NYT Crossword hints

1 Across: Easy putt (5 letters)

6 Across: Clever (5 letters)

11 Across: Exam for a future atty. (4 letters)

15 Across: Boulderer's safety item (3 letters)

18 Across: Muffin alternative (5 letters)

19 Across: Sea surrounding Mykonos (6 letters)

21 Across: Flour in Indian cooking (4 letters)

22 Across: "Mr. Blue Sky" band, in brief (3 letters)

23 Across: Some "Star Trek" slang? (12 letters)

25 Across: Infamous Russian mystic (8 letters)

27 Across: Glow up? (3 letters)

28 Across: One might be liquid or frozen (5 letters)

29 Across: Street that might run all the way through town (4 letters)

31 Across: Like most autographs (5 letters)

32 Across: French filmmaker Jacques (4 letters)

34 Across: Secrets known only to E.N.T.s? (14 letters)

38 Across: Depression formed by a volcano's collapse (7 letters)

41 Across: Did a taxing job? (7 letters)

42 Across: C.I.A. forerunner (3 letters)

43 Across: Listened to "Rigoletto" way too many times? (12 letters)

46 Across: Mideast leaders (5 letters)

48 Across: Member of the South Asian diaspora (4 letters)

49 Across: Ocho menos uno (5 letters)

50 Across: Berkeley university, familiarly (3 letters)

53 Across: Rubber stamp go-with (6 letters)

56 Across: Many a David Foster Wallace piece (5 letters)

58 Across: Not gross (3 letters)

59 Across: Wild hogs (5 letters)

61 Across: "___ y plata" (Montana's motto) (3 letters)

62 Across: Sleuth, slangily (3 letters)

64 Across: "A sharp edge recalls a splinter's bite" or "The forest's final revenge is whisper-thin," e.g.? (14 letters)

69 Across: N.K. ___, "Broken Earth" trilogy author (7 letters)

73 Across: Summer in France (3 letters)

74 Across: Person discussed in Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution (7 letters)

75 Across: Spark joy? (14 letters)

80 Across: Educational inst. (3 letters)

81 Across: "Feast," in Arabic (3 letters)

82 Across: Count (up) (5 letters)

83 Across: Slippery swimmer (3 letters)

85 Across: Daniel ___ (children's TV character) (5 letters)

89 Across: "The heart of the internet," per its tagline (6 letters)

91 Across: Handful (3 letters)

93 Across: Those opposed (5 letters)

95 Across: Animated explorer (4 letters)

96 Across: Cornea-reshaping surgery (5 letters)

98 Across: Diwali or Holi? (12 letters)

101 Across: Queen ___ (pop nickname) (3 letters)

102 Across: Bouncing (7 letters)

105 Across: Some hair products (7 letters)

106 Across: Like the world's worst demolition company? (14 letters)

110 Across: Rose bowl? (4 letters)

111 Across: Status after a leadoff walk (5 letters)

112 Across: Drubbing (4 letters)

113 Across: Wibbly-wobbly (5 letters)

115 Across: Hot stone massage location (3 letters)

118 Across: Take a risk (8 letters)

120 Across: A whole bunch of ocean detritus? (12 letters)

124 Across: Tsp. or tbsp. (3 letters)

125 Across: Triumphal monument shape (4 letters)

126 Across: Off-target (6 letters)

127 Across: Family girl (5 letters)

128 Across: Fleur-de-___ (3 letters)

129 Across: Luxury goods retailer since 1867 (4 letters)

130 Across: Needlessly adorns, in an idiom (5 letters)

131 Across: Massachusetts county in which the term "gerrymandering" was first applied (5 letters)

1 Down: Disapproving sounds (4 letters)

2 Down: "Dissent is patriotic" grp. (4 letters)

3 Down: Anti-matter? (9 letters)

4 Down: Overnight stop (3 letters)

