WHAT A TURN-OFF!
ACROSS
1 Echoing effect
7 “Chiquitita” group
11 Send directly from factory to customer
19 Fictional island involving Excalibur
20 Intimidate
22 Truthfulness
23 Convey
24 Did some spy work ... and what parts of four answers did in this grid
26 Still with a fighting chance
27 1998 biopic starring Angelina Jolie
29 Angelica of “Pose”
30 Krispy ___
31 Church recesses
33 Cues
37 Fencing blade
39 “Don’t bother”
40 Org. concerned with AQI
42 Place with tiny cells
44 Words of wisdom
48 Like some land and lore
50 Swept away, in a way
52 “Quiet!”
53 Hardly a good guy
55 Yank
56 Slight pause
57 Booker T. & the ___
58 IRS expert
59 Long-necked wader
61 *Group advocating for educators
63 See 61-Across
64 “Ride or die” pal
67 Character’s path
68 “Te ___” (“I love you,” in Spanish)
69 Woman with a habit
70 Falsify
71 “Alright,” in slang
72 *Google Pixel competitor
73 See 72-Across
75 Up to this time
77 “What an incredible sight!”
78 The “A” in LGBTQIA+, informally
79 Get comfortable, in a way
82 Castaway’s plea
84 John ___ (signature)
86 Big cat on athletic shoes
87 Hear rumors
91 Release the oxen
94 Type of shoe often used in classical ballet
96 Pull back the curtain
97 Public defender, for one (Abbr.) 98 Caterer’s vessel
99 Muted, as a color
101 Trounces
103 Fiber-___ cable
105 May of Queen
108 Taiwanese tech giant
110 D&D, for example
112 ___ Mode, fashion designer for superheroes
113 1971 Bill Withers hit ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle
118 Removes a handle
120 You might be a sight for them!
121 Novel with a night setting?
122 Teeny
123 Like some wineglasses
124 2011 country pop single by Taylor Swift
125 Check receivers
DOWN
1 Glowing
2 Great score for a duffer
3 Magician’s staple ... and what will happen in the sky on April 8, 2024
4 Mexican street corn
5 Go bad
6 Rare blood type, for short
7 Expensive brand battle
8 Modern love?
9 Style with a twist?
10 Picnic pest
11 VHS successors
12 Peanut butter cup creator
13 Hockey legend Bobby
14 Like sold-out theaters
15 Get listed by Billboard
16 Word before “mind” or after “Bey” 17 Thingy
18 Ceremonial heap of flames
21 *Caramel, pecan and ice cream treat
25 Margarita request
28 Hoppy bar order (Abbr.)
32 Coral and Red
34 Life story?
35 *International title sought by some queens?
36 Soda, to some
38 DivaCup alternative
41 Diner’s put-down?
43 Navy, for one
45 Instinct
46 Key to quit a program
47 “Quiet!”
49 Pear variety
50 “CSI” matter
51 Goading
54 “Pinky swear!”
56 Decoration at Indian weddings
57 Trifling
60 Director’s beta
61 Key to indent
62 ___ a clue (is befuddled)
64 April 8, 2024, for those in the path of totality?
65 Prix ___ menu
66 Tina of “A Haunting in Venice”
74 Like a doily
75 “Wakey wakey!”
76 Tolkien’s trilogy, to fans
77 Big galoot
79 Grindr or Tinder
80 Craig and Smokey of “Friday,” for one
81 Friend, in France
83 Stockholm’s nation 84 Counterpart to “adios”
85 “Hold ___ your hat!”
87 Firm up
88 See 35-Down
89 Hari of “Barbie”
90 See 21-Down
92 Kris of “Miracle on 34th Street”
93 Packs up into a box
95 Passageway, if you dig?
97 Slithering menace
100 Removes a tat
102 Long journeys
104 Trifling
105 Upright instrument
106 Protest at Stonewall
107 About, on a memo
109 Swear up a blue streak
111 Swallow anxiously
114 “Hey!” in Jalisco
115 “The Last of Us” streamer
116 Letters of debt
117 Negative conjunction
119 Long of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”