The New York Times Crossword

Enrique Henestroza Anguiano of Oakland is a data scientist. Matthew Stock, of Gainesville, Fla., is a master’s student in school counseling.

Note: Once filled in, the contents of the six shaded squares will spell a word associated with this puzzle’s theme.

ACROSS

1 New dog owner’s purchase 6 Dog-adoption grp. 11 Pop group with an “army’’ 14 Setting for “Heidi’’ 18 “We’re not standin’ in their way!’’ 19 Pepper grinder? 20 Put to work 21 Word with good or blood 22 Extra lives or additional gems, for a freemium game 24 [Gasp!] 26 Pastoral setting? 27 “Who am I? Two-foursix-oh-____!’’ (“Les Misárables’’ lyric) 28 Cracker shape 29 “____-Olution’’ (2002 rap album) 30 Avoided a tag, in a way 31 “The kids these days have gotten way better than me’’ 35 Two-million-year-old discovery in 2022 in the frozen soil of Greenland 36 Cereal bit 37 Something to butter up 38 Text communication inits. 41 Shaggy hairstyle 42 File-creating command 44 Actress Thompson 48 Former minor-league team that played at Aloha Stadium 51 Spot for food and craft beer 53 Opt 54 Significant stretch 55 Crane look-alike 57 “Do you really see me that way?’’ 58 Range rover … or something to do in a Range Rover 59 Craft that uses drafts 63 What a cracker might crack 64 Something for the rest of the military? 65 Scrabble bonus seen six times in this puzzle 70 “The Chase’’ channel 72 Was published 73 In which “Ciamar a tha thu?’’ means “How are you?’’ 74 Booped body parts 77 Member of the fam 78 Count for a jury 80 I, in German 81 Slip past 82 Product lines? 84 Something delivered by Jake Tapper or Anderson Cooper 89 Kofi of the U.N. 90 Pan feature 91 Yank 92 When repeated, [“Is this thing on?’’] 93 Battle royale 96 Nickname next to a heart emoji, perhaps 97 Cyrillic letter pronounced like the “zz’’ of “pizza’’ 98 “The English Patient’’ actress 104 Attenuated 108 “South,’’ in Hanoi 109 Place to chill, paradoxically 110 Home of the Hockey Hall of Fame: Abbr. 111 Device that works with Carplay 113 Single guy? 115 Executive’s acumen 117 Apt domain for basketball’s King James 118 Scanning inits. 119 Something to believe in 120 Didn’t just assume 121 Part of the body to slap 122 Queen ____ 123 To be, in Spanish 124 Easily irritated

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1 Film-archive bits 2 Kidney-related 3 Maker of the Flashback console 4 Lukewarm 5 Birds with deep booming calls 6 “Better Call Saul’’ channel 7 Very sexy 8 Texas city that’s home to Frito-lay 9 Lawyer’s bundle of work 10 “____ you not entertained?’’ 11 “Au contraire!’’ 12 Cannon fodder, at times 13 Appear that one may 14 Urgent time to start gathering tax documents: Abbr. 15 Tiktok star Gray 16 BYU’S city 17 Scatter about 21 “Here’s the thing .…” 23 A group of them is called a “crash’’ 25 Texter’s reaction button 28 Post 32 Syrupy covering for ham 33 Protagonist in “2001: A Space Odyssey’’ 34 Crockpot filler 35 ____ Mendeleev, creator of the periodic table 38 “____ All That’’ (1990s teen comedy) 39 Soda-shop order 40 Vegetable often eaten without utensils 42 Aviculture : bird :: heliciculture : ____ 43 Campfire remains 45 Out-of-this-world outfit 46 Rikishi compete in it 47 Slightly 49 Taiwanese tech giant 50 Pink-furred cat in “Garfield’’ 51 Antipasto dish of tomatoes on grilled bread 52 Campus military org. 56 Make more meaningful 60 B.S., for one 61 Letter that rhymes with the letters before and after it 62 Direction giver’s suggestion: Abbr. 66 Jab 67 Tony winner Renée ____ Goldsberry 68 High-strung 69 Coin collection 70 Enclosed rhyme scheme 71 Cereal bit 75 Poet St. Vincent Millay 76 Creep out, perhaps 78 Counterpart of “been there’’ 79 Sgt. or cpl. 83 Engine parts 85 Bigwig 86 Coup d’____ 87 Time when most people are asleep 88 One birthed in Perth 90 Shrug or wave 94 Sekhmet, the Egyptian goddess of war, takes the form of one 95 Place in a crypt 98 Announce one’s presence, in a way 99 Invisible household hazard 100 “My luck’s bound to turn around!’’ 101 Adorable sort 102 Beginning stage 103 Crete’s highest point, for short 104 The ones nearby 105 Indicates “Out of my way!’’ 106 Miniature map 107 High-maintenance, say 112 Exam with “calculator’’ and “no calculator’’ math sections 114 G.I.’S rations 115 Dating inits. 116 Negative Boolean operator