ACROSS
1 Intro to “mania” BEATLE
7 Impact sound BAM
10 Up to now SO FAR
15 “Sextette” first name MAE
18 Book before Job ESTHER
19 Grizzly, in Guaymas OSO
20 Bush judicial appointee ALITO
21 Complain CARP
22 Special event at a fetish club? LATEX NIGHT
24 Island near Sicily MALTA
25 Opposite of ecto- ENDO
26 It’s breathtaking LUNG
27 Greet and seat SEE IN
29 Indian chief who invented barbecue? FLAMING OX
31 Contest submission form ENTRY
34 Unrhymed poetry, usually in iambic pentameter VERSE
36 Place with plates EATERY
37 Bar soap brand CAMAY
39 Seized sedan, perhaps REPO
40 Mellifluous Mel TORME
42 Raising the ___ BAR
43 Sudden influx SPATE
46 Up to one’s ears (in) AWASH
48 Declaim ORATE
52 Lone Star beverage that goes great with Baked Alaska? ICED TEXAS
54 Actor Ayres LEW
55 Television? GAZE BOX
57 “Yikes!” OH NO
58 Around, in dates CIRCA
60 Scout’s mission RECON
62 Sparrow portrayer DEPP
63 Write in nothing LEAVE
65 Place with nothing written in SPACE
67 Track numbers ODDS
69 Goldilocks word TOO
70 Lodge member ELK
72 Paltry rating ONE STAR
75 Start of an engagement, often YES
77 Nelson or Nimitz: abbr. ADM
80 Twain kid FINN
82 At very close range POINT
84 It’s signed but has no amount written in CHECK
88 Voting group BLOC
90 Mirror-ball milieu DISCO
93 Inflict, as havoc WREAK
95 Look like a wolf OGLE
96 Marrying each other’s former spouses? EX TRADE
98 Intro to Beagle or Bounty HMS
100 Agent Smart working undercover? MAX IN DRAG
102 Lute’s cousin SITAR
103 Staircase sound CREAK
105 Flared dress type A-LINE
106 Dash units EMS
107 Credit-card come-on NO FEE
109 Chopped HEWN
111 Pub pastime DARTS
113 Salad type CAESAR
116 Momentarily forget (or get lucky in Scrabble) DRAW A
118 Trancelike look STARE
120 Snacks for certain dogs? REX TREATS
122 Michael Moore documentary SICKO
124 Market special SALE
128 Concerning AS TO
129 Hair-razing experience SHAVE
131 Cleansing herbs from the highest mountains of Tibet? SHANGRI LA X
134 “___ Free” BORN
135 British diaper NAPPY
136 135 Across wearer TOT
137 Sweater material ANGORA
138 Hotel amenity SPA
139 Unpleasantly plump OBESE
140 “I’ll ___!” SUE
141 Small chicken BANTAM
DOWN
1 Fight starter BELL
2 Biblical twin ESAU
3 Memo abbr. ATTN
4 “Columbia, ___ of the ocean” THE GEM
5 Actor Barker LEX
6 West side? ERN
7 Birdie’s counterpart BOGEY
8 Tennis legend ASHE
9 Greed or revenge, perhaps MOTIVE
10 Froot Loops toucan SAM
11 Five Norse kings OLAFS
12 Meat counter choices FILLETS
13 “___ girl!” ATTA
14 Nomad ROAMER
15 Woofer’s woe MANGE
16 Zeal ARDOR
17 Bond creator? EPOXY
21 In the middle CENTERED
23 Mt. Tabor’s land: abbr ISR
28 Mt. Everest gateway NEPAL
30 “___, the great and powerful” I AM OZ
32 Condé ___ NAST
33 Personality sort that’s quiet on the outside but angry inside TYPE C
35 Crew member ROWER
37 Secret stash CACHE
38 Hippodrome, e.g. ARENA
39 Perform another MRI on RESCAN
41 George Burns film OH GOD
42 Sci. course BIOL
44 Line on a graph AXIS
45 Florida fish TARPONS
47 Agape sensation AWE
49 Be the lookout, e.g. ABET
50 Sullivan’s Gigio TOPO
51 Fairly large fair EXPO
53 Peace symbol DOVE
56 Mayberry first name ANDY
59 Hotshot ACE
61 Pertaining to a peeper part CORNEAL
64 Seasonal sprite ELF
66 Sci-fi film power ESP
68 Jiffy SEC
71 Eastwood film, “Joe ___” KIDD
73 Roadside rescue TOW
74 Flyboy AIRMAN
76 Like racehorses SHOD
77 Burrows and Vigoda ABES
78 561 DLXI
79 Apple-juice entrepreneur MOTT
81 Girl who cries “uncle”? NIECE
83 Curbside call TAXI
85 Snowy wader EGRET
86 Slangy dollars CLAMS
87 Frat party empties KEGS
89 “Breaking Bad” star CRANSTON
91 “Evita” role CHE
92 Buffett’s backyard OMAHA
94 Somewhat, informally KINDA
97 Let out ___ (bellow) A ROAR
99 Distorts, as data SKEWS
101 Right around the corner NEAR
104 Bureaucratic hoops RED TAPE
108 California city FRESNO
110 Belt sites WAISTS
112 Quit a chess game RESIGN
113 Grumpy sorts CRABS
114 Teller of tales AESOP
115 Additional EXTRA
117 Replies to an invite RSVP’S
118 Play hockey, e.g. SKATE
119 Great weight TON
121 Obsessed skipper AHAB
123 ___ En-lai CHOU
125 Immensely A LOT
126 Croft of video games LARA
127 Semester tester EXAM
130 Storm center EYE
132 Chew the fat GAB
133 Messenger ___ RNA
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