NYT Crossword hints

1 Across: Bad association (6 letters)

7 Across: Shoot for dinner? (5 letters)

12 Across: Jeweler's wares (7 letters)

19 Across: … in global commerce)(Conflict … (6 letters)

20 Across: Emerge (5 letters)

21 Across: DeVore who co-founded one of the first U.S. agencies for nonwhite models in 1946 (7 letters)

22 Across: Potential benefit (6 letters)

23 Across: Was almost out of supplies (6 letters)

25 Across: That's saying something! (7 letters)

26 Across: Turned into an internet gag (5 letters)

27 Across: Japanese graphic novels (5 letters)

28 Across: … outdoor festivals)(Bathrooms at … (6 letters)

30 Across: Dukes, countesses, etc. (7 letters)

32 Across: Put down in writing (13 letters)

37 Across: Actress Sink of "Stranger Things" (5 letters)

39 Across: Baby who's up all night? (5 letters)

40 Across: Where many papyrus plants grow (4 letters)

41 Across: Frenzied locale at a rock concert (7 letters)

44 Across: Press a case? (3 letters)

45 Across: "Spring forward" hrs. (3 letters)

47 Across: Test room (3 letters)

48 Across: Cut back on (4 letters)

49 Across: Kind of effect that deflects motion in one direction in the Northern Hemisphere and the opposite in the Southern Hemisphere [with a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares] (8 letters)

