Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday August 13th 2023 puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Uses a treadmill : RUNS
5 Many a personal website : BLOG
9 Apple player : IPOD
13 Deceives : LIES TO
19 “Am __ loud?” : I TOO
20 Spanish tender : EURO
21 Purple pet in old cartoons : DINO
22 Turn over : INVERT
23 Excuse for a presidency’s shortcomings? (A+) : FAILING CABINET
26 Antenna : FEELER
27 Fencing move : THRUST
28 Distribute : ALLOT
29 Sales agt. : REP
30 Music producer Brian : ENO
31 Geopolitical alliance : BLOC
33 Where Parisians get their newspapers? (A-) : LE MONDE STANDS
37 Bagel feature : HOLE
39 Cover story piece? : ALIAS
41 Jet stream heading : EAST
42 Bit of sunlight : RAY
43 __ au lait : CAFE
44 Tight end Rob with four Super Bowl rings, familiarly : GRONK
45 Siddhartha __: the Buddha : GAUTAMA
47 Wisecracking extraterrestrial of 1980s TV : ALF
48 Riot : HOOT
49 Oscar the Grouch’s backing instrumentalists? (B+) : GARBAGE BAND
53 Angry tennis player, perhaps? (B-) : RACKET BUSTER
57 Top __ : TEN
58 Milne character who likes to swing on Tigger’s tail : ROO
59 Cook quickly, as vegetables : BLANCH
60 Fraud : SHAM
61 Parting exchanges : BYES
63 Subway Series side : METS
64 “I guess that works” : UMM, OK
65 Menial worker : PEON
66 “Family __” : FEUD
67 “Tut-tut” evokers : NO-NOS
68 Yardstick’s three : FEET
69 Brink : CUSP
70 __ chic : GEEK
71 Oscar-nominated film about a South Korean family in rural Arkansas : MINARI
72 34-Down opposite : FAR
73 Space-saving bed : COT
74 Barista-inspired dessert? (O+) : AMERICANO PIE
76 Warmup stretches at a company retreat? (O-) : STAFF LUNGES
80 Button on some scales : TARE
81 Above, in odes : O’ER
82 “Agreed” : I CONCUR
83 Moved furtively : SLUNK
85 Short lunch orders? : BLTS
86 Knee part, for short : ACL
88 “Keep this private” docs : NDAS
89 Handsome, in Honduras : GUAPO
90 Keep afloat : BUOY
91 Excited cry when the shellfish course finally arrives? (AB+) : ABALONE AT LAST
94 Give voice to : EMIT
96 Confer knighthood on : DUB
97 Mess up : MAR
98 Nonspecific category : OTHER
100 Window-switching shortcut : ALT-TAB
104 Used a loom : WEAVED
106 Reason so many classic songs are earworms? (AB-) : OLD HITS DIE HARD
109 Put forth : ALLEGE
110 Small sled : LUGE
111 Ardent : AVID
112 Aretha Franklin’s gospel/soul-singing sister : ERMA
113 Some Ethiopian Christmas celebrants, for short : RASTAS
114 __ so slightly : EVER
115 Honor roll stats : GPAS
116 Overly curious : NOSY
DOWN
1 Fault : RIFT
2 Capitol Reef National Park setting : UTAH
3 Spider-Man __: monochromatic comic book character : NOIR
4 Like sugar in water : SOLUBLE
5 Square meal? : BENTO
6 Schlep : LUG
7 Large part of a pod : ORCA
8 Hold nothing back : GO ALL-IN
9 The bee’s knees and the cat’s meow : IDIOMS
10 Old Ford named for a horse : PINTO
11 Solid yellow ball : ONE
12 On the __ : DOT
13 Infancy, adolescence, etc. : LIFE STAGES
14 Hardly handy : INEPT
15 Night before : EVE
16 One-named Tejano singer : SELENA
17 Hot now : TRENDY
18 Others, in Oaxaca : OTROS
24 Key in the sea : ISLE
25 Not optimistic : BLEAK
29 Said again : RESTATED
32 Legume used in vegan chocolate : CAROB
34 72-Across opposite : NEAR
35 Apply messily : DAUB
36 Many an Emirati : ARAB
37 Lamb eaten on Eid, e.g. : HALAL MEAT
38 Heard but not seen, maybe : OFF-CAMERA
40 Some sacred flowers : LOTUSES
43 Those with a driving passion? : CAR BUFFS
44 Post-punk subculture : GOTH
45 Long-nosed fish : GAR
46 Gents : MEN
48 “Consarn it!” : HECK
49 Special find : GEM
50 Sport that encourages horsing around? : ARENA POLO
51 Infamy : NOTORIETY
52 Spycraft files : DOSSIERS
54 Massage target : KNOT
55 Selling point? : SHOP
56 Sun-kissed : TAN
61 Taproom offering : BEER
62 Crack some jokes : YUK IT UP
63 Stereo alternative : MONO
65 Sedate : PUT UNDER
66 Extra charge : FEE
67 Striped yellow ball : NINE
69 Portico pillars : COLONNADES
70 Buicks, e.g. : GMS
71 Indicator : MARK
73 Banned refrigerant, for short : CFC
74 __ Lingus : AER
75 Riverside rental : CANOE
77 “__ in the blanks” : FILL
78 ESPNU focus : NCAA
79 Sailor’s boon : GUST
83 Dinner rolls? : SUSHI
84 Infielder’s untimely move : LATE TAG
85 “Plot twist … ” : BUT THEN
86 Mamá’s mamá : ABUELA
87 Plot-makers : CABALS
89 Assemble : GATHER
90 Acrimony : BILE
91 Pitching duel? : AD WAR
92 NASA-approved watch brand : OMEGA
93 Park ranger’s post : LODGE
95 “Downton Abbey” figures : MAIDS
99 Accept an invite, perhaps : RSVP
101 Poi base : TARO
102 Upper limbs : ARMS
103 Annual milestone, briefly : B’DAY
105 Pet doc : VET
106 __ Henriksen: skin care brand : OLE
107 Hon : LUV
108 Noche preceder : DIA
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