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PITIFUL PANTRY PROBLEM
ACROSS
1 Spot's threat
4 Bacteria-growing gel
8 Crevices
13 Having the most wisdom
19 Glasgow refusal
20 "Space Ghost" cartoonist Alex
21 Actress Kemper of "The Office"
22 Swollen and distended
23 Central North Carolina city
25 747, say
26 Often-used expressions
27 Start of a riddle
30 "Three Times --" (1978 hit song)
31 Hay unit
32 Be in great anguish
36 Trainee, e.g.
37 Riddle, part 2
42 Diplomat's skill
44 Former NBAer Ming
45 Gets wrinkles out of
46 See 71-Down
49 1930s-'40s prez
50 Church vestibule
53 Classical intro?
54 Riddle, part 3
59 It may take the cake
61 "-- Sexy" (1992 #1 hit song) 62 Clapton of rock 63 Bernstein's "Candide," for one
67 Early Oscar winner Jannings
68 Riddle, part 4
72 Fought (for)
73 Look for a therapist, say
75 Poi base
76 River mouth deposit
77 Go via boat
78 Riddle, part 5
82 "-- culpa!"
85 How a winding path proceeds
87 Part of RBI or ERA
88 Dir. from Ariz. to Ky.
89 Dazzling success
91 Despot Amin
92 Gives a hand
96 End of the riddle
100 "Woe is me!"
104 "The Mummers' Dance" singer McKennitt
105 No longer relevant
106 Classic arcade name
107 Riddle's answer
113 All-terrain military vehicle
116 Clipped, as a sheep
117 Many a magic trick
118 Give support
119 Sizable
120 Sulky state
121 Malt product
122 Some online greetings
123 Possessed
124 GI's "lullaby"
125 Longest river of Scotland
DOWN 1 Chew on persistently
2 In an overly hasty way
3 Hold a new trial for
4 Up a tree
5 Silly mistake
6 Razor option
7 Certain parallelogram
8 Drive back
9 "Maybe"
10 Shortcoming
11 Ex-Yankee Martinez
12 Appear
13 Miserly
14 Sound engineer's console
15 Smiling one
16 Swelled head
17 Resident of a gaming "City"
18 NFL scores
24 "It's the -- an era"
28 Rowboat pair
29 Satisfied sigh
33 Victor's gloat
34 "Titanic" actor Billy
35 Petro-Canada rival
37 Time -- half 3
8 Square type
39 Meg of "I.Q."
40 Three feet
41 "Poppycock!"
43 "Should that be true ..."
46 Brown, Penn and Harvard
47 "The Silence of the Lambs" director Jonathan 48 Shaw of swing
50 "Valiant attempt!"
51 Aspiration
52 Just-prior periods
55 Egg middles
56 Work fill-in
57 Goya's gold
58 Cedar cousin
60 "Fat chance!"
63 -- about (close to)
64 Mark in "pinata"
65 "Grand" Rockies peak
66 Wise saying
68 Herr's "no"
69 Pot for arroz con pollo
70 "Poppycock!"
71 With 46-Across, brand of frozen fries
74 Is in first place
76 "-- be shy"
78 Bona -- (real)
79 Lena of "Havana"
80 Grand -- (auto race)
81 Drive out
82 Whine like a baby
83 Yodeling comeback
84 Banned orchard spray
86 Currency of Laos
90 Dined at someone else's place
92 Embellished
93 Haughty sort
94 Band's lineup of gig songs
95 Fills up
97 "Gas Food Lodging" director Allison
98 Tennis player Shriver
99 Appear
101 Lasso
102 Colorful ring of anatomy
103 Writer Sheldon
106 Lies against
108 Port of Norway
109 Turn to liquid
110 Trumpet, e.g.
111 Forearm part
112 Radar image
113 Color tone
114 Scanned market ID
115 Deg. for many an exec