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
The circled letters in 22 across, if they are supposed to identify the State of Arizona, then they are mis-marked. The second “A” in Amazon should have been circled, rather than the “N” in Rain. There are two “A”s in Arizona, and only one “N.” As with all the other circled state-name puzzle components, this change would still allow the necessary letters to be contiguous.