NYT Crossword Answers for Sept. 27, 2023

 Here are the answers to the NYT Crossword Puzzle clues you provided for September 27, 2023:

Midflight stats: AIRTIME

Plains people: NEECHES

Big boss, informally: BIGSHOT

Talk, talk, talk: YAK

Meaningless: NITTY

Nash who called the rhinoceros “prepoceros”: OGDEN

“___ From the Crypt,” HBO horror anthology: TALES

Teeny-weeny: LAR

This is how rumors get started: I HEAR

Ache: PAIN

Unrehearsed lines: ADLIBS

“___ Drives Me Crazy” (1989 #1 hit): SAO

Airer of many David Attenborough documentaries: BBC

D&D or WoW, e.g.: MMORPG

So-named “father of modern linguistics”: SAUSSURE

West Coast hub for United: SFO

Ruckus: COMOTION

Edible seaweed: NORI

Bay Area sch.: STANFORD

Westernmost city in Texas: EL PASO

Doomscrolling, e.g.: SOCIAL MEDIA

Nudge: HINT

Parents, to kids: MOMDAD

Spanish smooch: BESO

Past one’s prime, with “up”: USED UP

“OK, so that’s not exactly true”: WELL THEN

Chew on: MUNCH

Parental authority: SAY-SO

Imitated: APED

Chimney vents: FLUES

Dwellings: ABODES

On the off chance that happens: IF SO

Smoothie seed: FLAX

Number two of six for Henry VIII: ANNE

Kid: SPROG

“You’ve got my attention”: I’M LISTENING

Butte, but bigger: MESA

One guilty of disorderly conduct? RIOTER

They’re up to no good: MISCREANTS

What “:” might represent in a text: COLON

Vaulted: ARCHED

Beseeched: PLEADED

Hooter: OWL

Quick cut: EDIT

Following 17-, 37-, 40- and 43-Across, end of a properly formed yet 11-Down sentence by 25-Down demonstrating the distinction between syntax and semantics: FULL CIRCLE

On vacation, in work calendar shorthand: OOO

Alternating current pioneer: TESLA

Golf ball features: DIMPLES

A well-known Stone: MICK

Big batteries: POWERS

You might entertain them: GUESTS

Symbols of Egyptian royalty: ANKH

Plains people: NEECHES

“Steamed ___,” classic “Simpsons” sketch: HAMS

Sealed with a knot: TIED

Like father, like son: CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK

Let it all out, in a way: VENT

Object of wishful thinking? GENIE

Second social media account for posting private jokes and such, informally: FINSTA

Indication of correctness in Wordle: GREEN

Like helium and carbon dioxide: GASEOUS

Classic “Simpsons” sound: AY CARAMBA

Get into it: DIG

Fake: PHONY

Did in: KILLED

Secrecy-enforcing contract, for short: NDA

Intl. price-setting group: OPEC

Recharge, so to speak: REBOOT

“I haven’t the foggiest”: CLUE

Throw a ball for a strike, say: BOWL

“Cancel” on a keyboard: ESC