NYT Crossword hints

1 Across: Less injurious (5 letters)

6 Across: Showed some real malice toward (6 letters)

12 Across: Mideast currency (5 letters)

17 Across: Landscaper's timesaver (3 letters)

20 Across: "Well, how about that?!" (5 letters)

21 Across: Practice taught in a dojo (6 letters)

22 Across: Combined (5 letters)

23 Across: Computer's "brain," in brief (3 letters)

24 Across: Certain group of orchestral winds (12 letters)

26 Across: Large insect named from Greek myth (9 letters)

28 Across: Yank (3 letters)

29 Across: Hook for a newspaper article (4 letters)

30 Across: Forerunners of CDs (3 letters)

31 Across: New start? (3 letters)

32 Across: Nautical lever (3 letters)

33 Across: "De dónde ___ tú?" ("Where are you from?": Sp.) (4 letters)

35 Across: Rope in (5 letters)

37 Across: Mechanic's offering (10 letters)

41 Across: Told, as a story (7 letters)

43 Across: Special offer (5 letters)

46 Across: Turn from solid to liquid (4 letters)

47 Across: Diamond, e.g. (3 letters)

48 Across: Santa Fe automaker (7 letters)

50 Across: Two of them make up a diameter (5 letters)

52 Across: Chilling (6 letters)

54 Across: Frat ___ (3 letters)

56 Across: Sharp nail (5 letters)

57 Across: Group project on a winter's day, perhaps (12 letters)

59 Across: What snobby people put on (4 letters)

61 Across: ___ Simmons, founding member of Kiss (4 letters)

62 Across: Missouri airport code (3 letters)

63 Across: Highly anomalous (5 letters)

64 Across: Distraction-limiting lifestyle trend (8 letters)

66 Across: [24-Across] (4 letters)

70 Across: Rake in (4 letters)

72 Across: Enthusiastic response to "Who's ready?" (3 letters)

73 Across: [37-Across] (4 letters)

74 Across: Celebration between Xmas and M.L.K. Day (3 letters)

75 Across: Classic Dalmatian name (4 letters)

79 Across: "Am I invisible or what?!" (8 letters)

84 Across: [41-Across] (4 letters)

85 Across: Airport screening org. (3 letters)

86 Across: Another name for Vishnu, translating to "the remover" (4 letters)

87 Across: Broadway's "Dear ___ Hansen" (4 letters)

88 Across: Mellow, in a way (3 letters)

89 Across: [57-Across] (4 letters)

90 Across: Prompts to play, while conducting (6 letters)

92 Across: Largest zodiac constellation (5 letters)

94 Across: Privacy doc (3 letters)

96 Across: Material in reusable diapers (5 letters)

99 Across: Rihanna song with the lyric "Please, someone help me" (3 letters)

100 Across: Tonsil doc (3 letters)

101 Across: Baby fox (3 letters)

103 Across: Pioneering premium channel (3 letters)

106 Across: Pole, e.g. (4 letters)

107 Across: Advantageous (5 letters)

109 Across: Qualm (11 letters)

112 Across: Plot feature of "Planet of the Apes" (10 letters)

114 Across: Casals who popularized Bach's cello suites (5 letters)

115 Across: Suitable (11 letters)

117 Across: Source of the word "tuk-tuk" used for a motorized rickshaw (4 letters)

120 Across: Crumb carriers (4 letters)

122 Across: "What ___ we doing?" (3 letters)

123 Across: Took a load off (3 letters)

124 Across: Cousins of cobras (4 letters)

127 Across: "Good job!" (7 letters)

129 Across: Absorbent (6 letters)

132 Across: Cell network letters (3 letters)

134 Across: Co-Stooge of Larry (3 letters)

135 Across: Reply to "Nuh-uh!" (5 letters)

136 Across: 1990s exercise fad (5 letters)

138 Across: Descended with rappelling ropes (10 letters)

141 Across: Step forcefully (5 letters)

142 Across: Alternative to a username when logging in (5 letters)

143 Across: 1,000,000,000 years (3 letters)

144 Across: Stank (6 letters)

145 Across: Builds muscle (5 letters)

146 Across: Period of letting loose (5 letters)

