- 1 SET
9D Ready … or a word after ready
68402 - 2 SET
13D He scattered his brother's remains across the land and usurped his throne
68402 - 3 ALE
73A Brewed beverage
59570 - 4 NEO
25A Sci-fi protagonist who says "I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life"
43332 - 5 ASAP
63D Chop-chop
36300 - 6 RNA
111D Messenger ___
29322 - 7 SRI
75D Title for a guru
28238 - 8 ORS
23D Hosp. areas
25161 - 9 SLR
102D Camera inits.
23129 - 10 REST
79D Music score squiggle
22256 - 11 ALIT
48A Got off
21220 - 12 ASIS
49A With warts and all
21183 - 13 SCAR
50D Traumatize
20188 - 14 SCAR
52D He led his brother to his demise by endangering his nephew
20188 - 15 IMIN
12D "Sign me up"
1886 - 16 ENG
108D Official lang. of Liberia
17160 - 17 LOS
90A L.A.P.D. unit?
17144 - 18 OAK
110D Acorn, in the future
16152 - 19 AMA
14A Dr.'s order?
15262 - 20 NOSE
59A The dash in many an emoticon
15188 - 21 CAL
98D Lead-in to Tech
15158 - 22 IAGO
105D Jafar's parrot in "Aladdin"
14173 - 23 IAGO
107D Driven by envy toward his comrades, he fabricated events that led to their downfall
14173 - 24 ERROR
67A Something a bug produces
14161 - 25 UGLI
64D Wrinkly fruit
1386 - 26 IFSO
51D "Assuming that's true …"
1370 - 27 CFO
117A Co.'s $$$ head
1351 - 28 PTSD
76D Survivor's affliction, for short
1330 - 29 AVON
78D Big name in makeup
12179 - 30 DRAT
82A "Fiddlesticks!"
11109 - 31 NAM
17D War zone for Rambo, informally
10113 - 32 ATS
5D Parts of many online handles
1029 - 33 ALF
40A TV E.T.
9104 - 34 IMPS
37D Urchins
987 - 35 TOTEM
39D Where idols go head-to-head?
975 - 36 ACRES
48D Plot divisions
971 - 37 OSIRIS
8A Egyptian god of the underworld
950 - 38 RTES
65D GPS lines: Abbr.
7128 - 39 MIN
27A Max's opposite
762 - 40 MALTA
24A Valletta's land
750 - 41 ALAI
36D Kyrgyzstani mountain range
6181 - 42 CAMP
35D Kids' summer getaway
661 - 43 DENIM
46D It's in your jeans
652 - 44 RIPA
1D Kelly of morning TV
634 - 45 NOCAP
54D "Not gonna lie …"
66 - 46 OSS
8D 1940s spy grp.
5114 - 47 BYTE
42D Small part in a gig
561 - 48 PAVE
85A Make a lot, say?
556 - 49 GEENA
6D Davis of "Thelma & Louise"
554 - 50 EROTIC
92D Steamy
551 - 51 CAESAR
35A General who crossed the Rubicon
538 - 52 ISOMER
10D Chemist's variant
526 - 53 PAOLO
43A ___ Veronese, "The Wedding at Cana" painter
522 - 54 NYETS
84D Ixnays from Irkutsk
521 - 55 SEP
112D Birth month of most Virgos: Abbr.
471 - 56 CURIE
106A Eponym of element 96
427 - 57 OHGEE
26D "I'm flattered!"
418 - 58 BREAD
100A Word before winner or after Wonder
329 - 59 DUELS
57D Fencing contests
327 - 60 UPROAR
72D Pandemonium
317 - 61 PISH
80A "Horsefeathers!"
316 - 62 JOEY
71D Baby in a pouch
315 - 63 JESUS
91A The Lamb
311 - 64 FSHARP
66D Programming language that's also a musical key
37 - 65 BRUTUS
3D Name of Ohio State's buckeye mascot
34 - 66 BRUTUS
30D Believing his friend and ally had too much power, he led a party of conspirators to put an end to him
34 - 67 NITRATES
17A Substances found in cured meats and explosives
34 - 68 ESSE
7D "___ quam videri" (North Carolina's motto)
2181 - 69 ADAIR
86A Famed firefighter Red
236 - 70 OTHELLO
119A Whence the phrase "wear one's heart on one's sleeve"
229 - 71 LAUREL
97D Floral victory symbol
224 - 72 NYS
103A Buffalo's home: Abbr.
