New York Times, Thursday, October 1, 2020 Crossword Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| ___ beetle | STAG |
| ___ Lum, a.k.a. actress/comedian Awkwafina | NORA |
| Addenda | ANDS |
| Athletes first allowed in the Olympics in 1988 | PROS |
| Aunt ___, despised relative of Harry Potter | MARGE |
| Band with the 1970 #1 hit "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" | 3DOGNIGHT |
| Bisected | IN2 |
| Born | NEE |
| Burns a bit | SINGES |
| Cassette tape predecessor | 8TRACK |
| City of the Peloponnese | ARGOS |
| Classic checker-dropping game | CONNECT4 |
| Co-founder of the Black Panthers | SEALE |
| Cooped up like pigs | STIED |
| Coral island nation north of Fiji | TUVALU |
| Coupon clipper, e.g. | SAVER |
| Course objective | PAR |
| Covetousness, for one | SIN |
| Discovered, as a shady past | DUGUP |
| Dr. J's team | 6ERS |
| Emma Stone's character in "La La Land" | MIA |
| Fearsome beasts | OGRES |
| Fifth grader, often | TWEENAGER |
| First name of a famous Mongol ruler | GENGHIS |
| Fish whose blood is toxic to humans | EELS |
| For ___ whomsoever much is given ...: Luke 12:48 | UNTO |
| French daily founded in 1826 | LEFIGARO |
| Genre of "The Big Sleep" and "Kiss Me Deadly" | FILMNOIR |
| Go deep | DELVE |
| Grade school subj. | ENG |
| Grand in scale | EPIC |
| Green prefix | ECO |
| Instant | TRICE |
| Law & Order: SVU actor | ICET |
| Let the air out of | DEFLATE |
| Like rails and stilts | AVIAN |
| Manhattan ingredient | RYE |
| Many a hoedown participant | GAL |
| Material in automobile batteries | LEAD |
| Me neither | NORI |
| Meat scraps | OFFAL |
| Mineral in some geodes | AGATE |
| Mollifies | CALMS |
| Mopey and ultra-introspective | EMO |
| Never mind, it's fine | STET |
| Oft-repeated slogan | MANTRA |
| Oscar nominee Woodard | ALFRE |
| Pick a spread, say | BET |
| Playground "germ" | COOTIE |
| Potentially offensive | UNPC |
| Prefix meaning one-billionth | NANO |
| Products since the 1960s ... on which you can see five "key" things depicted in this puzzle | TOUCHTONEPHONES |
| Reinforces | GIRDS |
| Scrape (by) | EKE |
| Shout of victory | IWON |
| Some paid spots | TVADS |
| Sport in which rikishi wear mawashi | SUMO |
| Spot for a napkin | LAP |
| Stage a coup | GRABCONTROL |
| Steadfast | TRUE |
| Substitutes for feet | SHOETREES |
| Tater | SPUD |
| The usual suspect | BUTLER |
| The way | TAOISM |
| Thespian org. | AFTRA |
| Thick and clumpy | CAKY |
| Throw it here! | IMOPEN |
| Titular "married lady" in a "Funny Girl" song | SADIE |
| Twittering Machine artist : | KLEE |
| Uh-uh!, in Edinburgh | NAE |
| Vodka mixer | TONIC |
| Voting no | CON |
| Waterfall sound | ROAR |
| Wire holder | SPOOL |
| Word after Scotch or duck | EGG |
| Zhou in Chinese history | ENLAI |
