New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2022 10 06

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Looked for facts in figures DATAMINED
“Bésame ___” (bolero song) MUCHO
Dedicatee of “Moby-Dick” HAWTHORNE
Slowpokes at the head of a trail SLUGS
Key used for exiting ESC
Before opening? ANTE
“Blinking heck!” NERTS
Pumped metal IRON
Loosening, as a joint OILING
One who’s up to the minutes STENO
PBS’s “___ the Science Kid” SID
EXPERT DEFT
Common operating system for supercomputers, once UNIX
Gradually trims ? or a phonetic second hint to solving this puzzle’s theme PARESDOWN
Many Stan Lee film appearances CAMEOS
“I never look back, dahling. It distracts from ___”: Pixar’s Edna Mode THENOW
It’s no loss TIE
Honesty, kindness or respect, for many people COREVALUE
[Cluck] TSK
Temper, as fears ALLAY
With 12-Down, secretly plots (with) CLUE
The Swiss fly a square one FLAG
Collect all together POOL
Creator of an animal shelter NOAH
Crapshoots, essentially ROLLS
Major option for a future C.E.O. ECON
Causes to run without human involvement AUTOMATES
Falco of TV’s “Oz” EDIE
What you might have to do for some highway construction ? or a first hint to solving this puzzle’s theme MERGELEFT
Sealed the deal ICEDIT
? COLD
Milk delivery point TEAT
How things have always been done TRADITION
IDs since the Great Depression SSNS
Banned antimalarial DDT
Musky “cat” CIVET
2013 biopic about actor Mineo SAL
LIE ABOUT LOLL
With 35-Down, some common attire for cooks HINT
TV series with the all-time most-watched episode MASH
Hermès, par exemple DIEU
Sudden source of rain, informally TSTORM
Deploy, as wire from a spool UNCOIL
Officer’s title MAAM
With 26-Down, repeated occurrences of things in turn ATRAIN
Novelizes, e.g. ADAPTS
Set up for a swing TEED
With 57-Down, noble title CUTS
? ONES
Shifts from neutral, in a way ACIDIFIES
BIT IOTA
ENTER CAUTIOUSLY EDGEIN
Direction to bow, for a violinist ARCO
? LENTOS
Officer’s title SIR
MICHIGAN COLLEGE OR ITS TOWN ALMA
SHINER? RAY
Johnson who directed “The Last Jedi” RIAN
DEMOLITION MATERIAL TNT
TASKS WORK
F IN MUSIC CLASS? LOUD
? ARES
NEWS LETTERS UPI
Sports org. for students NCAA
SIGNAL TO PROCEED NOD
PRISON WEAPON SHIV
STRONG AND ENERGETIC VIRILE
NOSE (AROUND) ROOT
Europe’s third-longest river URAL
“___ Croft: Tomb Raider” LARA
GEIGER OF GEIGER COUNTER FAME HANS
Bestow upon temporarily LENDTO
Disappear midtour, say GOAWOL
Proust’s “___ Way” SWANNS
FINISH OFF EAT
Blue notes? SEXTS
With 29-Down, taught a lesson SHOE
? OLDS