Author: by S.N., edited by Stanley Newman
Across
What vegans avoid MEAT
Comfy-cozy SNUG
Marvel superheroes XMEN
Plant firmly EMBED
Stop it CEASE
Hawaiian figurine TIKI
Vatican’s surroundings ROME
Great courage NERVE
Single-syllable saw HASTEMAKESWASTE
Dreamland visit SLEEP
Poker pot starter ANTE
Genesis construction ARK
Bar bottles RYES
Camper’s stove fuel BUTANE
Intensely competitive FIERCE
Inbox filler EMAILS
Road fork shape WYE
Reunion gathering KIN
Spooky EERIE
Dreamland visit SIESTA
Stew tidbit PEA
Benevolent KIND
Recital performance SOLO
With 82 Across, single-syllable saw THEBESTTHINGS
Canine comment BARK
What passwords provide ENTRY
Apple tracking device AIRTAG
GPS calculations RTES
Cheney predecessor GORE
Gullible person PATSY
Mist or steam VAPOR
Qty. AMT
Hunter’s garb CAMO
Penne __ vodka ALLA
Puma or panther FELINE
Single-syllable saw IFYOUCANTBEATEMJOINEM
Western stock character DEPUTY
Israeli diplomat Abba EBAN
Name meaning “lion” LEON
Despotic Amin IDI
Handle efficiently SEETO
Converges on NEARS
USN rank CMDR
Yuletide beverages NOGS
Neighbors of A’s BFLATS
Return of the Jedi robot DROID
Singles ONES
See 43 Across INLIFEAREFREE
Employs USES
Expressed aloud SAID
Top performer ACE
Green Eggs and Ham starter IAMSAM
Farm enclosures STIES
Poetic sphere ORB
Venomous snake ASP
Be a volunteer ENLIST
Be in charge of HEADUP
Kid-lit spoilsport GRINCH
Get ready, for short PREP
Electrical measure OHM
Former Milan money LIRA
Aircraft tracking device RADAR
Single-syllable saw THESHOWMUSTGOON
Be penitent ATONE
Animal pouches SACS
Groundhog Day nickname PHIL
Walks unsteadily LIMPS
Tablelands MESAS
Miniaturizing ending ETTE
Fabric footwear SOCK
Juror’s assignment CASE
Down
101 Across, notably MEANIE
Lent follower EASTER
More than a single 5 Down ASTERISKS
PGA peg TEE
Cellphone symbol STAR
Japan’s __ Stock Average NIKKEI
Banjo cousin UKE
Martial arts uniforms GIS
Radiography room XRAYLAB
Biblical law man MOSES
FD squad EMTS
Formerly named NEE
Happen next ENSUE
Defrost MELT
Enter unlawfully BREAKIN
Dinner time EVENING
Hinges (on) DEPENDS
Rub roughly CHAFE
Fannie __ (mortgage agency) MAE
Jot down WRITE
British novelist A.S. BYATT
Big biz bigwig CEO
London length METRE
Very pale ASHY
Group’s modest acknowledgment WETRY
County next to Napa SONOMA
Pitchfork-shaped letters PSIS
Capital of Rwanda KIGALI
Inheritance LEGACY
Annoy a lot EATAT
Be dressed in HAVEON
Pigtails BRAIDS
Cost to get cash ATMFEE
Input again RETYPE
Suffix with cyclo- TRON
Court hearings? PLEAS
Astronaut Shepard ALAN
Rack-and-__ steering PINION
Feeling tense ONEDGE
Not paying attention REMISS
Truncate CUTOFF
Etc., for instance ABBR
Norwegian topography FJORDS
Top at an auction OUTBID
Toy with TEASE
Red Muppet ELMO
Communication channel MEDIUM
Civil rights org. NAACP
Raison d’__ ETRE
Tangy salad green CRESS
Longing for long ago NOSTALGIA
Rover’s restraint LEASH
Actress Moore DEMI
Word with no repeated letters ISOGRAM
Tell, as tales NARRATE
Instinctual energies LIBIDOS
Graceful skill FINESSE
Novelist Ellison RALPH
Compass reading ESE
Extremely small ATOMIC
Nonliteral phraseology IDIOMS
Latvia’s locale EUROPE
Time periods SPANS
Lots of land ACRES
Standing straight ERECT
Royal Navy designation HMS
Granny NANA
Neato, in the ’90s PHAT
Clumsy boat HULK
Cats guy’s monogram TSE
Spy missions OPS
UN immunization agency WHO
Gentle handling, initially TLC
