Across
1. Alternative to French or Italian
6. Sadness
12. Flying mammals
16. Quick greetings
19. Forgo a wedding planner, maybe
20. Can’t catch ___
21. “The dismal science,” for short
22. Hassle
23. Its seat is Ellicott City
25. Infusion with oxygen
27. “Now I get it!”
28. Azerbaijan’s capital
29. The purchase of Alaska from Russia, to haters
31. Howls at the moon, say
33. Microscopic
35. Drains
36. Owned by both of us
37. Tic-tac-toe figures
40. “I knew ___ say that!”
42. Use, as a restaurant table
45. Like good cake
48. Toy dog’s sound
50. Distance
52. “So that’s your game!”
53. When everyone goes silent
58. Fails to
61. Quaint place to stay
62. Mother Earth, to ancient Greeks
63. Not guilty, e.g.
64. Z’s
65. Light gas
67. Rat (out)
69. Grub
71. Fury
72. “The Owl and the Pussycat” poet
75. Favor, as a certain decision
80. Quick swim
81. HS math course
83. RBI, e.g.
84. Section of Manhattan or London
85. Talk
89. “So glad the weekend’s here!”
91. Finds a place for
93. “Ha ha!”
94. Like something that should have been done long ago
95. It was renamed Defense in the late 1940s
98. A thousand thou
99. Jacob’s wife
101. Show a lack of respect for
102. Buenos ___
103. Island of immigration
106. Worry
108. Police officers, in old slang
112. Killer whale
114. ___ Griffin’s Crosswords (2000s game show)
116. Pig fat
117. Rational
121. Scarecrow pal
125. Diana of The Avengers andGame of Thrones
127. It’s good in France
128. Clearing
129. Coveted statuette
132. ___ Cruces (city north of El Paso)
133. Tennis-ball brand
134. Vic who sang “You’re Breaking My Heart”
135. One of Columbus’s ships
136. Bottom-row key
137. Lovers’ quarrel
138. Doesn’t just rain
139. Number of wards DC comprises —and the number of them in this puzzle’s theme entries
Down
1. Amy Winehouse hit
2. Word on Hawaiian license plates
3. “Is that really true?”
4. Tax pro
5. Sage, e.g.
6. Overstuff with
7. Teem (with)
8. Play about Capote
9. Egg layers
10. Hall’s musical partner
11. Connector of two buildings
12. Smiles through the stress
13. Got 100 on
14. Trunk of the body
15. Unforeseen problems
16. Frozen pellet
17. TV show with singing, casually
18. Discman maker
24. Facts
26. Singer Amos
30. Heretics
32. Austin festival, briefly
34. Numbskull
38. Dateless partygoer
39. Easily fooled person
41. Root-beer brand
43. Sailor’s greeting
44. Conventioneer’s freebie
45. Its capital is Augusta
46. Totally humiliated in competition
47. “Someone already told me!”
49. Brazilian soccer great
51. One of two thrown by Max Scherzer in 2015
54. Senator who’s an ophthalmologist
55. Distribute cards
56. Woodley Park school
57. Sci-fi writer Stephenson
59. Currency in Cologne
60. Gets more and more angry
66. Low point
68. Playground stunt
70. Prepared to get out of bed
73. Watermelon cover
74. Latvia’s capital
76. Ares rocket builder
77. Many an early web surfer
78. River through Geneva and Lyon
79. No geniuses
82. Prepare (oneself)
85. Neither none nor all
86. Awful
87. Most chill
88. Sinker of many ships
90. Bank-deposit guarantor
92. Headliner
96. Class for immigrants, for short
97. Long to be reunited with
100. Insect that forages in raids
104. Its currency is the rial
105. Cancels, as a mission
107. Groups of three
109. Ma, for one
110. 13 and 113, for two
111. Pushing the boundaries
113. Magazine worker, for short
115. Far from silent
118. Go out with ___
119. ___ Capitol Street
120. Last until
121. Sugary drink
122. October birthstone
123. She played Hannah on Girls
124. Identify
126. Look on in wonder
130. Woodland female
131. Nintendo system since 2006
