The New York Times Crossword

Paolo Pasco of San Diego is a junior at Harvard studying computer science. He sold his first crossword to The Times when he was 15. This is the 20-year-old’s 20th puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Ocean motion

4 [I expected better from you!]

7 Tracking systems 13 Makes out, in Manchester 18 Stuffed and fried cornmeal pocket, in Mexican cuisine 20 Lizzo or Lorde

21 _ _ _ _-hole 22 Amazon, e.g.

23 Title for Iran’s Ali Khamenei 25 Tailored blouse style 27 Pieces of pentathlon equipment

28 Piece of biathlon equipment 29 Outdoor wedding rental 30 Some reusable bags 32 Give a refill

34 Poet Lim—n 35 Yearbook sect.

36 Item lugged up a hill 38 Gardener’s supply 40 Alphabetically first member of the Baseball Hall of Fame 42 Dull yellowish brown 43 Subject of some teen gossip sessions 47 Sure-footed alpine climber 52 React to, as an online joke 53 “I wish I could ____ that’’ (“Ick’’)

54 Document that never lacks a title

55 Divert

57 Solid green ball in un juego de billar

61 It’s ground-breaking 62 Way overcharge, so to speak

64 Vape shop inventory 66 Sci-fi’s Dr. Zaius, for one 67 Even a bit

68 Bakery item that’s often messy

71 Lavishes love (on)

73 Part of R.S.V.P. 74 Business that might hold a blowout sale? 76 Common food drive donation

77 “Julius Caesar’’ role 78 Lhasa ____ 80 Necklace components 82 Parts of volcanoes

85 2007 No. 1 Alicia Keys album 86 Not keep 88 Caribbean capital

91 Kind of test question 95 Some video-making devices 96 Rod who won four Wimbledons

97 “The very ____!’’ 99 Yellow bills in Monopoly 100 Lobster-catching aid? 103 Holiday preceder 104 Choose to participate 108 Award won twice by Hammerstein, fittingly 110 Horror director ____ Saul Guerrero

111 Contraction that omits a “v’’

112 0 to 60, e.g. 114 Proceeds breezily 117 What a spike goes over 121 Not black and white 122 Early computer 123 “Encore!’’

124 “The Life-changing Magic of Tidying Up’’ tidying method

125 Take care of

126 “Well, so’s your face!,’’ e.g. 127 The antagonist Bellwether from Disney’s “Zootopia,’’ e.g.

128 Ask for a treat, say

DOWN

1 Discharges

2 Hassle

3 Genius

4 Not be on the level 5 Anxiously worry

6 Title nickname in a 1984 sports movie 7 Courses

8 Wechat or Kakaotalk 9 Very serious

10 With skill 11 Shakespeare character who cries “Then I defy you, stars!’’ 12 Power-saving mode 13 “____ Used to Be Mine’’ (song from “Waitress’’) 14 Long of Hollywood

15 “My guess is ... ‘’

16 Realm for comic-book fans, say 17 Damascenes, e.g. 19 Gardener’s supply 20 “Over here!’’

24 “Geaux Tigers!’’ sch. 26 Liquid in a first-aid kit 31 Noodles sometimes served with tsuyu sauce 33 Onetime sunscreen ingredient

36 Small Jewish communities of old

37 Socal baseball team, on scoreboards 39 Scintilla 41 Secondary social media accounts, in brief 42 Mournful sound 44 Fiddle with a ukulele? 45 Woman on W.W. Ii-era posters

46 Cassini who created the so-called “Jackie look’’ 47 Simba’s father in “The Lion King’’

48 How detectives may act 49 Orders from regulars 50 Breaking or entering, say 51 Leslie ____ Jr., member of the original “Hamilton’’ cast

56 Not joke around 58 Enjoys a home-cooked meal 59 Poison-treating plant 60 Bagel choice

63 ____ World Service 65 Digital camera memory holders

68 G-rated, say

69 You might pass on them 70 Apt surname for a mechanic

72 Palm Springs, e.g. 75 Group with the hits “Honey, Honey’’ and “Money, Money, Money’’

79 Big brute

81 Went fast

83 Cocktail with a rhyming name

84 Tinder action that expresses strong interest 87 Other: Sp.

89 Certain pie crust flavor 90 Wok, e.g.

91 Covers of vintage music? 92 “Try it!’’

93 Sit on

94 Part of an aircraft that helps reduce drag

98 Put forward

100 H.S. class with dissections 101 Tune out

102 Semi

105 Stick one’s nose in 106 Small drum 107 Cockamamie 109 Actress Blanchett 110 Latch (onto)

113 Muppet who sings in the “Try, Try Again’’ song 115 When it’s driving, you might not want to drive 116 Unwanted breakout 118 Back muscle, in brief 119 Prefix with warrior 120 Negative conjunction