The complete answer to the NY Times October 07, 2023, Crossword puzzle is shown below.
Across Clues-
| Plot development with twists? | HEDGEMAZE |
| Enfants terribles | IMPS |
| Detective in high-grossing films of 1984, 1987 and 1994 | AXELFOLEY |
| Glossed over? | SLEEK |
| Weapon now known as an LGM-118 Peacekeeper | MXMISSILE |
| Warmly welcoming | HOMEY |
| Swing state? | MOOD |
| “And that’s proof enough” | QED |
| Quite | SOVERY |
| Dir. from the Music City to the Motor City | NNE |
| Not plugged in | UNAWARE |
| Sticks one’s neck out, perhaps | EMERGES |
| Anomalous figure | OUTLIER |
| “Toy Story 3” villain, for short | LOTSO |
| “Forget about it!” | NOCHANCE |
| Club ___ Wan (where “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” opens) | OBI |
| “Forget about it!” | BADIDEA |
| Radio Hall-of-Famer Charlamagne ___ God | THA |
| Perfect square for the circumference of the pie | PIZZABOX |
| Blood of the gods | ICHOR |
| America’s longest-serving first lady, familiarly | ELEANOR |
| Fixtures at rodeos | BARRELS |
| One who’s served admirally? | NAVYVET |
| 2/19/45 invasion site, informally | IWO |
| Neighborhood near Tarzana | ENCINO |
| Football datum: Abbr. | INT |
| Certain offshoot | SECT |
| Driven, say | TYPEA |
| Written in it this clue is | YODASPEAK |
| Unrefined | CRASS |
| Arrived at by ballot | ELECTEDTO |
| Multitude | HOST |
| Soldiers hardened by many battles | WARHORSES |
Vertical Clues-
| Jon of Disney’s “Million Dollar Arm” | HAMM |
| Gas giant | EXXONMOBIL |
| Punish, in a way, as a YouTube creator | DEMONETIZE |
| Zero-emission aircraft | GLIDERS |
| Puff pieces? | EFS |
| House of worship | MOSQUE |
| Weaver’s work? | ALIENS |
| Heroine in a legendary franchise | ZELDA |
| Setting for vitreous humor | EYE |
| Unofficial 1984 Olympics anthem | ILOVELA |
| ___ stock (speculative investment) | MEME |
| Equal | PEER |
| Liquor brand in a blue bottle | SKYY |
| Cat breed with American and Celtic lineages | SHORTHAIR |
| A.1., for one | SAUCE |
| Golfer’s selection | WOOD |
| Employ the secret service? | ELOPE |
| Get wildly enthusiastic | GOBANANAS |
| Overwhelmed with details | INTHEWEEDS |
| Sound off on? | ECHOCOLATE |
| Sees through adolescence | REARS |
| “Forget about it!” | NIX |
| From conception | ABOVO |
| High-sided boat | DORY |
| Like “Duck Soup,” it’s said, among all Marx Brothers films | ZANIEST |
| Refrigerator compartment | CRISPER |
| Pub crawl and then some | BENDER |
| Develop a bond, say | ATTACH |
| Davis of film | VIOLA |
| Make a lasting impression? | ETCH |
| “Wedding Bell Blues” songwriter Laura | NYRO |
| Figures in an audit, in brief | CPAS |
| Ring decisions, for short | TKOS |
| Material for Voldemort’s wand and Robin Hood’s bow | YEW |
| Pou ___ (vantage point) | STO |