New York Times Crossword Answers October 13, 2023
Author: John-Clark Levin
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
| Ones getting lit at a party, maybe | MATCHES |
| Some subway art | MOSAICS |
| Hit 2011 film based on a 2009 novel by Kathryn Stockett | THEHELP |
| Interminably | ONANDON |
| Tame, metaphorically | VANILLA |
| Rock subgenre named for its aggressive vocals | SCREAMO |
| Pitching coach? | VOICETEACHER |
| All in, in a way | OBSESSED |
| Pour on the affection | DOTE |
| Waste ___ | BIN |
| Where more hot dogs are sold than at all Major League Baseball stadiums combined | COSTCO |
| “To the stars,” in Latin | ADASTRA |
| Focus of some modern ethical debates | CHATGPT |
| Figure with exactly 10 digits? | MERMAID |
| Flag bearer | REFEREE |
| Loose | ATLARGE |
| House painted with polka dots, you might say | EYESORE |
| Absolutely hate | LOATHE |
| “Dub,” to a sports fan | WIN |
| Kind of phase | ORAL |
| Adds, as an app | INSTALLS |
| Music festival lineup | PORTAPOTTIES |
| Point of no return | RUBICON |
| Seeing red | ENRAGED |
| Foe of Ferocious Flea in Hanna-Barbera toons | ATOMANT |
| Raw fish dish | SASHIMI |
| “Wish me luck!” | HEREIGO |
| Make things even | TIEITUP |
Down
| “Becoming a Popstar” airer | MTV |
| “Eureka!” | AHA |
| Hamilton | TEN |
| Herb in many potato dishes | CHIVE |
| Choppers | HELOS |
| Bret Easton ___, “American Psycho” author | ELLIS |
| Scatterbrain | SPACECADET |
| .1%, technically | MOST |
| Way back when | ONCE |
| Emmy-nominated Gilbert | SARA |
| Some speech starters | ANECDOTES |
| “Napoleon Dynamite” setting | IDAHO |
| Ajax competitor | COMET |
| [What a bore!] | SNORE |
| Where the Tokugawa shogunate was established | EDO |
| Who said “Issues are never simple. One thing I’m proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues” | OBAMA |
| European hotel amenity | BIDET |
| Junkyard warning | SNARL |
| Paramount requirement? | SCREENTEST |
| Gender-neutral pronoun | THEY |
| Commercial follower of Mc- or Nes- | CAFE |
| Two-bit | SMALLTIME |
| Polynesian staple | TARO |
| World capital where it’s illegal to fly the Soviet hammer and sickle | RIGA |
| Junkyard warning | GROWL |
| Threat | PERIL |
| Main characters in “Booksmart” and “Easy A” | TEENS |
| Best seller | HIT |
| Highest-rated daytime talk show in American history | OPRAH |
| Waze calculation | ROUTE |
| Setting for a green wedding, perhaps | ARBOR |
| Where early tablets were first unveiled? | SINAI |
| To the point | TERSE |
| Beverage brand founded in Osaka | ASAHI |
| Kind of palm or berry | ACAI |
| Early sports video game | PONG |
| One step ahead of, say | ONTO |
| “Skedaddle!” | GIT |
| Runner with vestigial wings | EMU |
| Some smokeless tobacco | DIP |