STAR SPELL-OUT: Use each letter as often as needed
Across
1 Absorbent, as a sponge 7 Cuts expenses 13 Breathed noisily 20 Surfing the Web, say 21 Entertain lavishly 22 Prepare to steal, as a sedan 23 LINES (Airplane!) 25 Austerely simple 26 Ignited 27 Sis or bro 28 Nice and easy 30 __ and tired (fed up) 31 Person from Phoenix 34 Surpassed at a buffet 35 Arnold’s barbarian 36 Surpass 38 PETROL (Lawrence of Arabia) 45 Lego competitor 46 Start of a toast 48 Morning’s lawn covering 49 Prima __ (star sopranos) 50 Transports, on Star Trek 52 Like fables with morals 53 TERMINAL (Childrenof a Lesser God) 58 Stops stalling 59 Tooth docs’ org. 60 Followed orders 61 “You can leave now” 62 Treasury Dept. agency 63 Theatrical accessory 64 Parcels (out) 65 Is sure of success 68 White wine of Italy 69 Nights prior 70 Word on every US coin 71 Indian director Mira 72 Blitzen colleague 73 Relay race segment 74 Gunky buildup 75 REGIONS (Top Hat) 78 Brand of thin tablet 80 Part of YSL 81 Inherent character 82 Faux __ (minor mistake) 85 Slow tempo 86 Had a tab 90 ORANGES (Mrs. Miniver) 93 Round Table title 94 Cherish greatly 95 __ strip (single-surface paper) 97 British noble ranks 99 S&L dispensers 103 Thing to confine a little kid 105 Frame of cartoon art 106 XXVI doubled 107 The entertainment industry 109 BEATING (American Beauty) 112 Bar activity 113 Mexican beer 114 When many start fifth grade 115 Took strides 116 Abounded 117 Courtroom break
Down
1 Fish related to the cod 2 Fairway club 3 Goosebumps guy 4 OPEC commodity 5 Same-note singing 6 Greet and seat 7 __ Lanka 8 Sharp, as vision 9 Dome-shaped ice house 10 Latter-day hodgepodge 11 How some skirts are made 12 Having feeling 13 Captain Ahab, or his ship 14 Vacuum cleaner part 15 List-ending abbr. 16 Fleecy females 17 Tubular pasta 18 Guitarist Clapton 19 Level of an ocean liner 24 Mavericks or Pistons 29 Oyster concoction 32 Stubborn Seuss character 33 Designer Kamali 37 Green sauces 39 Playwright Clifford 40 Throw out, so to speak 41 Yoko __ 42 Marching down a street 43 Had a break between flights 44 They’ve gotten away 46 Pay attention to 47 Acting mopey 50 Honey handlers 51 Hair braid 52 Meadow measure 53 Plane-building hobby 54 Better than average 55 Send into exile 56 Corrosive liquids 57 Insignificant 58 Be of help to 63 Ping-__ 65 Appointed time 66 Interject 67 Has a spat 68 Flue coating 70 Norwegian composer 72 First Bond film foe 74 Novelist Caleb 76 Sesame Street roommate 77 Go back over, as one’s path 79 Expected to arrive 82 Inconvenience, informally 83 British novelist with a damehood 84 Fashionable, from the French 86 Unconventional 87 Brand of gentle detergent 88 White-coated weasels 89 Architect’s creations 91 Astounded 92 Subtle distinction 94 Claim to be true 96 Mirror fogger 98 Concrete support rod 99 Shows curiosity 100 The thing there 101 Increasingly 102 Barter arrangement 103 Foot-powered transport 104 Minimizing ending 108 Conk on the head 110 Danson or Koppel of TV 111 Japanese computer chip maker