ACROSS
1 Bennett of publishing CERF
5 Landlord LESSOR
11 “Darker Than ___” AMBER
16 Snack in a stack OREO
17 Place SITUATE
18 “The ___ Ruse” SCARLET
20 Nutmeggy spice MACE
21 Topiary dogs? POODLES
22 “___ Skin” CINNAMON
23 Greek letter PSI
24 Saarinen and Salonen, e.g. FINNS
25 “The Dreadful ___ Sky” LEMON
27 Elite roster A LIST
28 Theater shout AUTHOR
30 “One Fearful ___ Eye” YELLOW
32 Maturing agent AGER
33 Tucson shrub CREOSOTE
36 “A Deadly Shade of ___” GOLD
37 Goes back and forth SEESAWS
40 Labwork TESTS
41 “Pale ___ for Guilt” GRAY
43 Jelly container JAR
44 York and Snorkel: abbr. SGTS
45 “The Lonely ___ Rain” SILVER
47 Home of many talk shows AM RADIO
51 Long time EON
52 “A ___ Place for Dying” PURPLE
55 Cartoon explosion KABOOM
57 Mentalist’s claim ESP
59 Torte topper ICER
60 “A ___ and Sandy Silence” TAN
63 Actor Wilde CORNEL
65 Indeterminate state LIMBO
69 Busy island, circa 1900 ELLIS
71 “The ___ Lament” TURQUOISE
73 Eye-catching works? OPART
74 Have a negative reaction SAY NO
75 Vonnegut’s Kilgore et al. TROUTS
76 “The Quick ___ Fox” RED
78 Parking garage arrow EXIT
79 Prank GAG
81 Snail trails SLIMES
83 “Dress Her in ___” INDIGO
85 Road covering TAR
88 Tahitian port PAPEETE
90 “The Empty ___ Sea” COPPER
93 Distort SKEW
95 Spoiled BAD
96 “Nightmare in ___” PINK
97 Elon Musk’s car company TESLA
101 Walks a beat PATROLS
103 “The Deep ___ Good-by” BLUE
106 Perturbs AGITATES
108 Go by shuttle RIDE
109 “Bright ___ for the Shroud” ORANGE
111 Belittle DEMEAN
112 Struck SMOTE
114 “The Girl in the Plain ___ Wrapper” BROWN
115 Upgrade (the lawn) RESOD
118 Copy APE
119 “The Long ___ Look” LAVENDER
121 Feldspar, e.g. MINERAL
123 Cannes comrade AMIE
124 “Free Fall in ___” CRIMSON
125 Ornamental shrubs ACACIAS
126 Car pioneer BENZ
127 “The ___ Ripper” GREEN
128 Grammar gender NEUTER
129 Brink EDGE
DOWN
1 Rental-car option COMPACT
2 Editing evidence ERASURE
3 Tells in detail RECITES
4 Opponent FOE
5 Zebra chaser LION
6 Thames town ETON
7 Full of foam SUDSY
8 Italian nickname SAL
9 Verdi opera OTELLO
10 Scalp, perhaps RESELL
11 TV ratings company: abbr. ACN
12 Get by MANAGE
13 Sans support? BRALESS
14 Town 20 miles NW of Phoenix EL MIRAGE
15 Early cars REOS
17 Dick’s pick SPIRO
18 Revival-tent topic SIN
19 55 Across cause TNT
22 Moon jumper COW
24 Dig discovery FOSSIL
26 1960s style MOD
29 Heated pool? HOT SPRING
31 Luxor’s land: abbr. EGY
32 Eagle’s home AERIE
34 France’s 200 m.p.h. train TGV
35 Before, once ERE
37 Pitiful SAD
38 It replaced GATT WTO
39 PIN kin SSN
42 Critter craft ARK
43 Hoffa, formally JAMESR
46 Allow LET
47 “But enough ___ …” ABOUT ME
48 Gloomy MOROSE
49 Rice-a-___ RONI
50 1993 accord city OSLO
52 December desserts PIES
53 Bruins’ home, briefly UCLA
54 Depend RELY
56 Clear of guilt ACQUIT
58 Castle in the air PIPE DREAM
61 Try: abbr. ATT
62 Consumed slowly NURSED
64 Boo Radley’s creator LEE
66 Skirt type MAXI
67 Ship’s lockup BRIG
68 Good name for a mechanic? OTTO
70 Daytime drama SOAP
72 Cruise job? ROLE
77 Sherbet scoop DIP
80 Man’s man of Hollywood GABLE
82 Biol., e.g. SCI
84 Made a profit of NETTED
85 Kitchen shortening? TSP
86 Alias abbr. AKA
87 Brand name of AZT RETROVIR
89 Rustic dads PAS
91 ___ spree ONA
92 Parcel: abbr. PKG
94 Corresponding request? WRITE ME
96 Cribbage marker PEG
98 Mighty mad STEAMED
99 Jeté action LEAPING
100 “Laughter without a tinge of philosophy is but ___ of humor” (Mark Twain) A SNEEZE
102 Hans Christian Andersen’s birth city ODENSE
103 Street pal BRO
104 Sheriff LAWMAN
105 Not pleasant UNNICE
107 They’re lionized IDOLS
109 Hockey great ORR
110 Upright ERECT
112 Utah’s cap. SLC
113 Actress Helgenberger MARG
114 Crenshaw or Hogan BEN
116 War of 1812 lake ERIE
117 German river SAAR
120 Nutty Knotts DON
122 Flagstaff sch. NAU
123 KY-born prez ABE
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