5 Down: Made irrelevant (7 letters)

6 Down: ___ serif (4 letters)

7 Down: Free-for-all (5 letters)

8 Down: Stress-induced discomfort (5 letters)

9 Down: Stimpy's TV partner (3 letters)

10 Down: Make it? (3 letters)

11 Down: Roundup rope (6 letters)

12 Down: Comics legend behind the Fantastic Four (7 letters)

13 Down: Calls out on social media, slangily (3 letters)

14 Down: Odd-toed ungulate (5 letters)

15 Down: Document used for a travel companion who might sit under a seat (11 letters)

16 Down: Many characters in Pixar's "Elio" (6 letters)

17 Down: "The Bear" matriarch played by Jamie Lee Curtis (5 letters)

20 Down: Rootless (7 letters)

24 Down: Green Egyptian god (6 letters)

26 Down: Get into, as a cab, say (6 letters)

30 Down: DiFranco who made her Broadway debut in "Hadestown" (3 letters)

33 Down: Northernmost arm of the Mediterranean (8 letters)

35 Down: Like a blue moon or blue steak (4 letters)

36 Down: Something to chew on (3 letters)

37 Down: Ship brass (8 letters)

38 Down: Work with Python, say (4 letters)

39 Down: Park and Fifth, e.g.: Abbr. (4 letters)

40 Down: Tennis score following deuce (4 letters)

44 Down: Second-in-command (4 letters)

45 Down: ___ Place, female companion of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (4 letters)

47 Down: Closely examine (7 letters)

51 Down: "Dancing With the Stars" network (3 letters)

52 Down: Cardinals legend Brock (3 letters)

54 Down: With the bow, in music (4 letters)

55 Down: Sullen (4 letters)

57 Down: "Indeed!" (7 letters)

60 Down: Performed exceptionally, in slang (3 letters)

63 Down: Bibliography listing (8 letters)

65 Down: Louvre Pyramid architect (3 letters)

66 Down: Mail Boxes ___ (3 letters)

67 Down: Chain that sells climbing gear (3 letters)

68 Down: Only egg-laying mammals besides platypuses (8 letters)

69 Down: Mocking cry (4 letters)

70 Down: "Night" memoirist Wiesel (4 letters)

71 Down: They might be the last to be booked on an airplane (11 letters)

72 Down: Grp. for Commanders and Chiefs (3 letters)

76 Down: Holiday classic starring Will Ferrell (3 letters)

77 Down: Soapmaker's supply (3 letters)

78 Down: Be inclined (4 letters)

79 Down: Cryptid with a Tibetan name (4 letters)

84 Down: Speech therapist's target (4 letters)

86 Down: Frigg and Freyja, e.g. (9 letters)

87 Down: One of the Great Lakes (4 letters)

88 Down: Cleaning cloths (4 letters)

90 Down: Home of the N.C.A.A.'s Flyers (6 letters)

92 Down: Train sound (7 letters)

93 Down: Home services website (4 letters)

94 Down: Dig up dirt, say (6 letters)

97 Down: "Barry Lyndon" director (7 letters)

99 Down: QB's worry: Abbr. (3 letters)

100 Down: Statement by someone who's out of date? (7 letters)

101 Down: Vietnamese sandwich (6 letters)

103 Down: Animals known for their slow metabolism (6 letters)

104 Down: Capital of ancient Troy? (3 letters)

106 Down: Alternative to express (5 letters)

107 Down: Ancient Andeans (5 letters)

108 Down: Like some allergy sprays (5 letters)

109 Down: Splendid (5 letters)

114 Down: Young newts (4 letters)

116 Down: A runner may need to pick it up (4 letters)

117 Down: Charger's option, informally (4 letters)

119 Down: Flop ___ (period of failure) (3 letters)

121 Down: Part of NGO: Abbr. (3 letters)

122 Down: Prefix with cycle (3 letters)

123 Down: Christmas carol contraction (3 letters)