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ACROSS
1. Hold on tightly to
6. Group that might include the Joker
10. Recall an unwelcome fact from the past
16. Triple ___
19. Liable to make waste, per an idiom
20. Adored personality
21. On the premises
22. Last words of a single man
23. Open assembly area in ancient Greece
24. One holding cards at a casino
25. Town in a video game series this puzzle's theme relates to
26. Tonic partner
27. With 91-Down, painter known for his green apples
28. Merrily cheerful, like Santa
30. Daredevil acts
32. On someone's behalf, pay for (a meal)
35. Greek letter associated with anonymous functions
40. ___ roll
41. Asahi competitor
43. Zoom into class, perhaps
44. Format option alongside italic and underline
46. It can be made via check
48. What this side of the central 5x5 square represents
50. 'To' partner
52. Stop on the way to Hollywood, per Miley Cyrus
53. Abbreviation only ever seen in citations and crosswords
55. Mimicked
56. Word prefixed by in- or out- to name a troublesome person, perhaps
57. Dull
60. They're on a scale from 1 to 5
65. Purpose
66. Geographical right to citizenship
69. Better than at, for example, video games
70. End of a bee
72. Subatomic particle whose name sounds like a manga about a light music club
73. Slink (up to)
74. Giga upgrade?
75. Pale
78. Out like a light
79. Member of an organization's workforce
83. Weak, like a chili
84. Work with a few panels?
86. "Shush!"
87. Under the weather
88. Spirit with a smell, per Nirvana
89. End goals
93. Pint at the pub
94. ATM operation, in short
95. Talks
100. Like one receiving coal
103. One pushing for a promotion?
105. Japanese teacher, maybe
106. Shake (on)
107. Family member, in short
108. Author Hemingway
109. Unwound
113. Prone to bouts of mischief
116. ___ frutti
119. Overly quaint
120. Twosome
121. Like some pigeons or missiles
126. Be a partner in crime
127. Rarely-ordered Starbucks size below Tall
128. Feminine suffix
129. Medicinal solution
130. Biting
131. ___ A (Italian football league)
132. Fed on
133. Compliant and submissive
134. Seabird native to crossword puzzles
135. Word in this puzzle's title that isn't hintful

DOWN
1. What the central 5x5 block represents, in this puzzle
2. Pint at the pub
3. In unison
4. Unpredictably variable
5. Minor denomination in Myanmar?
6. Like the sets in this Venn diagram: O O
7. Phenomenon that is, in fact, experienced by a duck's quack
8. Like this emoji: B-)
9. Rang ominously, as a bell
10. Dunk, like a chip
11. Payload of some shots
12. Some people might use it to talk to the hand
13. "CSI" character Grissom
14. Open-back trucks
15. Definitively resolve, as an issue
16. One of a red-and-yellow pair
17. Menu bar header between File and View
18. Downsides
29. Ivy League member
31. Card game whose reverse card is often meme fodder
33. Apple's Cook
34. Word following tea or decision
36. Garage worker, for short
37. Examination taken by a lawyer
38. Anticipate, in a way
39. Dada dums?
42. Initialism commonly seen in r/AITA
45. "God's Plan" artist
46. Indonesian city hit by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake and tsunami in 2018
47. x and y, often
49. Ending to a sonnet
51. One with red records
52. Presidential initialism from, like, before I was born
54. Eagerly accepts
58. Requested
59. Knock about
61. Handwrite clearly
62. Pious
63. Remnant of a bygone era
64. Queen of Soul Franklin
65. Chaotic situation
67. Hang out, sometimes illegally
68. What this side of the central 5x5 square represents
71. Turkey's neighbor
75. Among
76. US sitcom "Frasier"'s brother
77. Like some flour or tools
80. Decree
81. Slim and slippery
82. Hwy. in the US
85. Prefix with face or lace
88. Small garden building
90. What comes between one and million
91. See 27-Across
92. "Yeah, right..."
96. Overnight accommodation for a traveler
97. Sugary ending
98. Exterminator's target
99. Place
101. TSA-regulated substance
102. Chandler, Duke, or McNamara, in a musical
104. Asian Overwatch hero
110. Puzzle like this one, for short
111. Spooky
112. Discourage
113. It's often represented by a light bulb
114. ___-have
115. Property of a Pokemon card that raises its value
117. Type of ski lift named for the letter-like shape of its seat
118. Seabird native to crossword puzzles
122. It's often dropped
123. Goat-like Neopet
124. Nothing
125. M.A. applicant's test
127. Authentication scheme allowing access to multiple related sites with one set of details