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Intermediate
Puzzle by Mark B. Anderson
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Across

1.Common partner of this puzzle's theme
5.Just right
8.Woven palm fiber material
14.Magnificent
19.Exclude from consideration
20.Farm livestock fodder
21.Labor organizations, e.g.
22.Leafy garden shelter
23.Hasty
24.Dadaism founder
25.Acts of widespread destruction, in plural form
26.Without money
27.Extreme suffering
29.Rip in fabric
31.Former surgical anesthetic
33.Travel route word
34.Relating to the emperor known for the Great Fire of Rome
36.* "Receive your due applause"
38.* Move into first
41.A Brit, to a New Zealander
43.Hindu spiritual path
47.Verse honoring its subject
48.Report card average, for short
51.NBC crime series set in Miami
53.A monarch's territory
55.Space between things
57.Low-income
58.Historic times
59.Foot joint
60.Broken into fragments
63.One who dashes about wildly
65.Poker stake
66.Time when programs air
68.Make a legal argument
69.Pretoria's pocket change
71.Pig's characteristic sound
73.Barrier across a river
74.Gas brand with a sun logo
77.Thug carrying a gun
79.Economic measure: Abbr.
82.Portnoy's creator Philip
83.Small river islands
84.* Pick a team
89.Firm denial
92.Organization, for short
94.To be honest
97.Grilled meat meal from Argentina
98.Playing cards worth nine pips
100.* Big hit from a-ha
101.Not severe
102.Grant permission
103.Awards-show host
104.Marries
105.Sue Grafton's "_ for Burglar"
106.Spirited vigor
108.Stomach enzyme that breaks down proteins
110.Record label: Abbr.
112.Begin knitting stitches
116.Procedural phase
118.* Spring into action
123.Duke and UNC commonality
124.How deep a lake is
128.Dutch cheese sold in wax-coated red balls
130.I’m stumped
131.* Review inventory
134.Camel caravan territory
136.Observe with eyes
138.Animal's den or hideaway
139.Whoopi Goldberg role
140.Jeweled crowns worn by pageant winners
141.Small amount
142.Small hotels
143.Supplemental charge
144.Oscar's trash-can worm
145.Hop-based brewery beverage
146.Furtive glance

Down

1.ER actor Visnjic
2.Mental picture or visualization
3.Cap brim
4.Prefix for people or culture
5.Sudden realization exclamation
6.Theater role
7.Personality prone to stress and competitiveness
8.Scooby-doo's worried bark
9.Santa ___ tropical winds
10.* Film set break call
11.Pay a bill
12.Twelve lines of type
13.Valuable possession or property
14.Term for yak
15.2022 Telugu action epic, for short
16.Higher in position
17.Finnish mobile phone brand
18.Feel apprehensive about
28.Small dog's sharp cry
30.French abbey clergymen
32.Greek letter after phi
35.* Jump in a foxhole, say
37.Tolstoy novel "___ and Peace"
39.famous Poe
40.Jumped over something
42.Swampy ground
44.Superman Clark
45.Restaurant meal taken home, and a clue to the 12 starred clues
46.Feeling sickly
48.Target to achieve
49.Tiny skin opening
50.Section of land
52.Orange root vegetable
54.Resources and ability
56.Settled an invoice
57.Hallucinogenic drug, briefly
61.Sandhurst, for short: Abbr.
62.Something related to pro ___.
64.Airport gear that scans for hidden explosives, for short
65.Spanish word for 'year,' typically written with a tilde
67.Nickname for President Eisenhower
70.* Abba hit, with 100-Down
72.Mentally ill
75.Container for ashes or brew
76.Musician Peter ___
77.Rummy-type card game
78.College in Baton Rouge, La.
79.Strictly Ballroom actress married to Anthony LaPaglia
80.Private online messages
81.Ring loudly and clearly
83.Make a determination about
85.Two-syllable metrical foot
86.Roman numeral for 552
87.L-shaped pipe joints
88.Nickname for Sydney
90.Highly competent
91.* Record lecture information
93.Flow in small amounts
95.Spock or Riker's rank: Abbr.
96."Westworld" actress Thompson
99.Playfully naughty youngster
100.Possessed legally
107.Whale group
109.* "Chill out!"
111.Disorder marked by repetitive checking, for short
112.Roman senator whose blow starts the assassination
113.Did something
114.Rebuke angrily
115.Tree homes
117.Italian noodles
119.Spring-blooming flower
120.Pointless
121.Cat-___ tails (plant)
122.Language of Oslo
125.Child's sand toy
126.Of Bangkok
127.Physical injury or damage
129.What's served at a sit-down restaurant
132.Labor org. formed in 1935
133.Range of knowledge
135.Actress Norma ___
137.Postage surface texture
Constructor's Notes

If you don't get this at first, you'll probably get it on the way home after picking up dinner.

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