The complete answer to the NY Times September 30 2023 Crossword puzzle is shown below.
Across Clues:-
| One who’s left holding the bag? | CADDIE |
| Dessert with layers | SPUMONI |
| Like roughly one-eighth of the U.S. population | AFRICANAMERICAN |
| The Haitian Revolution and the Aponte Conspiracy of 1812, e.g. | SLAVEREBELLIONS |
| Took a hit | TOKED |
| Where to make one’s voice heard, with “the” | POLLS |
| Contemporary artist Carrie ___ Weems | MAE |
| Fleece “wearer” | EWE |
| Esther of “Good Times” | ROLLE |
| A word before we forget? | LEST |
| Detective story? | ALIBI |
| James Clavell best seller “___-Pan” | TAI |
| Tabbies, e.g. | HOUSECATS |
| Post-op persona, perhaps | NEWME |
| Sort who might be testing the waters | MARINEBIOLOGIST |
| Place | STEAD |
| Rock band with the 2023 album “This Stupid World” | YOLATENGO |
| Org. associated with interceptions | NSA |
| Butts (in) | NOSES |
| Wordle and others | FADS |
| Basketball legend Thomas | ISIAH |
| French word in vineyards | CRU |
| Lug | APE |
| Music score abbr. | CRESC |
| Word on either side of “to” | ASHES |
| Key to understanding ancient history? | THEROSETTASTONE |
| What you might use to play music on a beach | WIRELESSSPEAKER |
| Having down pat | ADEPTAT |
| Remittance recipients | PAYEES |
Vertical Clues:-
| ___ system | CASTE |
| Like water in a stream | AFLOW |
| Rapper Aubrey Graham, who’s known professionally by his middle name | DRAKE |
| Great fall | DIVE |
| Like some drinks and injuries | ICED |
| Hammer home? | EAR |
| Be ripe | SMELL |
| Bit of fish food | PELLET |
| Things typically copied-and-pasted ? rather than typed manually ? in messages | URL |
| Find ___ (Nintendo minigame) | MII |
| Christmas carol title starter | OCOME |
| Grams | NANAS |
| Map of Hawaii, often | INSET |
| Modern coinage for someone turned successful through their celebrity parents | NEPOBABY |
| Republicans in the 1850s, typically | ABOLITIONISTS |
| Hot bed? | RICE |
| Feudal superiors | LIEGES |
| Sherpas, e.g. | ASIANS |
| Gives, but not for good | LENDS |
| Make ___ of | ANOTE |
| Inits. before Queen Elizabeth | HMS |
| Bit of farm food | OAT |
| Suffix with press | URE |
| Stand-up comedians, typically | SOLOACTS |
| Good thing to have on the record | WIN |
| Umami enhancer | MSG |
| W.W. II combat inits. | ETO |
| Verbally lose it, with “out” | LASH |
| Kind of rescue search | AIRSEA |
| Certain religious ruling | FATWA |
| Honeydew producer | APHID |
| Inventor of the steel plow | DEERE |
| “This is dear mercy, and thou ___ it not”: “Romeo and Juliet” | SEEST |
| Fail under pressure | CHOKE |
| Woman’s name with an accent on its fourth letter | RENEE |
| See 57-Down | USERS |
| Relative of a filly | COLT |
| In the Red, say | ASEA |
| “___ alert” | STAY |
| Title in D.C.: Abbr. | REP |
| With 50-Down, many people making downloads | APP |