53 Across: Carnivore whose vocalization sounds like giggling (5 letters)

55 Across: Google's domain (6 letters)

58 Across: Hindu festival of colors (4 letters)

59 Across: Auto brand whose logo is meant to evoke the precision of a caliper (5 letters)

62 Across: Instant (3 letters)

63 Across: Challenge to a potential investor (8 letters)

66 Across: … transport)(Bigwig's … (6 letters)

68 Across: Straightaway driving contests (9 letters)

70 Across: Philadelphia-area university that's a powerhouse in men's hoops (9 letters)

73 Across: … park an auto)(Narrow space in which to … (6 letters)

74 Across: Marvelous (8 letters)

77 Across: One in 100: Abbr. (3 letters)

78 Across: "It ___ Me" (2000 Shaggy hit) (5 letters)

79 Across: Word with dish or drag (4 letters)

80 Across: Locale for many a commercial logo (6 letters)

82 Across: German brewery since 1873 (5 letters)

85 Across: Return to an earlier topic of conversation … or what six answers in this puzzle literally do (8 letters)

89 Across: Cause of some red cheeks (4 letters)

90 Across: Entertainment source for general audiences, in brief? (3 letters)

91 Across: Bub (3 letters)

94 Across: ___ Lanka (3 letters)

95 Across: Custom-tailored (7 letters)

98 Across: One of Cuba's Castros (4 letters)

100 Across: Lose it (5 letters)

102 Across: Best-case (5 letters)

103 Across: Crafts used in NASA's Galileo and Juno missions (13 letters)

107 Across: Good position to be in? (7 letters)

112 Across: … clarify or explain)(Seeking to … (6 letters)

113 Across: Hide-outs (5 letters)

115 Across: Itsy-bitsy (5 letters)

116 Across: Disk-flipping strategy game (7 letters)

119 Across: Like wheat beers (6 letters)

121 Across: Certain factory machine (6 letters)

122 Across: Chaperones (7 letters)

123 Across: Many a John Williams composition (5 letters)

124 Across: … of hindsight)(With the benefit … (6 letters)

125 Across: Clear coat (7 letters)

126 Across: Oafs (5 letters)

127 Across: Deal made on the spot? (6 letters)

1 Down: Bewilder (5 letters)

2 Down: Conical accommodations (5 letters)

3 Down: Unhelpful way to respond to "Hello?" (5 letters)

4 Down: "Jackie Brown" star Pam (5 letters)

5 Down: Unruly rush (7 letters)

6 Down: Commercial suffix with Power (3 letters)

7 Down: Singer Bareilles (4 letters)

8 Down: Have a spring in one's step (6 letters)

9 Down: One of the Beatles (5 letters)

10 Down: Faith with five pillars (5 letters)

11 Down: Prefix with cache (3 letters)

12 Down: Assumed ownership over (7 letters)

13 Down: Pulls out, as weeds (7 letters)

14 Down: Choreographer Twyla (5 letters)

15 Down: Achieve a sunbather's goal (6 letters)

16 Down: ___ rating (chess stat) (3 letters)

17 Down: Old space station (3 letters)

18 Down: Perhaps (3 letters)

24 Down: Chinese artist Ai ___ (6 letters)

27 Down: Triage provider (5 letters)

29 Down: The Cardinals, on scoreboards (3 letters)

31 Down: Clothing brand named for perceived generational differences in the ’60s (3 letters)

33 Down: "___ Rouge" (6 letters)

34 Down: It's driven into the ground (4 letters)

35 Down: Flair (4 letters)

36 Down: Redheaded "Queen of Country" (4 letters)

38 Down: Diminutive Spanish suffix (3 letters)

41 Down: Bill of HBO's "Real Time" (5 letters)

42 Down: Mine craft? (6 letters)

43 Down: Do some garment-making (3 letters)

44 Down: Performances for one (4 letters)

46 Down: Competitor of Bluesky and X (7 letters)

48 Down: Affliction for some vets, in brief (4 letters)

50 Down: Greek PPP (4 letters)

51 Down: Promise of payback (3 letters)

52 Down: Chef Nosrat who wrote the best seller "Salt Fat Acid Heat" (5 letters)

54 Down: Tall tale (4 letters)

56 Down: Sonic euphoria, colloquially (7 letters)

57 Down: Scottish hillsides (5 letters)

60 Down: Far from the target, in a guessing game (4 letters)

61 Down: Illuminated from below (5 letters)

64 Down: Univ. course that's in demand? (4 letters)

65 Down: Streisand musical (5 letters)

67 Down: "That's freaking epic!" (6 letters)

69 Down: Rubberneck (4 letters)

70 Down: ___ cava (major blood vessel) (4 letters)

71 Down: Sci-fi pioneer Jules (5 letters)

72 Down: It gets you a hand (4 letters)

74 Down: Portmanteau sandwich cookie with a layer of marshmallow (6 letters)

75 Down: Big ___, nickname for M.L.B.'s David Ortiz (4 letters)

76 Down: Lefty, to a righty (3 letters)

81 Down: "Ni ___" (Chinese "hello") (3 letters)

82 Down: ___ Khalifa, tower scaled by Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol" (4 letters)

83 Down: Heir with much hair in the Bible (4 letters)

84 Down: Great success (4 letters)

86 Down: Fish hawk (6 letters)

87 Down: Purportedly calming compound in some gummies, in brief (3 letters)

88 Down: Play for ___ (5 letters)

92 Down: Shaders of gray? (7 letters)

93 Down: Cultural group of SW Britain (7 letters)

96 Down: ___ soda (3 letters)

97 Down: Astronomically demoted, as per a 2006 Word of the Year (7 letters)

99 Down: Persist (6 letters)

101 Down: Fitting (3 letters)

102 Down: "Am I crazy …?" (6 letters)

104 Down: Twin sister of Sherri on "The Simpsons" (5 letters)

105 Down: Malaise, with "the" (5 letters)

106 Down: Lets up (5 letters)

108 Down: Violently eliminates, in gamer-speak (5 letters)

109 Down: Volkswagen sedan (5 letters)

110 Down: Buck enshrined in Cooperstown (5 letters)

111 Down: David who fronted Talking Heads (5 letters)

114 Down: Some loaves or liquors (4 letters)

116 Down: Something gas cars do noisily that electric vehicles don't (3 letters)

117 Down: That, in Spanish (3 letters)

118 Down: Forerunner of the DVD player (3 letters)

120 Down: "when r u coming?" (3 letters)

121 Down: Relaxing getaway (3 letters)