ACROSS

1 Choco-coffee flavor 6 Low bow of respect 12 Global rivalry

concerning weaponry 20 Customary

21 Last pope of the 1700s 22 Bishops’ jurisdictions 23 Iconic logo of

Mcdonald’s [Utah] 25 Proceeds forward 26 Long, thin cut 27 Three, in Germany 28 Sgt., say

30 Poet’s “always” 31 Suffix with percent 32 “— Holmes” (2020 Millie Bobby Brown film)

34 Biblical metaphor for

Jerusalem [Utah] 38 Drs.’ org.

39 Slimy veggie 41 “Swell!”

42 Hush-hush U.S. org. 43 Original thing

45 Regal name of Norway 47 Erwin of old Hollywood 49 Dozes

53 Full-size SUV introduced in 2000 [California]

58 It’s between tau and

phi

60 Curbside cry

61 Not given an

assessment

63 Very, in slang 64 Scottish cap

67 “Star Wars” royal 69 Opaque quartz with

banding [Alberta] 71 Nervous

74 Pol who was Johnjohn’s uncle

76 Coll. in Columbus 77 Big name in train travel 78 Mac computer platform released in 2014 [California] 81 Actor Neeson

83 — 10 (acne

medication)

84 Strong string 85 Actress Redgrave 87 “Ooh” or “tra” follower 90 British spy novelist

John

92 Ice mass descending a mountain valley [British Columbia] 97 Love god

98 Magnate Onassis

100 High volcano in Sicily 101 Society for brainiacs 102 Bronze-hued

104 “Sheena” star Gena

Lee —

108 Action word

110 “ASAP!” 111 Full-size SUV introduced in 1998 [Alaska] 116 Natty necktie

118 OPEC supply

119 Type of 35 mm camera 120 Part of USSR: Abbr. 121 Torah cabinets

123 Rd. crossers

125 Like Attu’s island chain 128 What each of seven key words in this puzzle is the name of 131 Really rant at

132 “Beats me”

133 Shaw of jazz clarinet 134 Vaccine injectors

135 Abhor

136 Game token

DOWN

1 Coffee holders 2 Italian encore song,

often

3 Concerning cooking 4 Couldn’t help but 5 Beer for a Brit

6 Box lightly

7 Terrier breed

8 Saint — (island country) 9 Hearth waste

10 Get back at

11 Violinist Elman or

actor Auer 12 Computer pioneer

Lovelace 13 Person on a bus, e.g. 14 Classic soul song by

Curtis Mayfield 15 Wolfs (down) 16 Sidekick of Stimpy 17 PC character set

acronym

18 Singer Green formerly

on “The Voice”

19 Ruhr city

24 Its cap. is Bismarck 29 Ex-giant Mel

33 Ton of, casually

35 Not pleasurable,

colloquially

36 Aurora, to the Greeks 37 Most wacky

38 Astern

40 TV’S O’donnell 44 Mayberry’s Otis, e.g. 46 Brand of bottled water 48 Sassy quality, for short 50 Elite NFLER 51 Medieval war weapon 52 Catty

54 Wheel bars

55 Singer Rita 56 “Othello” role 57 Sloping

59 Counterfeit

62 Needle case

64 Flute sound 65 Respond to

66 Toluca locale 68 Rombauer of cooking 70 Actor Malcolm- —

Warner

72 Line of family rulers 73 Attendee

75 “Hooked on Classics”

label

79 At any time

80 Seer’s skill

82 Pool growth 86 Tuscany city

88 Baby sheep

89 Top pilot

91 Irritating

93 Outskirts

94 Be a pioneer 95 Arcane

96 Uncooked

99 B&B, e.g.

103 Big Texas city

105 Has too much, with “on” 106 Brezhnev of the USSR 107 Enter forcibly

109 Tabula —

111 Bleating beasts

112 Singer Cyrus

113 Not fuzzy

114 Talk formally

115 Singer Cleo

117 Italian isle

122 Make tangled

124 — -Ball

126 Geller of the

paranormal

127 Denials

129 “For shame!”

130 Indy circuit