Below is the complete solution for the NY Times crossword puzzle from September 11, 2023.
NYT ACROSS CLUES
| ___ cheese (cheese that isn’t yours, in a classic joke) | NACHO |
| Camera type, in brief | SLR |
| Chef Ming ___, whose last name is hidden in “condiments aisle” | TSAI |
| Was sore | ACHED |
| Layer of paint | COAT |
| Going ___ (squabbling) | ATIT |
| *What might be kneaded in the kitchen | BREAD DOUGH |
| Abstract artist Joan | MIRO |
| Satirizes | SENDS UP |
| In a spooky manner | EERILY |
| Kentucky Derby and Indianapolis 500 | RACES |
| A tough ___ to swallow | PILL |
| Physicist Einstein | ALBERT |
| Taken care of, on an invoice stamp | PAID |
| Savings plan option, for short | IRA |
| Poke fun at | TEASE |
| Lacking originality | TRITE |
| Many a Scott Joplin tune | RAG |
| Pants holder-upper | BELT |
| Flights of fancy | WHIMS |
| Pioneer in digital recording | TIVO |
| Certain knee tissue, for short | ACL |
| Obtains | GAINS |
| ___ tag (game with target vests) | LASER |
| “OTOH ?” | THO |
| The focus of many an engagement photo | RING |
| One named “Queen of Tejano Music” | SELENA |
| Death notice, in brief | OBIT |
| Bone-in cut of lamb, e.g. | SHANK |
| Los Estados ___ (the U.S., in Spanish) | UNIDOS |
| Performing a play, say | ONSTAGE |
| Grumpy mood | SNIT |
| *Person to keep an eye on for future success | UP-AND-COMER |
| Smooch | KISS |
| Word after tall or tell | TALE |
| Surrounded by | AMONG |
| Teensy | ITTY |
| Foxy | SLY |
| Green pasta sauce | PESTO |
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NYT VERTICAL CLUES
| Apt rhyme for “grabs” | NABS |
| Parcel of land | ACRE |
| Olympic figure skater Nathan | CHEN |
| Adjustable part of a car seat | HEADREST |
| “It’s likely that ?” | ODDSARE |
| Check (out), like competition | SCOPE |
| Singer Rawls or Reed | LOU |
| Craze | RAGE |
| Ethnic group of Sri Lanka | TAMIL |
| Classic Maya Angelou poem ? or a hint to the answers to the starred clues and the circled letters, in two different ways | STILLIRISE |
| Well-ventilated | AIRY |
| “Who am ___ judge?” | ITO |
| A truly unpleasant situation | THEPITS |
| Word before tape or after tear | DUCT |
| Be a passenger | RIDE |
| Mattress coils | SPRINGS |
| Chance to hit, in baseball | ATBAT |
| Bloodsucking parasite | LEECH |
| *One being propelled by hot air | BALLOONIST |
| Prepares to shoot a target | AIMS |
| Black bird | RAVEN |
| Ancient Greek marketplace | AGORA |
| Slender | THIN |
| Do nothing during the course of, as a storm | WAITOUT |
| “I’m listening” | TALKTOME |
| Part of a crossword that gets filled in | GRID |
| Protective cover for a camera | LENSCAP |
| Beach grit | SAND |
| Teensy | BITSY |
| What catches more flies than vinegar, in a saying | HONEY |
| Cup or pint | UNIT |
| Places for peels or scrubs | SPAS |
| Singer Tori | AMOS |
| Proper fellow | GENT |
| “Cogito, ___ sum” | ERGO |
| Hit the slopes | SKI |
| Everyone or everything | ALL |
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