Across
1
It grows on trees : BARK
5
Dance form featured in the documentary “Kumu Hina” : HULA
9
If-then-___ (programming trio) : ELSE
13
Fruit in the custard apple family : PAPAW
18
Home to Dublin and Toledo : OHIO
19
Ritual whose name translates to “covenant” : BRIS
20
Locale for many cabs : NAPA
21
Common lab culture : ECOLI
22
Stockpile bread? : BANKROLLS
24
Research hors d’oeuvres online? : GOOGLEAPPS
26
“Ditto” : ASDOI
27
Tizzy : SNIT
29
Rural tower : SILO
30
Catchy tune, in slang : BOP
31
Fighting sport, for short : MMA
33
Since : ASOF
35
“Time to head out!” : LETSGO
38
Selects green bean casserole, candied yams and mashed potatoes? : CHOOSESSIDES
43
What a ghost might do to you : STARTLE
46
Chortled syllable : HEH
47
Loch Ness monster, apparently : HOAX
48
Love lines? : ODES
50
Eases : ABATES
51
Blast from the past, so to speak : OLDSONG
53
“Full House” twins : OLSENS
55
Setting in “Nomadland” : RVLOT
56
Kilt folds : PLEATS
57
Alex’s partner in the jewelry industry : ANI
58
Features of a vacant stare : DEADEYES
60
Gets caught : SNAGS
61
Sanctify : BLESS
63
“Cease!,” on the seas : AVAST
64
Part of a rock band? : ORE
65
Debate roasting versus deep-frying? : TALKTURKEY
67
Groove : RUT
70
“There ___ enough words” : ARENT
72
Word with bump or trap : SPEED
73
Former Florida flier : PANAM
75
Breaking up : ENDINGIT
78
Corn unit : EAR
79
Inventor Gray who had a patent war with Alexander Graham Bell : ELISHA
80
Martin of Hollywood : STEVE
81
City on the Kenai Peninsula : SEWARD
83
“Let me join!” : IWANTIN
84
Foolish : UNWISE
86
Unspecific amount in a recipe : DASH
87
Small game, often : PREY
88
Some nail-biters, for short : OTS
89
Developing : NASCENT
91
Steers the dessert cart? : SHEPHERDSPIE
94
Fame : RENOWN
96
Cupid’s counterpart : EROS
97
Grabbed a chair : SAT
98
Some sex cells : OVA
100
Heads of org. charts : CEOS
102
Part of some pods : ORCA
104
November birthstone : TOPAZ
108
Make cranberry sauce from scratch? : KICKTHECAN
112
Reserve the chardonnay for later? : TABLEWINE
114
On a bias : ASKEW
115
Off-the-wall : ZANY
116
Actress Jessica : ALBA
117
Noted Celtic musician : ENYA
118
Kind of question : YESNO
119
Shiny silver sticker? : EPEE
120
Bid first, say : LEAD
121
“___?” “___!” : DEAL
Down
1
___ tea : BOBA
2
Exclamations of enlightenment : AHAS
3
Outer layer : RIND
4
1988 Beach Boys hit with a geographical title : KOKOMO
5
“The White Lotus” network : HBO
6
Web addresses : URLS
7
Stage name of Montero Lamar Hill : LILNASX
8
St. Francis of ___ : ASSISI
9
Official lang. of Guyana : ENG
10
Land through which the Mekong River flows : LAOS
11
Go bad : SPOIL
12
Quarter backs? : EAGLES
13
Letter before cue : PEE
14
Landmark health legislation, for short : ACA
15
Certain recyclable, in the Midwest : POPBOTTLE
16
Brand aptly found in “natural pooch food” : ALPO
17
Tendril : WISP
23
“Ba-dum-tss” sounds : RIMSHOTS
25
Led Zeppelin’s “Whole ___ Love” : LOTTA
28
Aids in planning : TODOLISTS
32
Untold millennia : AEONS
34
G-men : FEDS
36
Buffalo N.H.L.ers : SABRES
37
Work on one’s whisking technique? : GRAVYTRAIN
38
Slices and dices : CHOPS
39
“Absolutely not” : HELLNO
40
“Goodness!” : OHDEAR
41
Enter a bear market : SAG
42
Tournament ranking : SEED
44
Clinton and Obama, astrologically : LEOS
45
Approx. : EST
49
Chuck Taylor All Star, e.g. : SNEAKER
52
Pro tip about seasoning stuffing? : SAGEADVICE
53
Length of some fun runs, informally : ONEK
54
Backed up : SAVED
57
Having an even score : ALLTIED
59
Macy’s Thanksgiving ___ Parade : DAY
61
Hairstyle that the Brits call “fringe” : BANGS
62
Captain Marvel, e.g. : SUPERHERO
65
Start of some countdowns : TEN
66
Peruse : READ
68
Open, as a drain : UNSTOP
69
Home to Faa’a International Airport : TAHITI
71
German candy with a caramel center : RIESEN
73
Toddler’s time out? : PLAYDATE
74
Parsonage : MANSE
75
Sicilian stratovolcano : ETNA
76
Things behind the Times? : NEWSRACKS
77
“___ the night before Christmas …” : TWAS
79
Pitchers : EWERS
80
Thur. + 3 : SUN
82
Arthur of tennis : ASHE
83
Rage : IRE
85
Philanthropist Pratt for whom the Baltimore public library system is named : ENOCH
87
Measurer of acidity : PHSCALE
90
Pluck : TWEEZE
92
Entrance : PORTAL
93
Put in a hold : STOWED
95
“For real,” in modern parlance : NOCAP
98
Go-ahead : OKAY
99
Metaphor for a migraine : VISE
101
Lucid : SANE
103
Inspiration for the tribute band A*Teens : ABBA
105
Winter candle scent : PINE
106
Actress Taylor-Joy of “The Queen’s Gambit” : ANYA
107
Ardor : ZEAL
109
Ryan Gosling’s role in “Barbie” : KEN
110
Common factor : TWO
111
It ends when 1/1 begins : NYE
113
Boyo : LAD
Answer summary: 9 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.
