The New York Times Crossword

Brandon Koppy works for a digital ad agency in Austin, Texas. This puzzle started with a general idea and the title. After you’ve finished solving, look for a bonus phrase.

ACROSS

1 You say it when you “get it’’ 4 Cell connection inits. 7 Dope

12 Sorta

15 Writing tip

18 Film critic with a cameo in 1978’s “Superman’’ 20 Safe bets 22 “Levitating’’ singer, 2020 24 Stuffed up, in a way 25 Northern New Jersey town 26 Literally, “father of many’’ 27 2020 No. 1 hit for Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion 28 Longtime cooking show hosted by Alton Brown 30 They may be classified 31 Resident of the secondlargest U.S. city

35 Like some bulls 36 Dangerous part of a tour 41 Fan of the album “Aoxomoxoa,’’ say 43 Dress (up)

44 Flings without strings 45 Yogurt-based Indian drink 46 The Blue Marble 49 “Ditto!’’

50 Part of “fwiw’’

51 Sit in stir

53 Good people to ask for directions

55 Grok

56 Clothing store sign 58 Owed

59 Parts of many skyscrapers 63 Med. care option 64 South ____

65 Wilson of film

67 Loud and clear, as a call to action

69 First name among billionaires 71 Demean

74 Woolly ma’am

76 Chats over Twitter, for short

77 ____ al-Fitr (holiday) 79 Lump sum? 83 Hawaiian home parts 85 Grabbed the reins

88 The barber of Seville 89 Singer Grande, to fans 90 Diverse ecosystem 92 Christine of “The Blacklist’’ 93 French 101 verb 95 Mustangs’ sch.

96 Back tracks?

98 Made bubbly

100 Not stop talking about 102 Supreme Court appointee before Thurgood Marshall 104 “Dios ____!’’

105 Firm

107 Pin points? 108 Spacecraft’s reflective attachment 111 Ominous

112 Flexible spade, say

113 Like werewolves 116 Hairsplitter

120 Late actor Eisenberg 121 In which belts are worn 123 Ideal beta tester

127 Gives a boost, informally 129 Roger ____, first film critic to win a Pulitzer for criticism

131 Boots

132 Algebra I calculation 133 Worries

137 Calendar mo. 138 Captain’s log entry, maybe 142 Quinceañera feature 143 2013 Bong Joon Ho thriller 146 Hear out, say

147 N.Y.C. mayor after de Blasio 148 Alien’s line of communication? 149 Speedy travel option 150 Precept

151 John, abroad

152 Young ‘uns

153 Cares for

DOWN

1 Pioneer in Dadaism 2 “That’s amusing’’

3 Rose of Guns N’ Roses 4 Passport, for one 5 Vegan protein source made from fermented soybeans 6 Big name in ice cream 7 1993 Salt-N-Pepa hit 8 Heart-shaped, as leaves 9 Entree with boiling broth 10 Dash figure

11 No. 1 N.B.A. draft pick in 1992

12 Journalist ____ B. Wells 13 Outback, e.g. 14 Stereotypical football coach

15 Org. with grants

16 It’s got hops, for short 17 Superhero comics sound 19 Ties another knot

20 Bay Area airport code 21 Tennis division

23 Victor ____, role in “Casablanca’’ 28 Professional saver?

29 Fad accessory of the 1980s 31 It comes off the top of one’s head

32 “Cool beans!’’ 33 Verbose

34 The eighth of eight 37 Feeling bad, in a way 38 “August: ____ County’’ (Tracy Letts play)

39 Site of Hercules’ first labor 40 Ramps up or down? 42 Leave it to beavers 44 ____-Magnon 47 Author Gaiman

48 Plus

52 Pablo Neruda wrote one “to a large tuna in the market’’ 54 Has online?

57 Slugger with 609 homers 60 Bit of cosmic justice 61 Unlikely feature for competitive swimmers 62 Some trattoria offerings 64 All tucked in 66 Eccentric

67 Top dog, for short 68 Wedding-notice word 70 Basket-weaving materials 71 Home of Gulf State Park 72 Behind-the-counter helper 73 Licorice-flavored quaff 75 “____ With Marc Maron’’ (popular podcast) 78 Rage

80 Main connection? 81 Some antique furniture 82 Like 100 vis-à-vis 99, say 84 The Trojan priestess Cassandra, e.g. 86 Two-syllable cheer 87 Contest

88 Softened expletive on “Battlestar Galactica’’ 91 Cutesy ending with most 94 Marijuana compound, for short

97 Some coding statements 98 United

99 Having less vermouth, say 101 Air or Ear ender, in tech 103 “____ live and breathe!’’ 106 No longer funny

109 Jay with jokes 110 Does the same as 113 Blood typing, e.g. 114 Runnin’ ____ (N.C.A.A. basketball team)

115 In and of itself 117 Shining brightly 118 Former Jordanian queen 119 Formal accessory 122 Text file in a software package 124 Inundate, as with work 125 Runner Bolt

126 Like some parking 128 Attract while exploiting someone’s weakness 130 Shades

132 Cuts off the flow of 133 “P.D.Q.’’ in the O.R. 134 Way off the mark 135 Flair

136 Imbibe, old-style 138 Scrooge McDuck, for one 139 Last word of the New Testament

140 “All ____ ... ” 141 Chapters in history 144 “Hunh?’’

145 P