Below is the complete solution for the NY Times crossword puzzle from October 25, 2023. Aimee Lucido wrote this puzzle, and Will Shortz modified it.
NYT ACROSS CLUES
| 1982 sci-fi film with a 2010 sequel | TRON |
| Basketball great Erving, to fans | DRJ |
| Lingo | JARGON |
| Materialize | COMETRUE |
| Six Nations people | ONEIDA |
| Half of a 1990s-2000s rock duo with six Grammys | MEGWHITE |
| Hit hard | HAMMER |
| One sharing school drop-off duties, maybe | COPARENT |
| Director Jean-___ Godard | LUC |
| Church fixture | ORGAN |
| Nickname for singer Justin, with “the” | BIEB |
| Purposes | AIMS |
| Unsmiling in demeanor | DOUR |
| Return payments? | RANSOMS |
| WeChat chats, in brief | IMS |
| Online news aggregator founded in 2004 | DIGG |
| Leader prominent in the 1956 Suez Crisis | NASSER |
| Poetic form featuring lexical repetition rather than rhyme | SESTINA |
| Carve (away) | WHITTLE |
| Fiddling (with) | TOYING |
| Setting for “The King and I” | SIAM |
| German 53-Across | OMA |
| Number one focus? | EGOTISM |
| Gave prompt attention? | CUED |
| Some summer cookouts, informally | BBQS |
| Splinter group | SECT |
| Petrol measure | LITRE |
| “___ rock!” | YOU |
| Extended form of surveillance | STAKEOUT |
| Nana | GRAMMA |
| Display of skill one might request from 17-Across and 8- and 28-Down — depicted literally four times in this puzzle | DRUMROLL |
| Scandal, to a career, say | UNDOER |
| John Wayne and Ian Fleming, for two | AIRPORTS |
| Doctor who lent his name to a therapeutic system | MESMER |
| “___ queen!” | YAS |
| It’s a must | NEED |
NYT VERTICAL CLUES
| Channel for vintage film buffs | TCM |
| Caviar | ROE |
| “WHOA!” | OMG |
| Stereotypical game show prize | NEWCAR |
| Boring person | DRIP |
| Vegetable with a purple top | RUTABAGA |
| Ballpark fare served with raspberries? | JEERING |
| Member of Led Zeppelin | JOHNBONHAM |
| Vet school subj. | ANAT |
| Dreamy sleep stage | REM |
| Dwarfs’ representative in the Fellowship of the Ring | GIMLI |
| Ancient Greek theater | ODEUM |
| Deal breakers, informally? | NARCS |
| Read-a-___THON | EES |
| Many M.I.T. grads: Abbr. | ODIST |
| Star-crossed Montague | ROMEO |
| Dress (up) | GUSSY |
| Helper: Abbr. | ASST |
| One of the Fab Four | RINGOSTARR |
| Badly hurt | MAIM |
| Fender blemish | DING |
| Hearty draft pick | STOUT |
| First name in “wabbit” hunting | ELMER |
| Duane ___ (drugstore chain) | READE |
| Fastens with string | TIES |
| Flowering plant that lent its name to a lane on “Desperate Housewives” | WISTERIA |
| Short time off work | SICKDAY |
| Something “spilled” by a gossip | TEA |
| Lemonlike fruit | CITRON |
| “I mean it!,” quaintly | BYGUM |
| Carried along | BORNE |
| Targets of squats, informally | QUADS |
| Sugar serving | LUMP |
| Genial boatswain in “Peter Pan” | SMEE |
| Not just mine | OURS |
| Stereotypical word in a heart tattoo | MOM |
| Mine yield | ORE |
| Letters in the corner of a phone screen | LTE |
| Drug that’s “dropped” | LSD |
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