Theme: "Initial Offerings" - The initials of each three-word entry are also contained in each theme entry.
23. When the Commodore 64 computer was released: NINETEEN EIGHTY TWO. (Thanks, Owen).
30. World capital since 1931: NEW DELHI, INDIA. Steve traveled their for business once. Toxic smog.
52. 1982 Physical Tour singer: OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN.
67. "Excuse me ... ": PARDON THE INTERRUPTION.
85. What a shutout lowers: EARNED RUN AVERAGE.
104. Capital near Siena College: ALBANY, NEW YORK. Two places in our theme set.
116. Highest grossing movie of 1980, with "The": EMPIRE STRIKES BACK.
I like EARNED RUN AVERAGE answer the best as ERA is an common abbreviations, very apt initial.
So nice to see David Kwong's byline. He's a magician and a fantastic crossword constructor.
Across:
1. Extra NHL periods: OTS.
4. Official order: EDICT.
9. Prefix suggesting savings: ECONO.
14. Weightlifting units: REPS.
18. Like a nonexistent chance: FAT.
19. Provides an excuse: ALIBIS. Did not know it's also a verb.
20. Queen Amidala's "Star Wars" home: NABOO. Forgot. We had this before. We also have 112. Lucas droid: ARTOO.
21. Rink move: AXEL.
22. Christmas buy: FIR.
26. Clean Air Act org.: EPA.
27. Eye drop: TEAR.
28. Looks for prints: DUSTS.
29. Driveway hoops game: H-O-R-S-E. Unfamiliar to me.
34. Bart Simpson's grandma: MONA. We see ABE more often.
35. One might be slipped: DISC.
36. California's Santa __ River: ANA.
37. Character who said about her father, "Yet he hath ever but slenderly known himself": REGAN. Sounds like Rich's clue.
40. Amigo of Fidel: CHE.
43. Doctrines: ISMS.
47. Tennis great: ASHE.
50. Hood: GANGSTER.
57. Corrida participant: TORO.
58. Bug: NAG.
59. Novel makeup: PROSE.
60. Prey for a Hauskatze: MAUS. Gimme for Spitzboov. Hauskatze is house cat in German. We also have 51. German town: STADT.
61. Starchy roots: TAROS. I love taros. You can find taro cakes in some dim sum places.
62. Card game shout: UNO.
63. "Cotton Candy" jazzman: HIRT (Al)
64. Defeat: LICK.
65. Low-pH stuff: ACID.
74. Son of Seth: ENOS.
75. "Gigi" playwright: LOOS (Anita)
76. Assures, as a win: ICES.
77. Cal Poly campus site, initially: SLO. OK, San Luis Obispo.
78. Zoo features: CAGES.
81. "Beloved" novelist Morrison: TONI.
82. Lab dish eponym: PETRI.
83. Give the chance to: LET.
84. Word on a bill: UNUM.
89. Place to get a lift: SKI SLOPE.
91. Aspiring atty.'s exam: LSAT.
92. Sushi roll wrap: NORI. I like these hand rolls. Sometimes I spread a thin layer of wasabi inside.
93. Camera move: PAN.
94. Ahead: ON TOP.
96. Personal quirk: TIC.
98. Org. giving G's and R's: MPAA.
102. Declines: EBBS.
110. Stiller's partner: MEARA.
114. Quick reminder: MEMO.
115. Hindu title: SRI.
120. X, at times: TEN.
121. Cut out: OMIT.
122. Attach with twine: TIE ON.
123. Unsettling looks: STARES.
124. Bread grain: OAT. Never tried oatmeal bread.
125. Living __: WAGE.
126. Professional gps.: ASSNS.
127. One of the vitals: PULSE.
128. With 87-Down, fairly: PRO. 87. See 128-Across: RATA.
Down:
1. Insult: OFFEND.
2. National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall site: TAIPEI. Gimme.
3. Soda shop supply: STRAWS.
4. Architect Saarinen: ELIEL.
5. Alice's cat: DINAH.
6. Andorra's region: IBERIA.
7. Op. __: CIT.
8. Half a fly: TSE.
9. Ho-hum feeling: ENNUI.
10. Type of salad: CAESAR.
11. Parting words?: OBIT.
12. Quaffs with punch: NOGS. Eggnogs.
13. Massage reaction: OOH.
14. Ersatz silk: RAYON.
15. Tool for removing broken screws: EXTRACTOR. Do you have this in your tool box, TTP/D-Otto?
16. Seats arranged in rows: PEWS.
17. Shrub with a purple fruit: SLOE.
19. Chip in a pot: ANTE.
24. Baseball Hall of Famer Roush: EDD.
25. Beachwear for the immodest: THONG.
31. Lowest multiple of CLI that fits in this space: DCIV. Wow, can anyone explain this to me?
32. Thunderstruck: IN AWE. I'm in awe of the above clue.
33. Creator of the GOP elephant: NAST (Thomas)
34. "Death in Venice" author: MANN.
38. Freudian topics: EGOS.
39. "Dilbert" cry: GAH.
41. Subway fare?: HERO.
42. God with a quiver: EROS.
44. Drawing tools: SIPHONS.
45. First quarterback to exceed 5,000 passing yards in a season: MARINO (Dan)
46. Derisive sounds: SNORTS.
48. Superfamily including gibbons: HOMINOIDS.
49. Makes into law: ENACTS.
52. "Movin' __": '70s-'80s sitcom theme song: ON UP.
53. "Smallville" character: LANA.
54. Horror film helper: IGOR. "Young Frankenstein".
55. O.T. queen: ESTH.
56. Artful dodge: JUKE. Learning moment for me.
61. More under the influence: TIPSIER.
64. Soccer great Messi: LIONEL. FC Barcelona. Has anyone shopped via Rakuten?
65. Inverse trig function: ARCTAN.
66. Big name in tequila: CUERVO. Wiki says Jose CuervoIt is "the best-selling tequila in the world".
68. Thinks: DEEMS.
69. SpaceX CEO Musk: ELON. One of the Most Admired Men in 2019.
70. Nothing, in Nantes: RIEN.
71. Madonna's "La __ Bonita": ISLA.
72. Cassini of fashion: OLEG.
73. Reference book reference: NOTE.
78. Verge: CUSP.
79. "Lonely Boy" singer: ANKA.
80. Testing subject: GUINEA PIG. Nice fill.
81. Palm smartphone: TREO.
82. World leader who's a judo black belt: PUTIN.
85. Long times: EONS.
86. Pertinent: APT.
88. Frost-covered: RIMY.
90. Kind of pneumonia: LOBAR.
95. Benefactor: PATRON.
97. One of two in a crash: CYMBAL.
99. Recovery place: POST-OP.
100. Overdue debt more commonly pluralized: ARREAR. True
101. Quite a bit like: AKIN TO.
103. Shiny, in product names: BRITE. Love this lint roller.
105. Butcher shop cuts: LOINS.
106. __ choy: BOK. With oyster sauce.
107. Is closer to reaching: NEARS.
108. Run the show: EMCEE.
109. Bowl-shaped pans: WOKS.
110. "I'm ready to come in now": MEOW.
111. John's first partner on American TV's "The Avengers": EMMA (Peel)
112. Clearance item caveat: AS IS.
113. Highways: Abbr.: RTES.
117. Bus sched. letters: ETA.
118. FRA neighbor, to the IOC: ESP. France. EspaƱa.
119. Onetime Beatle Sutcliffe: STU.
C.C.