Below is the complete solution for the NY Times crossword puzzle from October 30, 2023. Written by Kenneth Cortes and modified by Will Shortz is this puzzle.
NYT ACROSS CLUES
| Soul singer Redding | OTIS |
| Chocolaty coffee drink | MOCHA |
| Multitools have many of these | USES |
| What magma becomes when it’s erupted | LAVA |
| Earth Day month | APRIL |
| Durable wood from the tropics | TEAK |
| Figure skating jump | AXEL |
| Not difficult at all, in slang | STUPIDEASY |
| Kind of kit with bandages, antiseptic, etc. | FIRSTAID |
| Enraged | IRATE |
| Folk singer Guthrie | ARLO |
| Word before link or reaction | CHAIN |
| Seeing Eye dog, e.g. | GUIDEANIMAL |
| Beast sighted in the Rockies | ELK |
| Broadway musical based on a comic strip orphan | ANNIE |
| Cuts, as grass | MOWS |
| Me, in Paris | MOI |
| Light on a nightstand | LAMP |
| Planting a whoopee cushion, e.g. | PRANK |
| Bull, in Spanish | TORO |
| What the number of spots on a ladybug represents, in a common misconception | AGE |
| Tedious task | SLOG |
| Investments that aren’t stocks | BONDS |
| ___City (computer game) | SIM |
| Game in which one might shout “Ready or not, here I come!” | HIDEANDSEEK |
| Theater awards | OBIES |
| Tidy | NEAT |
| Jackson 5 hairstyles | AFROS |
| “Suns” of some breakfasts | EGGYOLKS |
| Stroke of genius – or the theme of this puzzle | BRIGHTIDEA |
| Using ketchup on a steak at a fancy steakhouse, e.g. | NONO |
| Boyfriend | BEAU |
| Nonreactive, as the noble gases | INERT |
| Like this clue’s number | EVEN |
| Cash dispensers, in brief | ATMS |
| Cleric’s house | MANSE |
| Goes to, as a movie | SEES |
NYT VERTICAL CLUES
| “Frozen” snowman | OLAF |
| Cab | TAXI |
| Bon ___, indie folk band | IVER |
| Accompaniment for a tortilla chip | SALSADIP |
| Garam ___ (Indian spice blend) | MASALA |
| Key between Control and Command, on a Mac | OPTION |
| Gunky residue | CRUD |
| Cool-sounding body part? | HIP |
| “___ Baba and the 40 Thieves” | ALI |
| Fetal development sites | UTERI |
| Colorful marine invertebrate | SEAANEMONE |
| 90°, on a compass | EAST |
| Scottish isle and stargazing locale, aptly | SKYE |
| Features of rotary phones | DIALS |
| Weeping willow or quaking aspen | TREE |
| “No time to dillydally!” | CMON |
| Bird of prey | HAWK |
| Dressy parties | GALAS |
| Freshwater eel of Japanese cuisine | UNAGI |
| Phrase on gravestones | INMEMORIAM |
| Icon, e.g. | IMAGE |
| One-named singer of the #1 hit “Royals” (2013) | LORDE |
| Newspaper stand | KIOSK |
| Ballet bend | PLIE |
| Counterpart to cones, in an eye | RODS |
| Crispy plantain chips | TOSTONES |
| ___ kebab | SHISH |
| Time to cut a cake, for short | BDAY |
| Enrages | ANGERS |
| Render null and void | NEGATE |
| Not genuine | BOGUS |
| Group with the hits “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!” and “Money, Money, Money” | ABBA |
| Worry | FRET |
| Home for Adam and Eve | EDEN |
| Common sign-off in a letter | LOVE |
| Midleg | KNEE |
| Daughters’ counterparts | SONS |
| Actor Robbins or Robinson | TIM |
| Once ___ blue moon | INA |
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