221 - 73 EWOKS
20D Wicket and Teebo of Endor, e.g.
217 - 74 BEGOT
100D Spawned
214 - 75 MENTOR
28A Morpheus, to 25-Across
214 - 76 BUBBA
29A Good ol' boy
212 - 77 PIPET
60D Chemistry lab dropper
211 - 78 TYPEAB
47A Classification that anyone can donate to
211 - 79 PREENED
93A Devoted effort to looking attractive
210 - 80 POETRY
60A It's a "tyrannical discipline," said Sylvia Plath
29 - 81 JUDAS
69D He sold out his master in exchange for silver
28 - 82 JUDAS
91D 2011 Lady Gaga hit
28 - 83 TELOS
39A Ultimate end, to Aristotle
25 - 84 GOOSEEGG
116A Zero
24 - 85 IGNORES
37A Snubs
24 - 86 DUDEBRO
87D Obnoxious fratty sort, colloquially
23 - 87 ROH
114D "Ruh-___!" (cry from Astro on "The Jetsons")
23 - 88 USECASE
89D Possible scenario, to a coder
23 - 89 AGRARIAN
113A Like the cultivation of land
22 - 90 SIE
104A "Sprechen ___ Deutsch?"
153 - 91 AIT
44D British isle
138 - 92 ASLANT
96A Leaning
123 - 93 ADOBES
101A Brick homes
114 - 94 SPIRES
70A Points to a church?
113 - 95 MAUD
45A Queen ___ Land (region of Antarctica claimed by Norway)
112 - 96 CFC
58A Ozone no-no, for short
111 - 97 NOLI
103D ___ me tangere (Latin warning)
111 - 98 RIBCAGE
1A It protects the heart
111 - 99 AURIC
63A Derived from gold
110 - 100 MAUNALOA
15D Hawaiian for "long mountain"
19 - 101 SGTMAJ
68A Certain Army noncom
18 - 102 ACTTWO
16D Intermission follower on Broadway
17 - 103 CURAD
98A Bandage brand
17 - 104 GAWKS
34A Stares stupidly
17 - 105 JULY
71A What the 7 may mean in 7/11
17 - 106 KIDNAP
118A Steal for ransom
17 - 107 PYM
19D Poe's "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon ___"
17 - 108 HADST
99A Possessed, biblically
16 - 109 SPLAYS
38D Fans out
16 - 110 ALOEGEL
14D Soothing goo
15 - 111 CASABAS
4D Wrinkly fruits
15 - 112 MUFASA
61A Titular role in a 2024 Disney prequel
15 - 113 PINENUTS
53A Pesto ingredients
14 - 114 ATHENIANS
56D First enactors of democracy
13 - 115 RAPINE
11D Violent seizure, as of property
13 - 116 EASEON
95D Touch lightly, as a gas pedal
12 - 117 FILCHES
66A Steals, informally
12 - 118 FRYUP
62D Prepare quickly, as eggs for breakfast
12 - 119 ITLLBEFUN
2D "Come on and let loose for a while!"
12 - 120 LATEBLOOMERS
109A They'll get there eventually
12 - 121 PLACATED
55A Made less angry now
12 - 122 RHYMED
94D Paired chips with dips?
12 - 123 SINTER
83A Combine using heat without melting, as particles
12 - 124 STOPITYOUTWO
22A "That's enough bickering!"
12 - 125 11
- 126 11
- 127 DOUBLECROSSED debut
33D Like five Across answers by five Down answers in this puzzle, literally and figuratively
11 - 128 11
- 129 11
- 130 11
- 131 11
- 132 11
- 133 11
- 134 SESAMEPLACE debut
18A Theme park with attractions like The Count's Splash Castle and Oscar's Rusty Rotten Rockets
11 - 135 11
- 136 11