Below is the complete solution for the NY Times crossword puzzle from October 18, 2023. Joseph Gangi wrote and Will Shortz revised this problem.
NYT ACROSS CLUES
| Rent in the garment district? | RIP |
| Tuna type | AHI |
| Amount on an invoice | FEE |
| Nickname for a young Skywalker | ANI |
| The Great Depression, for one | ERA |
| Get in a twist | CONTORT |
| Foosball apparatus | ROD |
| “Ladies and gentlemen, you are about to witness something extraordinary that has never been seen or attempted before!” (go to 34-Down) | FORTHEFIRSTTIME |
| Get out of a tangle | UNTIE |
| “Charlotte’s Web” monogram | EBW |
| Yoga posture | ASANA |
| Unit of doubt, so to speak | SEED |
| Relating to city life | URBAN |
| Twisted tangle | KNOT |
| Name seen going down the drain? | EDDY |
| Drum type | SNARE |
| Camila Cabello’s “Never Be the ___” (2018) | SAME |
| Get more, say | REORDER |
| Kind of belt | BIBLE |
| Patrick on the 1992 Dream Team | EWING |
| Name that translates as “people of the standing stone” | ONEIDA |
| Divine or digital representation | AVATAR |
| Declares | STATES |
| “Groom and board” locale | PETSPA |
| Vegetarian’s demand | NOMEAT |
| Bio and chem student’s program, perhaps | PREMED |
| “The spell is cast! Don’t blink or you’ll miss it ?” (go to 15-Down) | ABRACADABRA |
| Bulldoze | RAZE |
| Not as well | ILLER |
| Pepper and others: Abbr. | SGTS |
| Sheltered from the wind | ALEE |
| Bet more than | RAISE |
| Bird revered by the Maori | KIWI |
| Modern initialism when skipping text | TLDR |
| What a server may “serve” | |
| Recycle bin on a desktop, e.g. | ICON |
NYT VERTICAL CLUES
| Garbage | REFUSE |
| Straightened (out) | IRONED |
| Like some hair and seas | PARTED |
| Hunger (for) | ACHE |
| Chopping tool | HOE |
| Hell of a poem? | INFERNO |
| Overfamiliar, in a way | FORWARD |
| Hosp. sections | ERS |
| James of jazz | ETTA |
| Grande of pop | ARIANA |
| “So, so delish!” | NOMNOM |
| Brainstorm | IDEATE |
| Visual representation of this puzzle’s trick (go to 38-Down) | TIBBAR |
| Considerable, as a sum | TIDY |
| Sounds of disapproval | TSKS |
| Application | USE |
| Lily Potter, ___ Evans | NEE |
| Sunfish with colorful gills | REDEAR |
| Echo effect | REVERB |
| Cap’n’s mate | BOSN |
| Smitten with | INTO |
| “You will experience a great and unexpected surprise!” (go to 48-Across) | BEAMAZED |
| Miller offering | LITEBEER |
| Participate in an aquatic sport | WATERSKI |
| “Presto!” | ITSMAGIC |
| Back of the neck | NAPE |
| ___ school | GRAD |
| Rogers’s co-star in “Top Hat” | ASTAIRE |
| Tailcoat, vest and bow tie, e.g. | APPAREL |
| Stop talking, with “up” | CLAM |
| Inter ___ | ALIA |
| Relating to the Indian subcontinent | DESI |
| Tell (on) | RAT |
| ___ too easy | ALL |
| IITWO | IITWO |
| Transgress | SIN |
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