral, in a way ACIDIFIES
Shiner? RAY
Signal to proceed NOD
Slowpokes at the head of a trail SLUGS
Sports org. for students NCAA
Strong and energetic VIRILE
Sudden source of rain, informally TSTORM
Tasks WORK
Temper, as fears ALLAY
The Swiss fly a square one FLAG
TV series with the all-time most-watched episode MASH
What you might have to do for some highway construction ... or a first hint to solving this puzzle's theme MERGELEFT
With 12-Down, secretly plots (with) CLUE
With 26-Down, repeated occurrences of things in turn ATRAIN
With 29-Down, taught a lesson SHOE
With 35-Down, some common attire for cooks HINT
With 57-Down, noble title CUTS
[Cluck] TSK
– OLDS
– COLD
– LENTOS
– ARES
– ONES