NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD: CHEAP THRILLS

ACROSS

1 Become hysterical, with “out”

4Elided title 8Restaurant competitor of Pinkberry and Sweet Frog 12Catchy tunes, informally 16Sigh of lament 17Where dancers have a ball?

18 McFlurry mix-in 19 Furniture giant 20Bad flight forecast 21 Reason

22 Hierarchy level 23Certain U.S. time zone 24Economizing, as represented by the circled squares?

27“The bad news is ... “29 WhatsApp transmissions, briefly

30 Navy nay 31Seizes eagerly, as an opportunity 33Sean of “Stranger Things” 34Part of an M.C.'s intro, often

36 Prohibition target 40Economizing, as represented twice in 12-Down?

45“The Crown” role 46Colorful kind of shirt 47Offering from Dr. Mom, in brief

48 Senior partners?

50 ____ Hill, neighborhood of San Francisco 51Bussing on a bus, for short

54 Memorable mission 56“You've made your point,” slangily 57Lead-in to an opinion 60 Zip

62From not so long ago 63Parts of a gig 64 Scrapbooker's project 67Honesty, resilience or a sense of humor, perhaps 69Shield of ancient Greece: Var. 73Manhattan is one: Abbr. 75 Attempt

77Work that hasn't yet entered publication

79 Little squealer 83Fencer's score 86Hebrew version of the English pronoun “I” 87Confidentiality contract, for short

88 Welcome event 90____ drag (hockey maneuver)

91 Cellist's need

93 In concert 94Economizing, as represented in 58-Down? 99Unwelcome, so to speak 101Vote in favor

102 Trading places 103Like some modern maps 105Golfer Palmer, to fans 106 A/C meas. 109“The Planets” composer 111Economizing, as represented by the shaded squares? 115Bad-sounding creatures? 116Ditto, in legal footnotes 118Word that means “ocean” in a religious title 119Large crowd

120It's cried on a slide

121 Check

122 Classical poem 123Beast with recurved horns 124 Triumphant shout at a crossword tournament 125 Freshness 126Like some morning lawns 127Smokey spot, for short

DOWN

1 Sharpens

2“How ____ Your Mother” 3 Work out

4Some garlic prep 5 Regarding

6Maker of the Nitro 5 gaming laptop

7“The year's at the spring/ And day's at the ____”: Robert Browning 8Yankees manager before Girardi

9Zealous activist

10 C-note

11 Tranquil discipline 12Former name of a Kansas arena that commemorated a 1976 U.S. anniversary

13It helps make a stew a goo

14 Poached fruit 15Garnish for una margarita 16Source of many a name on a campus building, informally 17Starts eating

20 Poli ____

25Reply to the Little Red Hen

26Name hidden in “before long”

28It makes a red velvet cake red 32Cancún cash 33 Hamburger's beef? 34Word with pepper or tower

35Like some ancient pyramids

37 Acceleration, e.g. 38Quelques-____ (some, in French) 39Quantity multiplied by acceleration in Newton's second law 40Pioneer in global aviation

41Words of defeat 42“Don't sweat it,” informally 43Educ. supporter 44Once-popular devices discontinued in 2022 49Cousin of a weasel 52“What's the ____?” (“`Sup with that?”) 53 Suffer 55 Farmyard cry 58Not in a relationship 59“The Last O.G.” network 61Vile Nile reptile 65 Out-and-out 66Foreign leader whom Nixon met in 1972 68That's history! 70Kind of knife of infomercial fame

71Like Urdu or Hindi 72Was very ripe

74 Round figures 76Montana city SW of Helena

78The main antagonist? 79[Ugh, this is horrible!]

80____ facto

81Like some highlighter

colors

82 Relish

84Plant whose name derives from Quechua 85Devious snicker 89Barely gets the words out 92Pros with deliveries, in brief

95Painter Jan van ____ 96“Let's do this!”

97Civil rights icon ____ Helen Burroughs

98 Power structure? 100 Capers

104 Shakespeare's “Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?” has five of them 105Beaming, as with joy 106 Liberal arts college in Kentucky

107Locally focused lecture franchise

108 Pac-12 player

109 Santa's favorite Hostess dessert? 110Wilson of film

112 Carded at a bar, informally 113 Common spot for a sunburn

114 Gaggles 115Chain email abbr. 117Grammy winner ____ Lipa