Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday October 1st 2023 puzzle.
ACROSS
1 West Coast wine region : NAPA
5 “It __ me” : WASN’T
10 Mythical beast : OGRE
14 Flower with hips : ROSE
18 Tandoor, e.g. : OVEN
19 Skateboard trick : OLLIE
20 Mouth-y? : ORAL
21 Stack next to a boombox : TAPES
22 Screen time? : BACKGROUND CHECK
25 Narrowly avoid : AVERT
26 Tapped container : ALE KEG
27 Small sip : TASTE
28 Departure spot : POINT A
29 Knock-__ : KNEED
30 Smidge : DAB
31 Not pizzicato : ARCO
33 Ilhan of Congress : OMAR
34 Die dot : PIP
35 “Empire” actress Long : NIA
37 Aches and pains : ILLS
39 Like 33-Across : SOMALI
41 Face time? : HAIR AND MAKEUP
45 Food with a Peruvian holiday in its honor : CEVICHE
48 Line of sight? : I SEE
49 Green gamers : NOOBS
50 “I reject your offer” : NO SALE
52 “Pronto!” : NOW!
53 Inflicts on : DOES TO
55 Deceive verbally : LIE TO
56 Cycle : BIKE
57 Documentary filmmaker Erin Lee __ : CARR
58 Singer Del Rey : LANA
61 Direct or instant things : MESSAGES
63 Genius Bar devices : MACS
64 Flex time? : MR OLYMPIA
67 Like a used fireplace : ASHY
68 Not great : JUST OKAY
70 “The Show Goes On” rapper __ Fiasco : LUPE
71 Kick out of a seat : OUST
72 PC gaming hardware company : ASUS
73 Nash of “Never Have I Ever” : NIECY
75 Nursery furniture : CRADLE
78 By way of : VIA
79 Pampering place for a boxer : PET SPA
80 Former planet : PLUTO
81 Vanilla extract amts. : TSPS
85 Sports injury : ACL TEAR
87 Run time? : ULTRAMARATHON
90 Crossed, as a stream : FORDED
92 Home to Pha That Luang : LAOS
93 “Totes” : DEF
94 Comm. from some interpreters : ASL
95 Glasses, in a pinch : JARS
97 Genesis garden : EDEN
99 ER drips : IVS
100 Advil competitor : ALEVE
102 Made a long story short? : EDITED
104 Dashboard readout : GAUGE
106 Badenov’s partner in cartoon crime : FATALE
108 Acknowledge silently : NOD AT
109 Party time? : PRIMARY ELECTION
113 Test result : GRADE
114 Lead-in to some bad news : WELP
115 Dog to beware : BITER
116 Calle __ Festival: annual event in Miami’s Little Havana : OCHO
117 Taylor-Joy of “The Menu” : ANYA
118 Noun suffix : -NESS
119 Technical deets : SPECS
120 Inert gas : NEON
DOWN
1 Noodle : NOB
2 “Abbott Elementary” principal : AVA
3 Gooey, nutty dessert : PECAN PIE
4 Talus locale : ANKLE
5 Meal on an expense report : WORK DINNER
6 Plant with a hedgehog variety : ALOE
7 Mollusk with a banana variety : SLUG
8 Diarist Anaïs : NIN
9 “Ideas worth spreading” lectures : TED TALKS
10 Utters delight : OOHS
11 “Barbie” director Gerwig : GRETA
12 Track figures : RACERS
13 Wapiti : ELK
14 Stuffed pasta : RAVIOLI
15 Set time? : OPEN MIC NIGHT
16 Casper competitor : SERTA
17 To be, in Bogotá : ESTAR
21 East Asian principle : TAO
23 Davis of “A League of Their Own” : GEENA
24 Cord cutters’ lack : CABLE
28 Grapefruit kin : POMELOS
29 Korean coupes : KIAS
30 Toy derived from the Chinese yo-yo : DIABOLO
32 South American herbal brew : COCA TEA
34 Gritty’s team, on scoreboards : PHI
36 Fusses : ADOS
38 Light therapy box : SUNLAMP
40 Map abbr. : AVE
42 Works with black boxes : REDACTS
43 Zinger : MOT
44 Luau dish : POI
46 Cornball : HOKEY
47 Some lambs : EWES
51 Trucker’s truck : SEMI
54 Estimate qualifier : OR SO
56 Angela of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” : BASSETT
57 Tee time? : CASUAL FRIDAY
59 Everyone in the South? : ALL Y’ALL
60 Campus near NoHo : NYU
62 “Better Call __” : SAUL
63 Noted work? : MUSIC
64 Front of house position : MAITRE’D
65 Some cover crops : RYES
66 Dodgeball setting : PE CLASS
68 Coffee, colloquially : JAVA
69 Tended to some knots : KNEADED
71 Sneaker inserts : ODOR-EATERS
74 PC core : CPU
76 Piña colada need : RUM
77 Somewhat : A TAD
79 Apiece : PER
80 Book after Psalms : PROVERBS
82 Frozen Hawaiian treat : SHAVE ICE
83 Model : POSE
84 Sarah Sherman’s show, for short : SNL
86 Open-faced taco : TOSTADA
88 Subarctic biome : TAIGA
89 Insurance company with a spokesgoose : AFLAC
91 Thermometer unit : DEGREE
95 Game whose outdoor version can be five feet tall : JENGA
96 Bedazzle, say : ADORN
98 Hammer targets : NAILS
101 Pop star John : ELTON
103 Summer on the Riviera : ETE
105 Strike callers : UMPS
106 Fancy function : FETE
107 Smart __ : ALEC
109 Destroy in esports : PWN
110 Sharp bark : YIP
111 “Well, well, well!” : OHO
112 Toulouse turndown : NON
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