Here are the complete steps outlined by @sgbett, but with missing parts filled in:
Grant Terminal app Full Disk Access in Settings
In Terminal app, run the following commands, which will turn Spotlight off, kill running Spotlight processes, and remove Spotlight's existing data.
sudo mdutil -a -i off /
sudo killall -KILL Spotlight spotlightd mds
sudo rm -rf ~/Library/Metadata/CoreSpotlight/
sudo rm -Rf /System/Volums/Data/.Spotlight-V100``
Reboot your machine
In Terminal, run the following command to turn spotlight back on:
Sudo mdutil -a -i on /
Disable "Full Disk Access" in Settings for Terminal app (unless you have reason to keep it that way)
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