The complete answer to the NY Times September 30 2023 Crossword puzzle is shown below.
Across Clues:-
One who’s left holding the bag? | CADDIE |
Dessert with layers | SPUMONI |
Like roughly one-eighth of the U.S. population | AFRICANAMERICAN |
The Haitian Revolution and the Aponte Conspiracy of 1812, e.g. | SLAVEREBELLIONS |
Took a hit | TOKED |
Where to make one’s voice heard, with “the” | POLLS |
Contemporary artist Carrie ___ Weems | MAE |
Fleece “wearer” | EWE |
Esther of “Good Times” | ROLLE |
A word before we forget? | LEST |
Detective story? | ALIBI |
James Clavell best seller “___-Pan” | TAI |
Tabbies, e.g. | HOUSECATS |
Post-op persona, perhaps | NEWME |
Sort who might be testing the waters | MARINEBIOLOGIST |
Place | STEAD |
Rock band with the 2023 album “This Stupid World” | YOLATENGO |
Org. associated with interceptions | NSA |
Butts (in) | NOSES |
Wordle and others | FADS |
Basketball legend Thomas | ISIAH |
French word in vineyards | CRU |
Lug | APE |
Music score abbr. | CRESC |
Word on either side of “to” | ASHES |
Key to understanding ancient history? | THEROSETTASTONE |
What you might use to play music on a beach | WIRELESSSPEAKER |
Having down pat | ADEPTAT |
Remittance recipients | PAYEES |
Vertical Clues:-
___ system | CASTE |
Like water in a stream | AFLOW |
Rapper Aubrey Graham, who’s known professionally by his middle name | DRAKE |
Great fall | DIVE |
Like some drinks and injuries | ICED |
Hammer home? | EAR |
Be ripe | SMELL |
Bit of fish food | PELLET |
Things typically copied-and-pasted ? rather than typed manually ? in messages | URL |
Find ___ (Nintendo minigame) | MII |
Christmas carol title starter | OCOME |
Grams | NANAS |
Map of Hawaii, often | INSET |
Modern coinage for someone turned successful through their celebrity parents | NEPOBABY |
Republicans in the 1850s, typically | ABOLITIONISTS |
Hot bed? | RICE |
Feudal superiors | LIEGES |
Sherpas, e.g. | ASIANS |
Gives, but not for good | LENDS |
Make ___ of | ANOTE |
Inits. before Queen Elizabeth | HMS |
Bit of farm food | OAT |
Suffix with press | URE |
Stand-up comedians, typically | SOLOACTS |
Good thing to have on the record | WIN |
Umami enhancer | MSG |
W.W. II combat inits. | ETO |
Verbally lose it, with “out” | LASH |
Kind of rescue search | AIRSEA |
Certain religious ruling | FATWA |
Honeydew producer | APHID |
Inventor of the steel plow | DEERE |
“This is dear mercy, and thou ___ it not”: “Romeo and Juliet” | SEEST |
Fail under pressure | CHOKE |
Woman’s name with an accent on its fourth letter | RENEE |
See 57-Down | USERS |
Relative of a filly | COLT |
In the Red, say | ASEA |
“___ alert” | STAY |
Title in D.C.: Abbr. | REP |
With 50-Down, many people making downloads | APP |