The complete answer to the NY Times October 11, 2023, Crossword puzzle is shown below.
Across Clues-
| Propped open, say | AJAR |
| People of northern Scandinavia | SAMMI |
| Ballerina’s support | BARRE |
| Output of the Rolling Stones, appropriately | ROCKMUSIC |
| Real tear-jerker? | ONION |
| Bit of pork, but not in a congressional bill | ANDOUILLE |
| Confident gait | STRUT |
| Pen name | BIC |
| Gets old, say | STALES |
| Socialize | MIX |
| Forever and a day | AEON |
| Airline once acquired by Carl Icahn | TWA |
| Stuff it! | PEPPER |
| Something that’s red-hot in the kitchen? | CAYENNE |
| Upon | ATOP |
| Shut up | SEALED |
| Saloon sip | ALE |
| Great divide | CHASM |
| Garlic, in Guadalajara | AJO |
| Slyly derisive | SNIDE |
| Personal quirk | TIC |
| Emanates (from) | ISSUES |
| Hot spot for a chef | OVEN |
| Scaredy-cat | CHICKEN |
| Stick in a salad? | CELERY |
| Mai ___ | TAI |
| Nut once used as an ingredient in Coke | KOLA |
| “Whatevs” | MEH |
| “Oh, settle down ?” | NOWNOW |
| N.Y.C.’s ___ Cortlandt Park | VAN |
| “Stranger Things” kid | LUCAS |
| What pales in comparison to other carbs? | WHITERICE |
| Fitting way to invest in Campbell’s | STOCK |
| Paramedic, perhaps | LIFESAVER |
| Test of patience | DELAY |
| Risked a ticket, say | SPED |
| Three feet | YARD |
Vertical Clues-
| Many an Omani or Iraqi | ARAB |
| Musical Mitchell | JONI |
| Current choice | ACDC |
| One of the Big Five film studios of Hollywood’s golden age | RKO |
| Romantic hopefuls | SUITORS |
| Narnia lion | ASLAN |
| George Eliot’s “The ___ on the Floss” | MILL |
| Beverage that can cause brain freeze | ICEE |
| Logan Airport code | BOS |
| Marvel role for Paul Rudd | ANTMAN |
| Nickname for Rihanna | RIRI |
| Fat/flour mixture | ROUX |
| Suffix with differ | ENT |
| Suffix with differ | MUSEE |
| Eye affliction | STYE |
| Yummly, SideChef and Food Monster | APPS |
| Does rite by one’s partner? | WED |
| Treaty | PACT |
| Guiding principle | ETHIC |
| Cook in simmering liquid | POACH |
| Cuisine with [circled letters], whose ingredients are the answers to the italicized clues | CAJUN |
| Ancient Egyptians referred to it as the “plant of immortality” because of its ability to survive without soil | ALOE |
| Green | NAIVE |
| Respected figure | ELDER |
| Adroitness | EASE |
| Itsy | EENY |
| Sheet mineral | MICA |
| City where 29-Down food is popular, informally | NOLA |
| Largest human organ | SKIN |
| Moved (over) | SCOOTED |
| New York home of Cornell University | ITHACA |
| Cary of “The Princess Bride” | ELWES |
| Cary of “The Princess Bride” | KNIFE |
| Smartphone button | MUTE |
| Environmental sci. | ECOL |
| “Wise” ones | OWLS |
| Beat into a froth, as cream | WHIP |
| “___ Las Vegas” | VIVA |
| Laptop brand | ACER |
| Wonk | NERD |
| Alternative to mushrooms | LSD |
| Place for pie, idiomatically | SKY |
| Word after alpha, beta or gamma | RAY |