ACROSS
1 Happy, for example DWARF
6 Political syst. GOVT
10 Driving option: abbr. RTE
13 Wee hour TWOAM
18 It holds things up EASEL
19 Special event OCCASION
21 Comics-page witch, Broom-___ HILDA
22 Shrugger’s comment ITS A MYSTERY TO ME
24 “Pomp and Circumstance” composer ELGAR
25 Budgetary waste FAT
26 Second in a series BETA
27 Plenty LOTS
28 Peanut butter option CREAMY
29 They’re hard to see out of STEAMY WINDOWS
33 No longer fresh GAMY
34 Reduced amount LESS
35 Old Mideast org. UAR
36 Flying intro AERO
37 Comic Margaret CHO
40 Pago Pago’s place SAMOA
43 Tallahassee sch. FSU
44 Ipso ___ FACTO
46 Come down hard POUR
47 Brain part that’s key to motivational and emotional behavior AMYGDALA
50 Leader of a famous exodus BRIGHAMY YOUNG
53 Abbr. for dumbbells LBS
54 Have way too much of, briefly ODON
55 Besmirch SULLY
56 Like many toothpastes MINTY
57 Ready to go SET
58 Injustice WRONG
60 Actress Arthur BEA
61 Quaint contraction SHANT
63 Like the 96 Across ARID
65 Chemical used to treat angina AMYLNITRITE
68 Variety TYPE
71 Rugged rocks CRAGS
73 Games org. with a five-ring logo IOC
74 Word ancestors ETYMA
76 Rick’s piano player SAM
77 Massenet opera THAIS
79 President Garfield’s middle name ABRAM
81 Na or Cl, e.g. ELEM
82 Building wing ELL
83 “Trading Places” co-star RALPH BELLAMY
86 Marriage concept MONOGAMY
88 Chef’s array OILS
89 Beef-sandwich chain ARBYS
90 Literary monogram GBS
92 Had some vittles EATEN
93 Eschew giving up TRY
94 Orders with mayo BLTS
95 California’s Big ___ SUR
96 Silk Road desert GOBI
98 With 99 Across, revelation from Darth Vader LUKE
99 See 98 Across I AM YOUR FATHER
105 Disrepute INFAMY
108 Church area APSE
109 Score symbol CLEF
110 Major egg producer EMU
111 Break a peace treaty, maybe REARM
112 Ape’s heartthrob? GORILLA MY DREAMS
116 Blue-haired Simpson MARGE
117 Losing ground IN A SLIDE
118 Singing cowboy AUTRY
119 Hardwear? ARMOR
120 Marshal at Waterloo NEY
121 Crystal gazer SEER
122 Dublin-born poet YEATS
DOWN
1 Coup follower? DE TAT
2 Refuse WASTE
3 Hard-rock filler ASA
4 Sleep-lab term REM
5 Excursions past Pluto et al. FLY BYS
6 Convicted crime boss GOTTI
7 Poseidon’s predecessor OCEANUS
8 TiVo precursor VCR
9 “Giant” co-star TAYLOR
10 Runs amuck RIOTS
11 Alley skulkers TOMS
12 Ethyl ending ENE
13 Nuclear war starter? THERMO
14 Aviator Post WILEY
15 Gymnast’s first name OLGA
16 Levine’s first name ADAM
17 First lady’s first name MARY
20 Put away STOW
22 Hypotheticals IFS
23 Has a seamy job? SEWS
28 Bank CAROM
30 Sleep like ___ A LOG
31 Pastoral place MEADOW
32 Applies sloppily DAUBS
33 “___ grip!” GETA
36 Sore all over ACHY
37 Main city of a sort COUNTY SEAT
38 On-location game HUNT
39 Saturnalia ORGY
40 Chip dip SALSA
41 Insect-trapping resin AMBER
42 Via hocus-pocus MYSTICALLY
43 ___ pack FANNY
44 ___ mignon FILET
45 Harshly bright AGLARE
46 Show the way POINT
48 “Loneliness is such ___” (Jimi Hendrix) A DRAG
49 Is imminent LOOMS
51 Young & ___ (longtime ad agency that created the “Betcha can’t eat just one” Lay’s potato-chip campaign) RUBICAM
52 Diva Sumac (and backward, the theme of this puzzle) YMA
59 In a slick-talking manner GLIBLY
61 Pen, in Paris STYLO
62 Studly dudes HEMEN
64 Plumbing woes DRIPS
66 Asta’s co-owner et al. NORAS
67 Carry-on ___ ITEMS
69 Cannes award, the ___ d’Or PALME
70 Writer Williams EMLYN
72 Defense secretary Carter ASH
75 To multiply, it divides AMOEBA
77 Bouncy pace TROT
78 Bun contents HAIR
79 Clerical robes ALBS
80 1964 Motown hit MY GUY
84 Obstinate BALKY
85 Art Deco master ERTE
87 Canter, e.g. GAIT
91 Wedding gown fabric BROCADE
94 Bad experience BUMMER
95 Seems corrupt SMELLS
96 E. L. James’s Christian GREY
97 Subpar outing OFF DAY
98 A Florida key LARGO
99 “Here’s hoping …” I PRAY
100 Warts and all AS IS
101 Director of cult-film fame, Edgar G. ___ ULMER
102 Soul mate? HEART
103 Tube top honors? EMMYS
104 Toys ___ RUS
105 “Garfield” waitress IRMA
106 Almost upon us NEAR
107 Raise cane, say FARM
108 Top-flight AONE
112 Martini need GIN
113 Speak with forked tongue LIE
114 Bitter herb RUE
115 “About when” inits ETA
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