ACROSS
1 Nineteenth hole BAR
4 Paper patcher TAPE
8 ___ clef BASS
12 Foe of Ilie and John BJORN
17 Pollster’s query AGE
18 Reader essays OPEDS
20 Somber notices OBITS
22 Director Mervyn LEROY
23 King with a wicked sense of fairness? SOLOMON GOMORRAH
26 Contents list TABLE
27 A Chekhov sister IRINA
28 Country singer Gibbs TERRI
29 “Come ___!” NOW
31 Nonexistent NIL
32 Utterly unable to eat breakfast without bread? LACK TOAST INTOLERANT
37 School of whales POD
38 Richard of “Chicago” GERE
39 Namath’s Super Bowl III
40 Crone HAG
43 Bangladesh’s capital, old-style DACCA
48 With 53 Across, the story of a priest? AGENT LEMAN
53 See 48 Across AND HIS COLLAR
57 CIA progenitor OSS
58 Fish eggs ROE
59 Best way to sign IN PEN
60 Query from Judas ISITI
61 Seesaw need TWO
63 Zebra feature MANE
64 Plucked from peril RESCUED
66 What space aliens dislike being in human society? MARTIANALIZED
70 Relatives KIN
71 Oxeye and others DAISIES
72 Holiday sweet YAM
73 Nickname for an extremely unpopular X-ray technician? ROENTGEN TROLL
77 “Frozen” song LET IT GO
81 Cornstarch brand ARGO
82 ___ kwon do TAE
83 Functional UTILE
85 Less cordial ICIER
86 PBS funder NEA
87 Ariz. is never on it DST
89 The Golden Gate Bridge, for example? ATENSION SPAN
91 Most popular car in India? DODGE MAHAL
95 V-shaped fortification REDAN
96 Sign of a hit SRO
97 Tour grp. USO
98 Schooling: abbr. EDUC
100 “Mr. Robot” network USA
103 What a certain car insurance company is considering for its next commercial? GECKO ROMAN WRESTLING
112 Suffers from HAS
113 Sudan addition ESE
114 The ranch in “Giant” REATA
115 Up ___ (stuck) A TREE
116 Domineering BOSSY
118 “Must be able to ___ instruments” (versatility clause in today’s musician contracts?) STRADDLE VARIOUS
122 Divert AMUSE
123 Garlicky sauce AIOLI
124 Prepared to pray KNELT
125 Frameworks? ART
126 See 112 Down DEPOT
127 Joel or Ethan of film COEN
128 Medical suffix OSIS
129 Curly whacker MOE
DOWN
1 Sherlock portrayer BASIL
2 Early marketplace AGORA
3 Dig find RELIC
4 Part of 12 Down TOMATO
5 Mil. address APO
6 Intro to gram PENTA
7 Outer limits EDGES
8 Fan disapproval BOOING
9 Like many a dict. ABR
10 Hitchcock title SIR
11 Spider-Man co-creator STAN LEE
12 Deli sandwich BLT
13 ’60s sitcom homophone JEANNIE
14 Round trip? ORBIT
15 Vegas toss ROLL
16 Bill of science NYE
19 Put into piles SORT
21 It’s about a foot long SHOE
24 Doing mess prep ONKP
25 Inside shot? MRI
30 Legal orders WRITS
33 Chances ODDS
34 Mascara ruiner, maybe TEAR
35 Common URL ender ORG
36 Afflicts AILS
40 Teensy margin HAIR
41 Rice on a shelf ANNE
42 Econ. stats GDPS
44 Battery fluid ACID
45 Trig. function COS
46 Prevailing conditions CLIMATE
47 Star in Aquila ALTAIR
49 Showdown time NOON
50 “I’m Yours” singer and two-time Grammy winner Jason MRAZ
51 Highly rated AONE
52 “___ I go on?” NEED
54 Emphatic denial HECK NO
55 Igloo dweller INUIT
56 Ventilates AIRS OUT
61 Private phone channel between offices TIE LINE
62 Used to be WAS
63 Imitates MIMICS
65 Chang’s twin ENG
67 Joust contestant TILTER
68 Assent on the Hill AYE
69 Like ego and ergo LATIN
71 Forensic letters DNA
73 John Galt’s creator RAND
74 Dunkable treat OREO
75 “Holy moly!” EGAD
76 James of jazz ETTA
77 “Star Wars” sister LEIA
78 Bits of advice TIPS
79 Equipment GEAR
80 “Yes ___?” OR NO
84 Trip inducer LSD
87 Genealogy abbr. DESC
88 ___ signals SMOKE
89 Grad ALUM
90 Blame ONUS
92 “I s’pose” GUESS SO
93 Doctrine rejecter HERETIC
94 Ruckus ADO
99 Designer Pierre CARDIN
101 Leads off STARTS
102 Intro to meter ALTI
103 Fill the tank GAS UP
104 Peak in “The Odyssey,” Mt. ___ OSSA
105 Neighbor of Homer NED
106 Beat the rap WALK
107 Pt. of a rural address, often RTENO
108 Overhangs EAVES
109 “___ around, around …” (Dion’s “The Wanderer”) I ROAM
110 Surgeon intro NEURO
111 “Beau ___” GESTE
112 With 126 Across, rival of Lowe’s HOME
116 Low-quality BAD
117 So far YET
119 Jumpy pal of Pooh ROO
120 The A of IPA ALE
121 Ex-ring king ALI
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