"The Old Man" Saturday August 31 2024 New York Times Crossword Puzzle SOLVED

Solve Time: 39:14 (yikes! I got stuck at the end, as well as throughout lol but I persisted)
Constructor: Sam Ezersky
Gratitude: Current poker action
Word of the Day: ZTILE - as in Scrabble, for a 10-point play.
No theme but a super clean grid fill with tricky and clever clues. Lots of misdirections and multi-word entries.