SPECIAL TREATMENT
Katie Hale, of London, is a freelance crossword editor. Her co-constructor, Scott Hogan, is a patent attorney from Midland, Mich. This is their second Sunday collaboration for The Times. This puzzle’s genesis is owed to Scott’s wife, Edith, a podiatrist who came ome one day with the joke you see at 120-Across.
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 nowi... 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 tworun 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 123-story 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
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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 thumbs-down 12 ‘‘Whaddya mean?’’ 13 Kind of keyboard 14 Setting for some postrun 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 ‘‘Do-remi’’ 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 out 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 Online subscriptions: Today’s puzzle and more than 4,000 past puzzles, nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year).