Below is the complete solution for the crossword puzzle from the NY Times published on September 12, 2023.
NYT ACROSS CLUES
| Conks on the head | BOPS |
| Place for a hot bath | SPA |
| Torts students, typically | ONELS |
| Goes crazy | FLIPSOUT |
| Best-selling Japanese manga and anime series | NARUTO |
| Cuter than cute | ADORABLE |
| Summer snack on a stick | ICEPOP |
| Alternatives to Asics | NIKES |
| Theoretical degree | NTH |
| Mined stuff | ORE |
| Prolonged attack | SIEGE |
| Comedian Wong | ALI |
| Like tridents and forks | TINED |
| Parrot | APE |
| Sister brand of Crest | ORALB |
| Loch ___ monster | NESS |
| Felt-tipped writing implement | MARKER |
| An apt name for a rock climber | CLIFF |
| Aquatic denizen? or a phonetic hint to this puzzle’s circled words | SEACREATURE |
| Hawaiian beach bashes | LUAUS |
| Dental coat | ENAMEL |
| Successful search results | HITS |
| Rude omissions | SNUBS |
| Toilet paper specification | PLY |
| The challenge for a translator, perhaps | IDIOM |
| 4.0 is a great one | GPA |
| Certain belly button | OUTIE |
| Oscar, Golden Globe, and Grammy winner Batiste | JON |
| Income source for Meta | ADS |
| Unwashed | DIRTY |
| Turkey’s capital | ANKARA |
| Braggarts | EGOTISTS |
| Anne ___ (figure in Broadway’s “Six”) | BOLEYN |
| Release of confidential material to the media | NEWSLEAK |
| Brusque | TERSE |
| British singer/songwriter Rita | ORA |
| Sicilian smoker | ETNA |
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NYT VERTICAL CLUES
| Deg. for a creative type | BFA |
| ___-fashioned (cocktail) | OLD |
| Trailblazers | PIONEERS |
| Parsley portion | SPRIG |
| Drink brand with a lizard logo | SOBE |
| Source of waves in space | PULSAR |
| Chowed down | ATE |
| “I’ve got this” | ONIT |
| Opposite of day, in Germany | NACHT |
| Before, in poetry | ERE |
| Patti in the American Theater Hall of Fame | LUPONE |
| Mall map listings | STORES |
| Japanese rice wine | SAKE |
| Slanted columns? | OPEDS |
| Nabisco wafer brand | NILLA |
| Actor Waterston | SAM |
| Hoppy quaff, in brief | IPA |
| Gets ready to skate | LACESUP |
| Prefix with structure | INFRA |
| Killer whales | ORCAS |
| Chomps on | BITES |
| Ashton Kutcher’s “That ’70s Show” role | KELSO |
| ___ de vie | EAU |
| “Sounds like a blast!” | FUN |
| Ladder levels | RUNGS |
| Mathematical grouping that contains no elements | EMPTYSET |
| Yale student | ELI |
| Soapmaking ingredient | LYE |
| Muslim head scarf | HIJAB |
| Huffy response to an untrue accusation | I DO NOT |
| Little bells sound | TINKLE |
| Pester persistently | BADGER |
| “The Bells of St. ___” | MARYS |
| Table scraps | ORTS |
| Of practical value | UTILE |
| Almost any character in “Hamlet” | DANE |
| Corn Belt state | IOWA |
| ___ Lingus | AER |
| Musician Brian | ENO |
| Color akin to khaki | TAN |
| Precursor to rocksteady | SKA |
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