THE NYT CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Favors

5 Slathered in sauce, in restaurant-speak 8 Letters on security camera footage

12 Big flings

18 ‘‘Pet’’ you wouldn’t take to the vet 19 Cosecant’s reciprocal

20 Cookie with its name on it

21 One of four on a diamond

22 I visited the cardiologist, who . . . 25 Bull-headed? 26 Club assistant

27 Apt letters that complete this word: P__RPO__ __

28 Nailed

30 Partner of Hoda on ‘‘Today’’

31 I visited the dermatologist, who . . . 35 ‘‘The greatest as well as the most elegant of Roman philosophers,’’ per Voltaire 38 Rob in Hollywood 39 Fashion something fashionable, maybe 40 Uninspired 41 Revealing word 45 Like a money-back guarantee

47 I visited a dentist and now I . . .

51 Otis of elevator fame

55 Set forth

56 Prattle

57 Sorry ass? 61 Equivalent of 32,000 ounces 62 Pinches

64 Scenario before a two-run home run, say 65 Lived (in) 67 Alternative to foil or saber

69 I visited the anesthesiologist and now I’ve . . .

73 Bitter brews

74 Gets in shape? 76 Home of the 123story Lotte World Tower 77 Natural decorations on some bookshelves 79 Pique

80 Hunt

82 Lovelace of early computer programming

84 California wine valley

87 One with a landlord

89 I visited a sleep specialist, who . . . 92 Double-wide, as a garage

96 Professional who works a lot

97 Skin

98 Soul seller

100 Change positions, as in volleyball

102 Takes the blame for

105 I visited the radiologist, who . . .

110 Rude . . . or, without its first two letters, rude person

111 ____ beer (nonalcoholic beverage) 112 MSNBC competitor

113 Slowly cook, in a way

118 Prenatal tests, in brief

120 I visited the podiatrist and now I . . . 123 Call

124 Filled, folded food 125 Female French friend

126 O, in hangman 127 Meager

128 Part of most musical notes

129 Cribbage marker 130 Mathematician Noether

DOWN

1 Rock band with a slash (but not Slash) 2 Like much of Iran 3 Sue Monk ____, author of ‘‘The Secret Life of Bees’’

4 Castle material, maybe

5 Gamecube successor 6 Result

7 Actress Thompson of ‘‘Creed’’

8 It’s totally corny 9 Step in origami 10 Educational forum 11 Gave a thumbsdown

12 ‘‘Whaddya mean?’’

13 Kind of keyboard 14 Setting for some post-run refreshments?

15 ____ Barbarino, John Travolta’s role on ‘‘Welcome Back, Kotter’’

16 Heretofore

17 Car that Brits call a ‘‘saloon’’

19 Mascara mishap 23 Proctor’s pronouncement

24 ____ Lingus

29 The ‘‘Do’’ in ‘‘Dore-mi’’

32 Went under 33 Asia’s disappearing ____ Sea

34 Old yeller? 35 Bamboozles 36 Having two equal sides

37 Behaved like the lion in Oz

40 Caribbean musical genre

42 Long quest

43 Roth ____

44 It’s involved in kissing and telling 46 Wheelless vehicle 48 Hint to the number of ingredients in Triscuits

49 Web-page code 50 Allowed to be borrowed

52 Puts the pedal to the metal

53 Spanish salutation

54 They might come of the woodwork 58 U.S. fair-hiring inits.

59 ‘‘We doin’ this?’’ 60 Eleven, in El Salvador

63 It might be a stretch

64 Olive ____ of ‘‘Popeye’’

66 Pack of dogs? 67 Man’s name that becomes a distance if you move the first letter to the end 68 Sponge feature 70 Ridiculously 71 Bean variety 72 Have over

75 Erupt

78 [Forehead palm smack]

81 Corp. shuffle 82 ____ Max, singer of the 2018 hit ‘‘Sweet but Psycho’’ 83 Neighbor of Md. 85 Non-stereo 86 Button on social media

88 Leo, for one 90 Swear 91 Do some engraving

93 ‘‘Sportscenter’’ anchor Linda

94 Swears 95 Knocking onomatopoeia

98 Like a comeuppance, perhaps 99 ‘‘Lemme, lemme!’’ 101 Ancient Greek area north of Thessaly 103 Color-blending technique

104 Title for a French priest

105 Lasting bad memories, so to speak 106 Got tagged 107 Anxiety condition, for short

108 Open, as a toothpaste tube

109 Garden statuette 114 Long

115 Express-lane unit 116 Quilter’s line 117 Current event? 119 ____ vs. ____ (Mad strip)

121 Paul ou Paulette 122 Fix