The New York Times Crossword

IT’S GOING DOWN

Matt Linzer and Rafael Musa are both from San Francisco. After Matt solved Rafa’s pride-themed puzzle in June, he reached out for help in developing this one.

ACROSS

1 “That guy?’’ 4 Not in gear 8 Soccer kickoff? 11 Cheese used in spanakopita 15 Antidiscrimination measure of 1990, in brief 16 Signified

18 “Hang loose’’ hand sign 21 Sonicare competitor 23 Before midnight: Sloth, e.g.

25 Before midnight: One with major influence

27 Like about 60 percent of the world’s population 28 Sloth, e.g.

29 When to see the 86-Down 30 Blanche’s sister in “A Streetcar Named Desire’’ 32 Reality star Theresa of “Long Island Medium’’ 34 Blond or brown quaff 35 ____ Lingus 36 After midnight: Ointments infused with cottonwood or calendula, e.g. 38 Fleece 40 After midnight: Journey’s “Open Arms’’ and Guns N’ Roses’ “November Rain,’’ e.g. 42 See 71-Down

45 TikTok post, informally 46 Prepared, as a report 49 Actress Lindsay

52 Chai, for one

55 Cedar Rapids college 56 “Despicable Me’’ supervillain

58 Hookup that might get kinky?

59 Big acronym in purifying filters

60 “What hath ____ to do with sleep?’’: Milton

62 Before midnight: Devices with warm water and massaging rollers

64 Kind of rock … or where to see it

66 Bygone Palm smartphone 67 Saint ____ (Caribbean nation)

68 Before midnight: Some household expenses

70 Branch offices, e.g. 75 Journalist Couric 76 Wagering sites that closed in N.Y.C. in 2010, in brief

77 After midnight: Event for Cowboys or Broncos

78 “Can’t win ’em all’’ 82 Some adobe abodes 83 Clarified-butter variety 84 Fourth ingredient in a classic three-ingredient sandwich

85 After midnight: Synchronized swimming

86 Forbid 87 Before midnight: Surpass 90 Run up, as debts 92 Mexican shawls 95 Beam 96 Ice-cream name 97 ____ Spring (2010s protests)

99 Drag queen and TV personality Bianca ____ Rio

100 Potter’s pal at Hogwarts 103 ESE or NNW

105 Conjunction used in logic 107 Eddie Bauer competitor 109 After midnight: Totally lose it 113 “Ack! All these options sound great!’’

116 Middle name for musician Sean Lennon

118 Unacquainted with

119 Where to see the 86-Down 120 Star sign?

122 Final image in a preschooler’s book, maybe 123 Toledan title

124 Japanese crispy cutlet 125 Vexation

126 Rapid transit?

127 Pranks with rolls, informally

128 Bring (in)

129 Start to make fiction fact?

DOWN

1 Laughs

2 Latin expression that’s almost always abbreviated 3 Condo-organizing Kondo 4 Romantic profession

5 App coder, for short

6 Home to the Wat Xieng Thong temple

7 Physicist Fermi

8 College athletics channel 9 Device placed under a tongue

10 Snore, idiomatically 11 “Seriously?’’

12 Greek god whose name is an anagram of a flower

13 Try

14 Aspirin alternative

17 Sublet offerer

19 It’s got all the answers 20 BART part

22 ____ Rabbit

24 Event for Cinderella

26 Foot part

31 Fighting

33 Title roles for Norman Bates and Patrick Bateman 37 Phishing targets 39 Evacuation survival pack 41 Qatar’s capital 42 “Balderdash!’’

43 Word with space or rock 44 Lab tube with a bulb 47 Mary Jane

48 Computer circuitry components

50 Wildfire debris

51 Duck Hunt console, in brief 53 Sugar source

54 Transported, as some emergency goods

57 Gas, e.g.: Abbr.

61 Cosmetic goop

62 Bike-ride mishaps

63 Great time

65 Holy chambers in Judaism 69 Wad (up)

70 “Same for us!’’

71 With 42-Across, “Lust for Life’’ singer

72 Chevy SUV

73 Make edits to

74 Like some dives or jams 78 “I didn’t need to know all that!’’

79 Largest ethnic group of China

80 Bart Simpson catchphrase 81 Go all over

82 A mushroom’s is called a pileus 86 End-of-December tradition depicted five times in this puzzle

88 Umpire’s call

89 Giving a once-over 91 Subjects to a tirade 93 Hinging (on)

94 Form of algae also known as rockweed

98 Physiques, for short

101 Like most award shows 102 Belgian river in a WW I battle

103 Spacey sort

104 Less welcoming 106 Nonelective courses: Abbr. 108 Brewskis

110 “The father of American literature,’’ per Faulkner 111 Geek Squad specialist, informally

112 TV and radio host Andy 114 Brand owned by Hasbro 115 Pool accessory 117 Mathematician Neugebauer

121 Spanish bear