The complete answer to the NY Times October 12, 2023, Crossword puzzle is shown below.
Across Rules-
| “She Bee Stingin’” athlete | LAILAALI |
| Answer to the riddle? I have one bow but no arrows. What am I?? | ASHIP |
| H.S. course for College-Kredit | APGERMAN |
| New York county that’s home to Binghamton | BROOME |
| Scholar’s mug collection? | YEARBOOK |
| Run (to) | AMOUNT |
| Groans equivalent to eye rolls | OYS |
| Sugar apple, by another name | SWEETS |
| Grade just above average | CPLUS |
| ___ Schwarz | FAO |
| Angle symbol, in trigonometry | THETA |
| What a cryptid might be | HOAX |
| Ones doing some heavy lifting before retirement? | JACKS |
| “___ ready as I’ll ever be” | IMAS |
| Spinning speed: Abbr. | RPS |
| 1974 John Wayne movie | MCQS |
| Gentlemen of Verona, in England | SIGNORS |
| Choose | TFOR |
| Convertible | RAGT |
| One favoring imitation over innovation | METOOER |
| Vim | PEP |
| “Succession” airer | HBO |
| Lamar who played for the 59-Across | ODOM |
| Floored | WOWED |
| “Is it just ___ is it hot in here?” | MEOR |
| Good field for a smooth talker | SALES |
| Brief British P.M. ___ Truss | LIZ |
| Donna ___, “The Goldfinch” author | TARTT |
| Unrestricted audition | ENCALL |
| [It’s cold in here!] | BRR |
| MX-5 roadsters, e.g. | MIATAS |
| N.B.A. team with a 1980s “Showtime” era | LALAKERS |
| Baby eels | ELVERS |
| Covert missions … or what’s covert in eight of this puzzle’s answers | BLACKOPS |
| Navigates a slippery slope, in a way | SLEDS |
| China and environs | EASTASIA |
Vertical Clues-
| Put (down) | LAY |
| Mimic | APE |
| Tennis champion Swiatek | IGA |
| Gaston who wrote “The Phantom of the Opera” | LEROUX |
| Restaurant chain named after its founders, the Raffel brothers | ARBYS |
| “Famous” cookie guy | AMOS |
| Mekong Valley language | LAO |
| Key part of a cephalopod’s defense mechanism | INKSAC |
| 15th-century headgear for a knight | ARMET |
| Common aloe descriptor | SOOTHING |
| Sorority chaperone | HOUSEMOTHER |
| Captcha test affirmation | IMN |
| Document that may contain a microchip number and a veterinarian’s signature | PET |
| Modern love | BAE |
| Pans that sound like strolls | WOKS |
| X and Y | CHR |
| Dosed oneself | POPS |
| Like the cleanup crew at closing time, typically | LASTTOLEAVE |
| Doc to consult when confused | FAQ |
| – | TAR |
| – | ASS |
| Retail apparel giant | JCREW |
| Begat | SIRED |
| Low in the pasture | MOO |
| Interstice | GAP |
| Spurred | FOMENTED |
| – | MOS |
| – | EDA |
| “Just ___ with it” | ROLL |
| Candy dispensed with a “nod” of the head | PEZ |
| – | BOT |
| – | ORT |
| Words repeated in the title of a Doris Day hit | WILLBE |
| Pre-euro currency of Finland | MARKKA |
| Leaves damaged | SCARS |
| It might be a lot | TRACT |
| Ninny | ASS |
| Panama’s Gulf of San ___ | BLAS |
| – | MES |
| – | ILL |
| Mobile home: Abbr. | ALA |
| Morning glory goddess | EOS |
| Campus in Troy, N.Y. | RPI |
| 27- or 55-Down backward | SSA |