Ballot Boxes By Merl Reagle NOTE: Four squares in this puzzle must remain empty. (After all, you don’t fill in every blank when you vote, right?) The Downs behave normally (sort of), but the Across answers have a left-right thing going on with some of the empty squares (as you’ll see). Otherwise, this is just a little reminder to vote on Tuesday. ACROSS 1 Intro to “mania” 7 Impact sound 10Up to now 15“Sextette” first name 18Book before Job 19Grizzly, in Guaymas 20Bush judicial appointee 21Complain 22Special event at a fetish club? 24Island near Sicily 25Opposite of ecto26It’s breathtaking 27Greet and seat 29Indian chief who invented barbecue? 31Contest submission form 34Unrhymed poetry, usually in iambic pentameter 36Place with plates 37Bar soap brand 39Seized sedan, perhaps 40Mellifluous Mel 42Raising the ___ 43Sudden influx 46Up to one’s ears (in) 48Declaim 52Lone Star beverage that goes great with Baked Alaska? 54Actor Ayres 55Television? 57“Yikes!” 58Around, in dates 60Scout’s mission 62Sparrow portrayer 63Write in nothing 65Place with nothing written in 67Track numbers 69Goldilocks word 70Lodge member 72Paltry rating 75Start of an engagement, often 77Nelson or Nimitz: abbr. 80Twain kid 82At very close range 84It’s signed but has no amount written in 88Voting group 90Mirror-ball milieu 93Inflict, as havoc 95Look like a wolf 96Marrying each other’s former spouses? 98Intro to Beagle or Bounty 100 Agent Smart working undercover? 102 Lute’s cousin 103 Staircase sound 105 Flared dress type 106 Dash units 107 Credit-card come-on 109 Chopped 111Pub pastime 113 Salad type 116 Momentarily forget (or get lucky in Scrabble) 118 Trancelike look 120 Snacks for certain dogs? 122 Michael Moore documentary 124 Market special 128 Concerning 129 Hair-razing experience 131 Cleansing herbs from the highest mountains of Tibet? 134 “___ Free” 135 British diaper 136 135 Across wearer 137 Sweater material 138 Hotel amenity 139 Unpleasantly plump 140 “I’ll ___!” 141 Small chicken 28Mt. Everest gateway 30“___, the great and powerful” 32Condé ___ 33Personality sort that’s quiet on the outside but angry inside 35Crew member 37Secret stash 38Hippodrome, e.g. 39Perform another MRI on 41George Burns film 42Sci. course 44Line on a graph 45Florida fish 47Agape sensation 49Be the lookout, e.g. 50Sullivan’s Gigio 51Fairly large fair DOWN 53Peace symbol 1 Fight starter 56Mayberry first name 2 Biblical twin 59Hotshot 3 Memo abbr. 61Pertaining to a peeper part 4 “Columbia, ___ of the ocean” 64Seasonal sprite 5 Actor Barker 66Sci-fi film power 6 West side? 68Jiffy 7 Birdie’s counterpart 71Eastwood film, “Joe ___” 8 Tennis legend 73Roadside rescue 9 Greed or revenge, perhaps 74Flyboy 10Froot Loops toucan 76Like racehorses 11Five Norse kings 77Burrows and Vigoda 12Meat counter choices 78561 13“___ girl!” 79Apple-juice entrepreneur 14Nomad 81Girl who cries “uncle”? 15Woofer’s woe 83Curbside call 16Zeal 85Snowy wader 17Bond creator? 86Slangy dollars 21In the middle 87Frat party empties 23Mt. Tabor’s land: abbr. 89“Breaking Bad” star 91“Evita” role 92Buffett’s backyard 94Somewhat, informally 97Let out ___ (bellow) 99Distorts, as data 101 Right around the corner 104 Bureaucratic hoops 108 California city 110 Belt sites 112 Quit a chess game 113 Grumpy sorts 114 Teller of tales 115 Additional 117 Replies to an invite 118 Play hockey, e.g. 119 Great weight 121 Obsessed skipper 123 ___ En-lai 125 Immensely 126 Croft of video games 127 Semester tester 130 Storm center 132 Chew the fat 133 Messenger ___ NEW BOOK! For info on my “100th Anniversary Crossword Book” (50 puzzles, 80 pages), visit sundaycrosswords.com. Puzzle © 2014 by M. Reagle