Below is the complete solution for the NY Times crossword puzzle from October 31, 2023. Will Shortz modified this problem, which was written by Kathy Lowden and Erik Piepenburg.
NYT ACROSS CLUES
| Bill dispensers, in brief | ATMS |
| “___ Don’t Lie” (#1 Shakira hit) | HIPS |
| “Sweet!,” quaintly | NEATO |
| “Pet” that’s a plant | CHIA |
| Land unit | ACRE |
| Less cooked | RAWER |
| Horror film franchise named after a holiday | HALLOWEEN |
| Yoga pose | ASANA |
| Social media platform whose logo resembles a musical note | TIKTOK |
| Things often named with ordinal numbers: Abbr. | STS |
| Horse’s gait | TROT |
| 2018 slasher film set at a remote lake house | HESOUTTHERE |
| Soothing applications | BALMS |
| Shredded salad ingredient in 2-Down cuisine | PAPAYA |
| “The Time Machine” people | ELOI |
| Noah’s craft | ARK |
| Horror franchise with the antagonist Ghostface | SCREAM |
| In an emphatic manner | ROUNDLY |
| Break, as a rule | VIOLATE |
| 2017 horror film that won Best Original Screenplay | GETOUT |
| @@@ | ATS |
| ___ Rachel Wood of “Westworld” | EVAN |
| State of rest | REPOSE |
| Warning signs | OMENS |
| 1973 horror film starring Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland | DONTLOOKNOW |
| Asian nursemaid | AMAH |
| Mac alternatives | PCS |
| They can be grand or upright | PIANOS |
| Word with signal or silence | RADIO |
| 2011 dark-comedy slasher film that takes place during a family reunion | YOURENEXT |
| Cricket noise | CHIRP |
| Common sushi fish | TUNA |
| Realm | AREA |
| Football gains | YARDS |
| Make an impression? | ETCH |
| Yearn (for) | LONG |
NYT VERTICAL CLUES
| Eight, in Essen | ACHT |
| Southeast Asian cuisine | THAI |
| Food for a baby mammal | MILK |
| Pepper’s partner | SALT |
| Ethan of “Boyhood” | HAWKE |
| Epitome of coldness | ICE |
| Washing machine setting | PRESOAK |
| Spoofed | SENTUP |
| Gun lobby org. | NRA |
| Upper Manhattan neighborhood also known as El Barrio | EASTHARLEM |
| In the loop | AWARE |
| Voice above baritone | TENOR |
| Speak to a crowd | ORATE |
| Cries at a fireworks display | OOHS |
| Condition of equilibrium | STASIS |
| Nimble, as a nonagenarian | SPRY |
| Tickle Me Elmo maker | TYCO |
| Floating chunk of 6-Down | BERG |
| Hand sanitizer ingredient | ALOE |
| Oaf | LOUT |
| Musical interval used to convey sadness | MINORTHIRD |
| Catchy-yet-quirky music genre | ALTPOP |
| Roof overhang | EAVE |
| ___ impasse | ATAN |
| Department store department | MENS |
| Burr-versus-Hamilton face-off | DUEL |
| Powerful engine | VTEN |
| Invites on a date | ASKSOUT |
| Immature egg cell | OOCYTE |
| Scraped knee, perhaps | OWIE |
| Mr. of “Pride and Prejudice” | DARCY |
| Largest city in Nebraska | OMAHA |
| Low point | NADIR |
| Big name in media and philanthropy | OPRAH |
| Overly meticulous | ANAL |
| Emperor beginning in A.D. 54 | NERO |
| Yoked animals | OXEN |
| Without a plus-one, say | STAG |
| Black ___ | OPS |
| Tar Heels’ sch. | UNC |
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