1 Ends of pens : NIBS
5 Approval from a Lab : WAG
8 Like chocolate ganache : RICH
12 Swindles : SCAMS
17 Sound at a barbershop : SNIP
18 Poetic salutes : ODES
20 Pain : ACHE
21 Stuck out one’s tongue as requested : SAID “AH”
22 Coffee shop loyalty card reward : FREE DRINK
24 Get close to : NEAR
25 Japanese fish preparation : TATAKI
26 Noisy outbursts that are greatly appreciated? : WELCOME RACKETS
28 Not very much : A BIT OF
29 Give, as a driver’s license : ISSUE TO
30 Brown quickly : SEAR
32 Lemon scraping : ZEST
33 Toot : SPREE
36 __ A: Italian soccer league : SERIE
39 Loot : LUCRE
41 Strikes (out) : CROSSES
44 Bird voted “Most Likely to Succeed”? : BEST OF THE NEST
49 Like crudités : RAW
50 Fix, as a pet : SPAY
52 __-di-dah : LAH
53 Watch closely : EYE
54 Fabrication : LIE
55 Signed up : ENLISTED
58 Beach town west of Santa Monica : MALIBU
60 AED administrators : EMTS
61 Messages hidden in some brunch fare? : WAFFLE CODES
63 Made sense of : SORTED OUT
66 Atop, poetically : O’ER
67 Court divider : NET
68 Disgusted syllable : FEH
69 Wallach of “The Magnificent Seven” : ELI
70 Tot’s perch on a bike : CHILD SEAT
74 Bit of middle-school fashion? : TWEEN JACKET
79 Grasped : HELD
80 Used a rotary phone : DIALED
82 When the dinner bell rings : MEALTIME
83 Not online, online : IRL
84 Truck’s tankful : GAS
86 Rollaway, e.g. : COT
87 Crack a book : READ
88 Actor Chaney : LON
89 Halloween rental fee? : COSTUME CHARGE
93 Connect with : TAP INTO
96 Writer Calvino : ITALO
97 Like ta moko and the haka : MAORI
99 Indy 500 family name : UNSER
100 Chutzpah : GALL
103 Govt.-issued IDs : SSNS
105 Oft-removed throat tissues : TONSILS
108 Delights : ELATES
110 Bad news at an Atlanta pie shop? : JUST OUT OF PEACH
116 Garb : ATTIRE
117 App buyer : USER
118 Fishy scoopful at a deli : TUNA SALAD
119 Large-horned mammals : RHINOS
120 Agitate : RILE
121 “__ Brockovich” : ERIN
122 Teacher from the old school? : MARM
123 “Yesterday” and “Tomorrow” : SONGS
124 Long fish : EELS
125 Vote against : NAY
126 Apple Watch assistant : SIRI
DOWN
1 Blue tag? : NSFW
2 Pertaining to : IN RE
3 Jessica of TV’s “The Sinner” : BIEL
4 Genus subdivision : SPECIES
5 Some gummy animals : WORMS
6 Parting mot : ADIEU
7 Art classes? : GENRES
8 Corporal or private : RANK
9 Potential cause of brain freeze : ICEE
10 Exchanges : CHATS
11 Reflexive pronoun : HERSELF
12 Onetime Volvo rival : SAAB
13 Inhabitant : CITIZEN
14 “It’s __!” : A DATE
15 Predatory sharks : MAKOS
16 With 100-Down, change one’s approach, and a hint to the circled letters : SHIFT
19 Accomplish without much effort : SKATE BY
21 Like potatoes : STARCHY
23 Some tablets : DOSES
27 Situp’s target : CORE
31 Filmmaker with a unique style : AUTEUR
33 Bit of hardware : SCREW
34 One of yoga’s five vital forces : PRANA
35 Piano-playing dog on “The Muppet Show” : ROWLF
37 Puerto Rico y Mallorca : ISLAS
38 Abbr. in a research paper : ET AL
40 “The Pioneer Woman” host Drummond : REE
42 Fragrant compounds : ESTERS
43 Small detail? : SPEC
45 “Makes sense now” : OH, I SEE
46 Muppet with a puppy named Tango : ELMO
47 In __: as found : SITU
48 Course obstacle : TEST
51 God, in Hebrew : ADONAI
56 “You win this hand” : I FOLD
57 Luge, e.g. : SLED
58 Convened : MET
59 Puccini’s “La __” : BOHEME
60 Fiat : EDICT
62 Uncouple : DETACH
64 2002 American League MVP Miguel : TEJADA
65 Transport to Tel Aviv : EL AL
68 Abbr. in an email subject line : FWD
70 Quite smart : CHIC
71 Big sandwich : HERO
72 Woes : ILLS
73 Cars named for Henry Ford’s son : EDSELS
74 “Neon” fish : TETRA
75 “Cool!” : NEAT
76 Pottery ovens : KILNS
77 Overact : EMOTE
78 Mid-range voice : TENOR
81 Fertile soil : LOAM
84 Demolish : GUT
85 Accumulates : AMASSES
87 Change direction : REROUTE
90 Activity at windmills and pinball machines : TILTING
91 Create out of thin air : CONJURE
92 Show up for : GO TO
94 Destroys, as books : PULPS
95 Pants measurements : INSEAMS
98 One after another : IN TURN
100 See 16-Down : GEARS
101 Howe’er : ALTHO
102 “Lux et veritas” language : LATIN
104 “Fat Is a Feminist Issue” writer Orbach : SUSIE
106 Sotomayor who said, “You cannot value dreams according to the odds of their coming true” : SONIA
107 “Unless there are none” : IF ANY
109 Greek matchmaker? : EROS
111 Peddle : SELL
112 Número de leches en un postre específico : TRES
113 Jai __ : ALAI
114 NFL quarterback Derek : CARR
115 Port on some TVs : HDMI
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