Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday June 25 2023 puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Landlocked African nation : CHAD
5 Teng known as the “Eternal Queen of Asian Pop” : TERESA
11 Broker’s charge : FEE
14 Shadow : TAIL
18 Basketball Hall of Famer Leslie : LISA
19 Spotted cat : OCELOT
20 Spanakopita cheese : FETA
21 Jasmine __ : RICE
22 Natural wonder that’s roughly 1,100 times bigger than the Grand Canyon? : AMAZON RAINFOREST
25 Neighborhood : AREA
26 __ scheme : PONZI
27 Afro puff, for one : UPDO
28 Actor Holbrook : HAL
29 Post-breakup parties? : SECTS
31 Front-of-the-rack sizes, often : SMALLS
33 “Show Me where I went wrong!?” elicitor, maybe? : SERIOUS MISTAKE
37 “__ it first!” : I SAW
39 Reservoir creator : DAM
40 Family member : AUNT
41 “You __ one job!” : HAD
42 Muscat’s land : OMAN
45 Speech fillers : UHS
47 Good at repairs : HANDY
50 “Too bad” : A PITY
52 Hawkeyed writer of “To the Lighthouse”? : VIRGINIA WOOLF
56 Scolds harshly : BERATES
58 Deux halved : UNE
59 Large chau gong : TAM-TAM
60 Tartan pattern : PLAID
62 Title of honor : SIR
63 Tablelands : MESAS
65 Body art : INK
67 Listens to : HEARS
69 Question before making a Pine Tree disappear? : DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC
77 Finish (as) : END UP
78 Pro vote : YEA
79 “Metropolis: The Chase Suite” artist Janelle : MONAE
81 Bigelow product : TEA
83 “August: __ County” : OSAGE
86 “Thank U, Next” singer Ariana : GRANDE
90 Tiny ammo : BBS
91 Insect marching in a column : ARMY ANT
93 The NHL’s North Stars in 1967, for one? : EXPANSION TEAM
96 Draws from a Juul, say : VAPES
97 Heavy-duty cooler brand : IGLOO
99 Big name in cheese balls : UTZ
100 Inactive : IDLE
101 Writer/activist __ B. Wells : IDA
102 Actress Fey : TINA
104 Place for a mineral scrub : SPA
107 Stitched : SEWN
109 Wolverine’s snack dispenser? : VENDING MACHINE
114 California wine valley : SONOMA
118 Woodland deities : FAUNS
119 Prefix with tourism : ECO-
120 Broadcasts : AIRS
122 Some spouses : WIVES
123 “Smooth Operator” singer : SADE
124 Secluded place in Lhasa to think about Treasure? : TIBETAN MONASTERY
128 Italian automaker since 1899 : FIAT
129 Big personalities : EGOS
130 “Turn it up!” : LOUDER
131 Encourage : URGE
132 Ish : OR SO
133 Wages : PAY
134 Size up : ASSESS
135 “Don’t dele” : STET
DOWN
1 Applauds : CLAPS
2 Start of a call home, perhaps : HI MOM
3 Yoga position : ASANA
4 Truly brilliant : DAZZLING
5 Unit of measure for elephants or cargo : TON
6 Neutral shade : ECRU
7 Harvests : REAPS
8 Skipped over : ELIDED
9 Chihuahua neighbor : SONORA
10 DOJ arm concerned with explosives : ATF
11 Are blue : FEEL SAD
12 UFO pilots, probably : ETS
13 Uses Blue Apron, say : EATS IN
14 Land parcel : TRACT
15 Carrier in French Polynesia : AIR TAHITI
16 Olympian Nathan Chen, notably : ICE-SKATER
17 Grazing ground : LEA
20 German woman : FRAU
23 Aromatherapy array : OILS
24 “Lookee here!” : OHO
30 Counterpart of “ser,” in Spanish : ESTAR
32 Steamy spot : SAUNA
34 “If u ask me” : IMHO
35 Spanish “Very good!” : MUY BIEN
36 Slow Churned brand : EDY’S
38 Caprice : WHIM
42 Egg cell : OVUM
43 Went for the gold? : MINED
44 Playground retort : ARE SO
46 Convened : SAT
48 Swiss peak : ALP
49 Super Bowl org. : NFL
51 Complete a Monopoly circuit : PASS GO
53 “Showtime!” : IT’S ON
54 Cry miserably : WAIL
55 Luxury hotel chain : OMNI
57 Mild Dutch cheese : EDAM
61 Pacific tuna : AHI
64 Lemur with long fingers and ratlike teeth : AYE-AYE
66 Tab, for one : KEY
68 Shio or shoyu dish : RAMEN
70 Noodles served in dashi : UDON
71 Lowering in rank : BUSTING
72 Clean air agcy. : EPA
73 Star in Lyra : VEGA
74 Deserve : EARN
75 Retired, maybe : IN BED
76 Group of schemers : CABAL
80 “Twilight” vampire : ESME
81 Industry-wide expo : TRADE FAIR
82 Latin American pastries : EMPANADAS
84 Ultrasound goop : GEL
85 Outer: Pref. : EXO-
87 Sparky the Sun Devil’s sch. : ASU
88 Minor criticisms : NITS
89 Naps : DOZES
91 Tel __, Israel : AVIV
92 Sean of “Stranger Things” : ASTIN
94 Swanky : POSH
95 Condition sometimes treated with hearing aids : TINNITUS
98 Handheld Nintendo system : GAME BOY
103 Arched foot part : INSTEP
105 Duelers at some bars? : PIANOS
106 Ill will : ANIMUS
108 Amazes : WOWS
110 Because of : DUE TO
111 Scores 100% on : ACES
112 Foldable bed : COT
113 Wear with time : ERODE
115 In the open : OVERT
116 On-ramp sign : MERGE
117 So far : AS YET
121 Mario Kart console, for short : SNES
123 NorCal hub : SFO
125 Two-time French Open winner Swiatek : IGA
126 In the style of : A LA
127 __ Technica: tech news website : ARS
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