NYT Crossword Answers for Aug. 31, 2023

 Sure, here are the NYT Crossword Answers for Aug. 31, 2023:

Across

Follower of November: OSCAR

Main character in a Verne novel: NEMO

Preserves, maybe: JAM

Instant KARMA

Actress Lena of "Chocolat": OLIN

Neural conductor: AXON

2009 fantasy rom-com starring Zac Efron: AGAIN

"Need a hand here!" HELP

What the dish congee is made from: RICE

Food item that may be candied: YAM

Strongly implied: DROVEAT

"Caught ya!" OHO

Hang loose? DRAPE

Former N.B.A. star who has unofficially served as a peace ambassador with North Korea: RODMAN

"Were all mad here": Cheshire cat

"Understood" TENFOUR

Oodles: ATON

Made cuts to, maybe: ALTERED

Made cuts to: INCISED

Base of an encipherment: MESSAGE

Shade that might be made in the shade? FAKETAN

Fall in the winter: SNOW

Holds on to: RETAINS

Site for artisans: ETSY

Chips in England: CRISPS

Casual negatives: NOPES

Seeming eternity: EON

Desert feline: SANDCAT

Where to find canines: JAW

Undergarment shade: NUDE

Ewe got this! WOOL

Kerfuffle: HOOHA

Worker's cry of relief: TGIF

Any of three major-league brothers: ALOU

The first "O" of O/O: OWNER

Word with rack or trick: HAT

Antiquity: YORE

Scumlike: SLIMY

Down

Authorize: OKAY

Long, long yarn: SAGA

Kind of session for a procrastinator: CRAM

"What are missing?" AMI

Vacation time, informally: RANDR

Zero chance of a good result: NOHOPE

Popular store chain with a green, red and orange logo: ELEVEN

2002 film that earned Eminem two MTV Movie Awards: MILE

Out of jail early, perhaps: ONPAROLE

Preserves preserver: JAR

Fundamental math assumption: AXIOM

Dark brown shade: MOCHA

Like many colors in 1980s fashion: NEON

Templeton of "Charlotte's Web," for one: RAT

Hypes: TOUTS

Members of the Flat Earth Society, e.g.: DENIERS

2008 rom-com starring Katherine Heigl and James Marsden: DRESSES

Ragamuffin: WAIF

The monster Typhon was said to be trapped under it, in Greek myth: ETNA

NBC comedy series starring Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin: ROCK

Peeps: FAM

Something mad people do: RANT

"I" problems? EGOS

Covered with condensate: DEWY

1935 Hitchcock thriller, with "The": STEPS

Corroded: EATSAWAY

Inherent nature, figuratively: DNA

Like some cats and plumbing: INDOOR

"Haven't the foggiest!" … or, when the first two letters are put at the end, an essential part of seven answers in this puzzle: NOCLUE

Rapper Curtis Jackson, more familiarly : CENT

Unrefined : ROUGH

Land where the concept of zero was developed : INDIA

Cultural values : ETHOS

___ contendere (court plea) : NOLO

Singer Mitchell : JONI

[Cough cough] : AHEM

Guarded : WARY

Juvenile stage of a newt : EFT

Noted head turner : OWL