Lead-in to a stark reality Crossword Clue

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LEAD-IN (noun)
1. the introductory section of a story
2. wire connecting an antenna to a receiver or a transmitter to a transmission line
REALITY (noun)
1. all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
2. the state of being actual or real

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Across

1. "— Town"

4. "___ funny …" (the most exciting phrase to hear in science, per Isaac Asimov)

9. "Don't take offense," nowadays

16. N.Y.C. neighborhood where the Cronut was invented

19. Mid-voyage

20. Members of a tough crowd, perhaps

21. Some painkillers

22. Neighbor of Pakistan

23. Go-ahead responses

24. The humanities, traditionally

26. Move gingerly

27. H.S. exams taken for college credit

28. Hockey goal scored by deflecting an incoming puck

29. Follower of Robespierre, in 18th-century France

30. Winged pest

31. What a daredevil might go without

32. Binary pronoun options

34. Photographer Goldin

35. Expecting, informally

37. One of two, in this clue

39. Mafiosi

42. Armada vessel

43. Smidgen

44. One tapped by leadership?

45. Temper

46. Bit of smack talk

47. Sacred bird of Egyptian mythology

49. Go in circles

51. Taiwan-based tech giant

52. Formicary residents

54. Part of an underground network?

55. Maritime hazard

56. It's simultaneously attractive and repulsive

58. Malty craft beer

60. Personal

61. Mont Blanc, par exemple

62. Like much limestone

63. Gender abbr.

64. Mamas mama

66. Warning letters before a link

68. Narrative arc

69. Athletic competitions

70. Band whose name is a rhyme scheme

71. Vaping implement

72. Oscar-winning Michelle

73. Modest bouquet

74. On the safe side, nautically

75. Derby entry

76. Comedian Philips

77. Pompous "I"

79. Makes mincemeat of

81. Verifiable

82. Actor Sebastian ___ of the "Avengers" movies

83. Capital of East Timor

84. Hurt badly

85. Packaging cords

87. Slippery

88. Sloth e.g.

89. All-encompassing prefix

90. Goddess of the dawn

91. Site-seeing need?

92. ___ Rebellion (19th-century Chinese conflict)

95. Something to chew on

97. Is too overwhelmed with emotion to speak

101. Showy

102. Big name in fruit juice, or the first three letters of the fruit in it

103. What "E" on a gauge means

105. iPhone speaker?

106. Spinoff of a popular lecture series

107. Beers advertised with the slogan "La vida más fina"

110. Prop ___

111. Actress Carrie of HBO's "The Leftovers"

112. Fighting

113. Tidy way to color … and where seven words are hiding in this puzzle?

115. Word on a shoppe sign

116. Nike's Swoosh or McDonald's Golden Arches

117. Course with a name derived from the French word for "clear the table"

118. Filmmaker John who directed the "Thriller" music video

119. Equal

120. Not quite yet

121. Big name in Western wear

122. Good Grief

123. Some flight tracker data, for short

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Down

1. Word after second or before split

2. Hard court tournament

3. What might fill you up after you fill up

4. Parliamentary conservatives

5. Cuisine style that's kept simmering at the table

6. Pantheon of Norse gods

7. Send

8. W-9 nine: Abbr.

9. Shortened name on a Pelicans jersey

10. Well-connected grp.?

11. Take a breather

12. Milliners' decorations

13. Stayed home for dinner

14. "Nebraska" actor Bruce

15. Shape of the border between yin and yang

16. Longtime host Robert of NPR's "All Things Considered"

17. Tries

18. Approximate weight of a subcompact car or a medium-size giraffe

20. *Came clean

25. Set new records, say, informally

33. ___ pants (loose-fitting garb)

35. American patriot Thomas

36. Author of the "Goosebumps" series

38. Gone by

40. Came (from)

41. Walks leisurely

42. Sydneysider's salutation

44. Two-point play in American football

47. "At a time like this, scorching ___, not convincing argument, is needed": Frederick Douglass

48. Super Mario character also known as King Koopa

49. ___ hook (device attached to a rope or cable)

50. Stillness

53. Star witness?

57. 16 years, for Little League Baseball

58. Risen from the ashes

59. Sloth e.g.

65. Extreme pain

67. Line of questioning?

69. Saltwater

78. Letter-shaped dress style

79. Single-player and multiplayer, for two

80. Knight's need

82. Rockefeller Plaza muralist

84. Driver

86. Puns and anagrams, e.g.

91. Except if

92. Comes to

93. Retort that sounds like a "Star Wars" character

94. "Twister" star Bill

96. Encryption code, in computer science lingo

97. Spanish "when"

98. Virgil epic

99. Worn down

100. Some Bay Area athletes, familiarly

102. Following

104. Fun romance

107. Apt letters missing from "Te_h_ology r_view si_e"

108. Emperor with a statue outside the Colosseum

109. Memo header

113. Points the finger at

114. Popular wood for American whiskey barrels until a 20th-century blight

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