NYT Crossword hints

1 Across: Beneficiary of early capital (7 letters)

8 Across: Bless, in a way (6 letters)

14 Across: Close female friend … in relative terms (6 letters)

20 Across: Less than satisfactory, slangily (7 letters)

21 Across: Like some cyborg parts (6 letters)

22 Across: Extended play? (6 letters)

23 Across: Heyhowareyou (14 letters)

25 Across: Journalist Michele with two Peabody Awards (6 letters)

26 Across: Walkers, informally (4 letters)

27 Across: Send (5 letters)

28 Across: Softens with sudden sympathy or affection (5 letters)

30 Across: "Behold," in Latin (4 letters)

31 Across: Bob ___, alter ego of Mr. Incredible (4 letters)

32 Across: "What" (12 letters)

35 Across: Mythical figure whose name means "murmuring rock" (7 letters)

38 Across: Justice ___ Coney Barrett (3 letters)

39 Across: Summer setting in S.F. (3 letters)

40 Across: Party takeaway (5 letters)

41 Across: N.F.L. accolade (6 letters)

44 Across: View spoiler (7 letters)

49 Across: All--can-eat buffet (10 letters)

51 Across: Fiber-rich substance (4 letters)

53 Across: Exam for future docs (4 letters)

54 Across: Fenway squad (6 letters)

55 Across: "Since brass, ___ stone, ___ earth, ___ boundless sea …": Shak. (3 letters)

56 Across: ___-mo (3 letters)

57 Across: Steamy (6 letters)

59 Across: Zip (3 letters)

61 Across: It follows a coin toss (7 letters)

64 Across: Zip (4 letters)

65 Across: This (19 letters)

70 Across: Large volume (4 letters)

71 Across: They can make a pronounced difference (7 letters)

72 Across: Bond (3 letters)

73 Across: Historic figure targeted in Stephen King's time-travel novel "11/22/63" (6 letters)

75 Across: Small + or – (3 letters)

76 Across: Apt name for a thief (3 letters)

78 Across: Tree that can be a source of water for thirsty elephants (6 letters)

83 Across: Nibble (4 letters)

84 Across: Brand represented by Happy the Oil Drop (4 letters)

86 Across: See 88-Across (10 letters)

88 Across: Here (7 letters)

90 Across: Admits (6 letters)

92 Across: Follow-up to "Sit!" (5 letters)

93 Across: Off work, for short (3 letters)

94 Across: Figure, informally (3 letters)

95 Across: Making a strong effort (7 letters)

97 Across: Non, ni, 'a'ole (12 letters)

103 Across: Nickname for Ellen or Helen (4 letters)

104 Across: [Beep!] (4 letters)

105 Across: One of the Three Musketeers (5 letters)

106 Across: "S.N.L." alum Gardner (5 letters)

108 Across: Artist who kept a pet ocelot (4 letters)

112 Across: In (6 letters)

114 Across: Taib? Tbia? (14 letters)

117 Across: It's cold in Italy (6 letters)

118 Across: Shifts gears, say (6 letters)

119 Across: Nation bordering the Black Sea (7 letters)

120 Across: Analogue of a delete key (6 letters)

121 Across: In (6 letters)

122 Across: "That ship has sailed" (7 letters)

1 Down: Short cut (4 letters)

2 Down: Beep, e.g. (4 letters)

3 Down: Undercover? (4 letters)

4 Down: Has regrets about (4 letters)

5 Down: ___ Allen, host of "Chopped" (3 letters)

6 Down: Make public, as secret documents (6 letters)

7 Down: Novel form of summer escapism? (8 letters)

8 Down: Connive with, maybe (4 letters)

9 Down: Second-generation Japanese American (5 letters)

10 Down: Alley ___ (3 letters)

11 Down: How a boss might communicate new policy (7 letters)

12 Down: With courtesy (6 letters)

13 Down: Immune system agent (5 letters)

14 Down: Toothpaste brand since 1961 (9 letters)

15 Down: Italian diminutive suffix (3 letters)

16 Down: It turns when driven (5 letters)

17 Down: Logo of the W.N.B.A.'s New York Liberty (5 letters)

18 Down: Name found in "Americana" (5 letters)

19 Down: Go back to square one (5 letters)

24 Down: Sex symbol of the 1950s-'60s, familiarly (7 letters)

29 Down: Hypercompetitive and driven, say (5 letters)

31 Down: Staff (9 letters)

33 Down: Street application (3 letters)

34 Down: Indigenous people of the Salt Lake Valley (3 letters)

35 Down: Weak, as an excuse (4 letters)

36 Down: "Ibis" poet (4 letters)

37 Down: Bob who painted "Cabin at Sunset," which sold for over $1 million to benefit public media (4 letters)

40 Down: Fragrant holiday purchase (3 letters)

42 Down: Gawker (8 letters)

43 Down: Goody-goody sort (7 letters)

45 Down: Young salmon (5 letters)

46 Down: Eight-related (5 letters)

47 Down: Like Amazon forests, typically (5 letters)

48 Down: Series finale? (3 letters)

50 Down: Maze's goal (4 letters)

51 Down: Comes into one's own (8 letters)

52 Down: [So-o-o funny!] (4 letters)

56 Down: Reason to head for the hills (7 letters)

58 Down: Drill (9 letters)

60 Down: "Geaux Tigers!" sch. (3 letters)

62 Down: John M. ___, director of 2024's "Wicked" (3 letters)

63 Down: Showing signs of working out, say (3 letters)

65 Down: "Let's do this!" (5 letters)

66 Down: Use a divining rod (5 letters)

67 Down: Midwest birthplace of Marlon Brando (5 letters)

68 Down: Buddies, in Bayonne (4 letters)

69 Down: Wisecrack (4 letters)

73 Down: Musical Yoko (3 letters)

74 Down: Big bang source (9 letters)

77 Down: Like London's Kew Gardens (7 letters)

79 Down: Surprised greeting (4 letters)

80 Down: Word with black or coffee (4 letters)

81 Down: Covenant keepers (4 letters)

82 Down: Something in which you might stand for a spell (3 letters)

85 Down: "Lay it on me" (5 letters)

87 Down: Ousted, democratically (8 letters)

89 Down: Sushi topper (3 letters)

90 Down: Boutonniere counterpart (7 letters)

91 Down: Eccentric (3 letters)

94 Down: Many a modern-day septuagenarian (6 letters)

96 Down: Pricing game on "The Price Is Right" (6 letters)

97 Down: Avatar, e.g. (5 letters)

98 Down: Smash hit (5 letters)

99 Down: Teresa of ___ (5 letters)

100 Down: Sacred Sanskrit texts (5 letters)

101 Down: Card game played in Dickens's "The Pickwick Papers" (5 letters)

102 Down: Drew back (5 letters)

107 Down: Website with a "Star Seller" program (4 letters)

108 Down: Binary (4 letters)

109 Down: Setting for most of the TV series "Pachinko" (4 letters)

110 Down: Time for a social media break, maybe (4 letters)

111 Down: ___ fixe (4 letters)

113 Down: Office address abbr. (3 letters)

115 Down: Cupcake, in Ireland (3 letters)

116 Down: Not to (3 letters)