10.19.08 -- Perjury!

“Damn you!“ -- Marlene Dietrich, Witness for the Prosecution, 1957
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LIEUNDEROATH (112. Perjure oneself … or what can be found six times in this puzzle) is the binding entry for twelve across entries (including itself) --
CANTDOATHING (24. Is completely hamstrung) and LIEOVER (28. Completely cover); MYTHROATHURTS (26. Cold sufferer’s complaint) and BELIE (30A. Contradict); SEMIPROATHLETES (57. Part-time players) and PURLIEU (61. Confines); THEORADTOATHENS (77. Title of some 2004 Summer Olympics preview shows) and LIENS (83. Security agreements); SHOWBOATHOTEL (108. Atlantic City casino) and FLIEDOUT (114. Batted the ball too high, perhaps); OATHAYS (106. Certain feeds for horses) and LIEUNDEROATH.
The remainder of the crossword is much more straightforward.
Across: 1. Titles for some monks; 5. Litter unit; 8. Wind with a wide range, OBOE; 12. Fashion; 18. Tony’s cousin, OBIE; 19. Paul Anka’s “ESO Beso”; 20. “Too rich for my blood”; 21. Carbohydrate binding protein; 22. Be fooled; 31. Stream bank sliders; 33. Mad workers: Abbr.; 34. Old printing process, for short; 35. Big bore; 38. And more: Abbr.; 40. Musical set in Berlin; 43. Dept. head; 44. Stomach section; 46. Way off; 50. Ballet’s Markova or Alonso; 51. “WarGames” org.; 53. Photographer’s request, maybe; 56. Opposite of comico-; 59. Some playground shoes; 60. Cut; 61. Confines; 62. Cooking meas.; 63. Phlegmatic; 65. Hospital procedure, for short; 69. IV to III, maybe; 71. Part of a bedroom suite; 73. Pigskin pickoff: Abbr.; 74. Little bits; 81. “O.K., play!”; 82. Not quite boiling; 84. Spanish Harlem grocery; 86. Kitties; 86. Double DIP; 88. Have a date, say; 89. It’s not a silk purse source, it’s said; 90. Tennis center?; 93. Cousin of Voilà!”; 95. Mixed bag; 96. You may have a nightcap when you’re in these; 99. Like some salons; 101. Platform introduced in 1981; 103. 1969 Nabokov novel; 115. Punish by fining; 116. Cast iron, e.g.; 117. “Yes”; 118. Victim of Pizarro; 119. Lessee; 120. Ominous time of old; 121. RES gestae; 122. Poetic adverb.
Down: 1. Inflexible teaching; 2. Toes the line; 3. Catcher’s collection; 4. Clockmaker SETH Thomas; 5. Sri Lankan export; 6. Wear out, potentially; 7. Producer who discovered and married Loren; 8. Poet known as “the Tentmaker”; 9. High society; 10. Make greater strides than; 11. LAX listing: Abbr.; 12. Eau CLAIRE; 13. Opportunity to go beyond the first grade?; 14. Come back; 15. Suffix with form or inform; 16. Like forks; 17. Many Rice grads: Abbr.; 20. Hosp. area; 23. Kind of rice used in risotto; 25. Hooray for Jorge; 27. Child’s attention-getting call to a parent; 32. Like some customs; 34. Bigot, of a sort; 36. Prefix with business; 37. Cast events after filming is done; 39. Showed up; 40. Wine vessel; 41. How a ship may be turned; 42. Cardinal’s residence; 45. Some Venetian Renaissance paintings; 47. Be perfect; 48. They’re often drawn; 49. Defendant in court: Abbr.; 51. Fresh; 52. Slip a Mickey to; 54. Belgian treaty site; 55. It doesn’t really represent change; 57. Left; 58. Nugget holder; 60. Distiller HIRAM Walker; 64. 1960s baseball All-Star Blue Moon ODOM; 65. Cousin of equi-; 66. Square MEAL; 68. Reply to “You couldn’t have!”; 69. Pull up; 70. Cry of exasperation; 72. Loses one’s shirt?; 73. Ties; 75. New York City racetrack, informally; 76. Macy’s logo; 78. Surge; 79. 2006 N.B.A. champs; 80. Put away, in a way; 81. Concerned wife’s question in the E.R., maybe; 84. Western wear; 87. Like a home that’s no risk to the builder; 89. Soap-making solution; 91. