THEME CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Altar’s place 5. Switch 9. More precise 14. __ Bator 18. __ -do-well 19. Word between Juliett and Lima 20. Intense 21. “Peter Pan” pooch 22. Monte Corno’s range 24. Speaker of the quip at 34 Across: 2 wds. 26. Person unknown 27. In __ 29. Muzzles 30. Posed 31. Medieval bomb 33. Painted mackerel 34. Start of a quip by 24 Across: 4 wds. 39. Used a divining rod 43. __ Dawn Chong 44. Performers’ union: Abbr. 45. Streamlined 47. Cavalry weapon 48. Shrinking sea in Asia 50. Ink 53. Gluts 55. Hungarian composer __ Bartok 56. Role in “Pagliacci” 58. Firm 60. Candy piece 61. Tragic king 62. Joins 64. Floor in a garage 66. Amuses 68. Part 2 of quip: 3 wds. 72. Clarify: 2 wds. 76. Reception 77. Stimulus 82. Kanten 83. Nipa palm 86. High-maintenance ones 88. Let 89. “__ Las Vegas” 90. More desolate 92. Indian garment: Var. 94. Genu 95. Party or festival 97. Libertines 99. “For Me and My __” 100. Abbr. in timetables 101. Electric eye 103. End of the quip: 4 wds. 108. Rum beverage 110. Family members 111. Mineral 112. Lens opening 116. __ Hari 117. Unimaginative 121. Novel by 24 Across 123. Capital of Aragon 125. “Oh woe!” 126. City in Germany 127. Minced oath 128. Grommet 129. Soaks, as flax 130. Weary 131. Major- __ 132. London gallery
DOWN
1. Collections of table talk 2. The cuke is one 3. Look 4. Tubb or Worthing 5. Allergist’s diagnostic aid: 2 wds. 6. Port 7. Stout 8. Curdled milk drink 9. Talented ones 10. Rime 11. Recipe measures 12. System of values 13. Staggered 14. Beyond understanding 15. Secular16. English queen 17. Some horses 23. Beery or Webster 24. __ and Bars25. Scent used in perfumery 28. Native of: Suffix 31. Pine nut 32. Desire 34. Like a malcontent 35. Golden Calf maker 36. Signified 37. Place in SE Asia 38. Abominable Snowman 40. Derisive look 41. Brilliance 42. Cherished ones 46. Japanese fencing sport 49. Rest 51. Hgt. 52. Be just as good as 54. Unyielding 57. Sandwich cookie 59. Removed, in printing 63. Fledgling pigeon 65. Name in fashion 67. Ski resorttown 69. __ Pradesh 70. Saint Petersburg’s river 71. Means of crowdcontrol: 2 wds. 72. Holds73. Pointed arch 74. Black and shiny 75. Sin 78. Albanian money 79. Porch on Oahu 80. French department 81. Noblemen 84. Bedouin 85. Duck breed 87. Astin or Bean 91. Military unit 93. Fabled place of riches 96. Legal wrongs 98. Aspersion 102. Traveled ways 104. Put-on 105. Gave up 106. Decorative fastener 107. Vacation destination 109. Seize 112. Remotely 113. Lots of dough 114. Part of QED 115. Goidelic language 117. Baby buggy 118. Home to billions 119. “__ it a pity?” 120. Imprison 122. Deck item 124. Past