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Brief additional explanation regarding 2 & 3: I can't just run all these steps and then run "Same as previous" because it doesn't actually run "Auto" on subsequent photos, it just assigns the same levels that resulted from "Auto" from the previous image.
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The answer is no, you can't do that. The "Same as Previous" option is not designed to work like that! It is used to copy the EXACT adjustments from the previous photo (i.e., the exact values) to the current one, not to copy the actions (hitting the "Auto" button). As far as I know, unlike Photoshop with Photoshop Actions, Lightroom does not have the same functionality. Each "Auto" hit produces a different result based on each image.