The complete answer to the NY Times October 06, 2023, Crossword puzzle is shown below.
Across Rules-
Squirts | TYKES |
Legal writer and political commentator ___ Mystal | ELIE |
Form of attachment? | |
Take a big, daring leap | BUNGEEJUMP |
Sign on a sofa in the front yard, maybe | FREE |
Notices that trouble is in the air? | SMOGALERTS |
City where the conquistador Pizarro was assassinated | LIMA |
What’s shaken after the instruction “Shake” | PAW |
Bizarre | WACKO |
Preferential treatment | FAVOUR |
Boba ___ (“Star Wars” bounty hunter) | FETT |
Time capsule events | BURIALS |
Simpson who was caught lip-syncing “Pieces of Me” on “Saturday Night Live” | ASHLEY |
The States, to Mexicans | ELNORTE |
Voiced displeasure, in a way | BOOED |
Transportation for a bride? | TRAIN |
Keyboard abbr. | ESC |
Parish priests, in Paris | CURES |
Encircle, with “in” | HEM |
Chloe Gong novel “___ Violent Delights” | THESE |
Skip Day participants: Abbr. | SRS |
“Curiouser and curiouser!” speaker | ALICE |
Fabric made from wood pulp | RAYON |
“Beat it!” | GETLOST |
Stir up | FOMENT |
Divvy up by percentage of ownership | PRORATE |
Does some course work? | MOWS |
Breakneck | RAPID |
Gets warmer, say | NEARS |
Hold up | ROB |
Noted example of oligopoly, in brief | OPEC |
Expert with tips | ADVICEGURU |
Nothing more than | MERE |
Experiment subjects, so to speak | GUINEAPIGS |
U.S. agcy. tracking the most popular baby names | SSA |
Duel sport | EPEE |
Perennial with yellow flower clusters | TANSY |
Vertical Clues-
Recipe abbr. | |
World’s sunniest city, per the World Meteorological Organization | YUMA |
Saint Paul, Minn., radio station whose format really should be all news | KNOW |
Beat it! | EGG |
Sushi bar appetizer | SEAWEED |
Kick out | EJECT |
Stand in the shadows | LURK |
“That’s on me” | IMTOBLAME |
Some debut music projects, for short | EPS |
Spade, for one | PRIVATEEYE |
Part of a teacher’s job interview | DEMOLESSON |
They might drive you to a flight | FEARS |
Give a lift | ELATE |
Distinctive style | FLAIR |
Much-desired spot at a concert | FRONTROWSEAT |
Cut out | FLEE |
Prefix with lateral | UNI |
Basic training, for short | ABCS |
Poor sport’s reaction | SOURGRAPES |
Movie with saloon fights, colloquially | HORSEOPERA |
Like good posture | ERECT |
Instruction on some packages | THISENDUP |
Minor change | CENT |
Some holiday entrees | HAMS |
Auto Zone? | LOT |
Blink of an eye | TRICE |
Friction, to a physicist | FORCE |
Balls for teens | PROMS |
Its state symbols include the white pine and the chickadee | MAINE |
Nikki Reed’s role in the 2003 film “Thirteen” | EVIE |
Archaeological site | RUIN |
A.A.A., B.B.B., etc., informally | ORGS |
Kind of signal | BUSY |
Bit of biodata | AGE |
Consideration for N.C.A.A. eligibility | GPA |