New York Times - Sep 30 2021

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Clues Answers
"A," on a timeline ANNO
"My parents are gonna kill me!" IMTOAST
"___ noches!" BUENAS
A key to what's underneath? DOWNARROW
AAA part: Abbr ASSOC
Academy Awards category eliminated in 2021 ... or a hint to interpreting four clues in this puzzle SOUNDMIXING
Acqua ___ (cause of annual flooding in Venice) ALTA
Apollo Theater's locale HARLEM
Be struggling, say AIL
Blown away AWED
Bobby who sang "Mack the Knife" DARIN
Calif. school that's about 20 miles from the Mexican border SDSU
Certain tributes (although they may not seem like them) ROASTS
Colleague PEER
Common prom coif UPDO
Contraction that drops an "i" TIS
Copy-right? EDIT
Decant POUR
Dumb ___ (buffoons) OXES
Dwells tiresomely (on) HARPS
Far from fastidious LAX
Fictional business on TV frequently targeted by prank calls MOES
Flips (through) PAGES
Former Chinese premier Jiabao WEN
Former N.Y.C. mayor Beame ABE
From the start ANEW
Go-___ KART
Goes underground HIDES
Grammy winner India.___ ARIE
Great relief BALM
Hägar the Horrible's pooch SNERT
Half of a 1960s folk rock group PAPAS
Hold forth ORATE
Ingratiate oneself with COZYUPTO
It's often included in a good deal ACE
Keeps thinking "Grrrr!" STEWS
Legal drama with Jimmy Smits LALAW
Like soil that combines sand, silt and clay LOAMY
Clues Answers
Major Chinese internet company BAIDU
Many flash drives, familiarly USBS
Neat analogy? ASAPIN
O.R. lines IVS
P.O.'ed IRATE
Painter's kit ARTSET
Performer's grand slam, in modern parlance EGOT
Place to live and learn DORM
Pregnancy hormone RELAXIN
Prime spot at a music festival MAINSTAGE
Private student TUTEE
Put down DIS
Rep. Cheney of Wyoming LIZ
Response to a doubter YESIDO
Sch. in Baton Rouge LSU
Shopkeeper's "Sorry, none left" IMALLOUT
Shrivel from age WIZEN
Skin malady ECZEMA
Small hill KNOLL
Spanish for "sweet" DULCE
Sport ___ (all-terrain vehicle) UTE
Tail ... or one with a tail DOG
Temporarily suspended ONICE
Tests that are very hard to cheat on ORALS
Turpentine ingredient SAP
United way? PLANERIDE
Up and about ASTIR
Verdi opera AIDA
Watch it! VIDEO
Website overseer ADMIN
Winner of over 125 Pulitzer Prizes, for short NYT
Word with party or balloon ANIMAL
Worker searching for patterns in the statistical noise DATAMINER
[Birds] + [Bees] = P.R. campaign goal TWITTERBUZZ
[Cellphone] + [Bubble] = Edible accessory RINGPOP
[Cow] + [Thunder] = Snake eyes, e.g LOWROLL
[Lightsaber] + [Impatient fingers] = Boring HUMDRUM
___ salts EPSOM