The complete answer to the NY Times September 29 2023 Crossword puzzle can be found below.
NYT Across Rules
| Spreads concern | ODDS |
| God who rides the eight-legged horse Sleipnir | ODIN |
| Tube feature, with “the” | GAP |
| Illegal product that’s still made? | MOONSHINE |
| Write some letters | SPELL |
| “Seems like a bad idea ?” | ISHOULDNT |
| Baked, in Italian | COTTA |
| Word with bubble or high | TEA |
| Contacts data: Abbr. | NOS |
| Brand of ranch dressing? | STETSON |
| Obsolescent kind of drive | CDROM |
| Finish with | ENDIN |
| Far from home, say | ABROAD |
| Author who wrote “Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance” | AUSTEN |
| Thin | REEDY |
| May to November, in Central America | WETSEASON |
| Checkout choices | LANES |
| Need to pay | OWE |
| QB rushers, collectively | DLINE |
| Does a better job than at making points | OUTSCORES |
| Gives up | CEDES |
| Clouds | SWARMS |
| Light touch | CARESS |
| Moves a little | STIRS |
| ___ Day of Visibility (March 31 observance) | TRANS |
| Piece of the pie | PORTION |
| Put on | ADD |
| ___ Coleman, principal on “Abbott Elementary” | AVA |
| Protagonist in a long-running Phyllis Reynolds Naylor book series | ALICE |
| Person who might sweep a board game off a table | SORELOSER |
| About 20 million people in India | SIKHS |
| Close associates to be wary of | FRENEMIES |
| Flattering lines | ODE |
| Growth that may be treated with salicylic acid | WART |
| Be wide open | GAPE |
| Cut | OMIT |
| One pill, perhaps | DOSE |
| World capital whose Museum of Islamic Art was designed by I. M. Pei | DOHA |
| ___ Balls | SNO |
| “Goodness ?” | OHLORD |
| Claim in a squabble | DIDSO |
| Lodge | INN |
| N.B.A. team originally based in New Jersey | NETS |
| Seeks shelter | GETSINSIDE |
| ___ B. Parker, Democratic candidate for president in 1904 | ALTON |
| Blueprint | PLAN |
| Feeling of dread before the start of the workweek, in slang | SUNDAYSCARIES |
| Source of a burning odor? | SCENTEDCANDLE |
| Blunt salespeople | POTDEALERS |
| Model Holliday | TESS |
| Go into one’s “phone voice,” say | CODESWITCH |
| Who said “Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before” | MAEWEST |
| “___ and Janis” (comic strip) | ARLO |
| Suitor | BEAU |
| Form of protest for tenants | RENTSTRIKE |
| Great Basin people | UTES |
| Creepy-crawly | WORM |
| Singles | ONES |
| “Queer Eye” co-star Jonathan Van ___ | NESS |
| Approximately | ORSO |
| Having rhythm | CADENT |
| Cube, e.g. | SOLID |
| Like AB- vis-à-vis other blood types | RARER |
| El ___ | PASO |
| Office warning letters | NSFW |
| Birthplace of the world’s major religions | ASIA |
| Second-in-command, informally | VEEP |
| Bum | ARSE |
| Italian time unit | ORA |
| [!!!] | OMG |