147 Across: Abbr. after some business names (3 letters)

148 Across: Looks of contempt (6 letters)

1 Down: Flour de-clumper (6 letters)

2 Down: Intriguing appeal (6 letters)

3 Down: Cornet lookalike (10 letters)

4 Down: Food assistance syst. (3 letters)

5 Down: Easily recite, with "off" (4 letters)

6 Down: Scampered away (10 letters)

7 Down: Walks nervously, in a way (5 letters)

8 Down: Jazz drummer Blakey (3 letters)

9 Down: Customize (to) (6 letters)

10 Down: Over (4 letters)

11 Down: Stunners, so to speak (4 letters)

12 Down: William and Harry's mum (5 letters)

13 Down: Occasional (12 letters)

14 Down: Like choices that can't turn out that badly (6 letters)

15 Down: Japan's largest carrier (3 letters)

16 Down: Locale with many seasonal businesses (10 letters)

17 Down: Previously unseen sporting result (term coined in 2014) (9 letters)

18 Down: Pick, with "for" (3 letters)

19 Down: "That's obvious!" (3 letters)

25 Down: Mabel Mora's portrayer on "Only Murders in the Building" (11 letters)

27 Down: Dallas baller (3 letters)

34 Down: Use your words? (3 letters)

36 Down: Central support (5 letters)

37 Down: Concluding passage, in music (4 letters)

38 Down: Enthusiasm (4 letters)

39 Down: French film award (5 letters)

40 Down: Reword, perhaps (5 letters)

42 Down: Child king of Egypt (3 letters)

44 Down: URL ender for many nonprofits (3 letters)

45 Down: ___ tai (3 letters)

49 Down: Primo (4 letters)

51 Down: Hookups (3 letters)

53 Down: Isle of ___ (Scottish locale whose name sounds like an expression of endearment) (3 letters)

54 Down: Sound of impact (3 letters)

55 Down: Home of the Christ the Redeemer statue (3 letters)

58 Down: Brings the house down, like a comic (5 letters)

60 Down: Moving between the poles? (6 letters)

65 Down: Computer covered by AppleCare (3 letters)

66 Down: [109-Across] (4 letters)

67 Down: [115-Across] (4 letters)

68 Down: [127-Across] (4 letters)

69 Down: [138-Across] (4 letters)

71 Down: What acids do when mixed with bases (5 letters)

75 Down: ___-wolf (3 letters)

76 Down: Secondhand lung irritant (12 letters)

77 Down: Bird whose name comes from the Latin for "golden" (6 letters)

78 Down: Glittery holiday strands (6 letters)

79 Down: Not even once (5 letters)

80 Down: Sheeplike (5 letters)

81 Down: Pastries that can be very sweet, ironically (5 letters)

82 Down: Tucked-away observations (11 letters)

83 Down: Conclude (3 letters)

91 Down: Shipmate of Spock (5 letters)

93 Down: Pods in bhindi masala (4 letters)

95 Down: Yellowfin tuna (3 letters)

96 Down: Advertising award (4 letters)

97 Down: Home décor options (5 letters)

98 Down: As a whole (7 letters)

102 Down: Hookup during infusion therapy, in brief (5 letters)

104 Down: Mardi Gras accessory (3 letters)

105 Down: Released with conditions (8 letters)

106 Down: Topping for an apple crisp (8 letters)

108 Down: "Toodles!" (4 letters)

110 Down: Embodiment (7 letters)

111 Down: Young 'un (3 letters)

113 Down: Snickers (7 letters)

116 Down: Expert (3 letters)

117 Down: Soft-serve request (5 letters)

118 Down: Must (5 letters)

119 Down: Deandre ___, N.B.A. center who was picked first in the 2018 draft (5 letters)

121 Down: Weapon used by some chimpanzees (5 letters)

125 Down: Lead-in to grid or play (5 letters)

126 Down: Puts in the mail (5 letters)

128 Down: "My bad!" (4 letters)

130 Down: Off Broadway award (4 letters)

131 Down: ___-free (4 letters)

133 Down: Heaven on earth (4 letters)

137 Down: Boomer at a concert (3 letters)

139 Down: It's sometimes shortened to the letter "N" (3 letters)

140 Down: Dennis's sister on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" (3 letters)