Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday October 8th 2023 puzzle.
ACROSS
1 “We Create Music” org. : ASCAP
6 Unplanned break from school : SNOW DAY
13 Stood out : POPPED
19 Ristorante choices : PASTAS
21 Emphasize strongly : RAM HOME
22 “One ring __ them all”: “LOTR” line : TO RULE
23 Advice for making a stick more fun? : PUT A SPRING ON IT
25 Enthusiasm : SPIRIT
26 Capote nickname : TRU
27 Ocho menos cinco : TRES
28 Quaint contraction : ‘TIS
30 Snarky : SNIDE
31 Hannah of “Sense8” : DARYL
33 One with joint custody of a pet cat? : KITTY SPLITTER
38 Big game locale : ARENA
40 Yoga poses : ASANAS
42 Ukrainian port on the Black Sea : ODESA
43 Request from a chef who ran out of asparagus? : LEND ME YOUR SPEARS
47 Energy bar bit : NUT
50 Array in linear algebra : MATRIX
51 Astronaut Jemison : MAE
52 Slapstick prop : PIE
53 Freshness symbol : DAISY
55 View from a pew : APSE
56 Top with spaghetti straps, informally : CAMI
58 Within : AMID
60 Tablet alternative : GELCAP
61 Attic pests : MICE
62 Treatment for phaser burns? : SPACE BANDAGE
64 Pain-relieving drug : OPIATE
67 Coastal flock : TERNS
68 World Cup chant : OLE OLE
69 Peloton instructor from hell? : SPINNER DEMON
71 Silver-tongued : GLIB
72 Bountiful residents : UTAHNS
73 Sprinkle, say : RAIN
74 Level or bevel : TOOL
75 Invitation letters : RSVP
79 “The Terminator” actress Hamilton : LINDA
80 Rapper will.__ : IAM
81 __ Speedwagon : REO
82 Runs together? : ELOPES
84 Card game cry : UNO
85 Litterbugs in Alberta’s capital? : EDMONTON SPOILERS
89 Writer Mario Vargas __ : LLOSA
92 Kit with paints, markers, colored pencils, etc. : ART SET
93 Kilt detail : PLEAT
94 Encouragement to a waiter adding ground pepper to a dish? : BREAK THE SPICE
98 Ticked off : RILED
100 Hops-drying kilns : OASTS
101 Energy bar bit : OAT
102 Kolkata dress : SARI
103 “New Rules” singer __ Lipa : DUA
106 Rebel : RISE UP
108 Budget for “Hamlet,” “Macbeth,” “Othello,” et al.? : TRAGIC SPENDING
114 __ St. Brown: NFL player named for an Egyptian deity : AMON-RA
115 Many a family car : MINIVAN
116 Tranquil : SEDATE
117 Like some windshields : TINTED
118 Arnold Palmer and Shirley Temple, e.g. : EPONYMS
119 Job-related moves, for short : RELOS
DOWN
1 Google Calendar entry: Abbr. : APPT
2 Ending with dino- : -SAUR
3 Kids of the 70s? : C-STUDENTS
4 __ loss for words : AT A
5 Langer’s Deli specialty : PASTRAMI
6 Indian honorifics : SRIS
7 Editor Talese with her own Doubleday imprint : NAN
8 “r u kidding me?!” : OMG!
9 “__ knew?” : WHO
10 Slip on : DON
11 Friendship : AMITY
12 “Smallfoot” creatures : YETIS
13 Qt. halves : PTS
14 “Clumsy me!” : OOPSIE!
15 Museum store purchases : PRINTS
16 Rigidly moral : PURITANICAL
17 Skip over, as syllables : ELIDE
18 Try to stop : DETER
20 Quick and nimble : SPRY
24 Pass along : RELAY
29 Fern bump : SPORE
32 Actor Braugher : ANDRE
33 Island home of the Grand Canyon of the Pacific : KAUAI
34 Memo phrase : IN RE
35 Univ. helpers : TAS
36 Kitchen meas. : TSP
37 Mormon initials : LDS
38 __ mater : ALMA
39 Gather : REAP
41 River in northern France : SOMME
44 Fires up : EXCITES
45 Cinematic spectacles : EPICS
46 White House staffer : AIDE
48 Stylebook subject : USAGE
49 Classify, as blood : TYPE
53 Summer triangle star : DENEB
54 Designer Gucci : ALDO
57 Taiwan-based laptop brand : ACER
58 Food Network cover : APRON
59 Grammy winner Aimee : MANN
60 Italian astronomer who embraced heliocentrism : GALILEO
61 Food from heaven : MANNA
62 Big rig : SEMI
63 LAPD alert : BOLO
64 Decide to take part : OPT IN
65 Where to learn key concepts? : PIANO LESSON
66 Aired with sharp resolution : IN HD
67 Spanish “I love you” : TE AMO
69 Helmsman under Kirk : SULU
70 Ounce fraction : DRAM
71 “Duck, duck” follower : GOOSE
74 Nerve-wracking : TENSE
75 Esther of “Good Times” : ROLLE
76 One-touch shortcut : SPEED DIAL
77 Designer Wang : VERA
78 Soft “Over here!” : PSST
80 Shoshone Falls state : IDAHO
81 College mil. unit : ROTC
83 Makeup bag item : LIP LINER
85 Approximate fig. : EST
86 Midday refresher : NAP
87 TNT part : TRI-
88 Curved plumbing piece : P-TRAP
90 Dormant : LATENT
91 “Fine, whatever” : OK SURE
94 Sacha Baron Cohen persona : BORAT
95 “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” director Sam : RAIMI
96 Wonderland cake instruction : EAT ME
97 Funny pages unit : STRIP
99 Ticks off : IRES
102 IDs on tax forms : SSNS
104 “Do __ others …” : UNTO
105 Forever : AGES
107 __ thai : PAD
109 “It’s __-brainer!” : A NO
110 Card game cry : GIN
111 Wrigley Field climber : IVY
112 Kiss follower : CAM
113 JFK predecessor : DDE
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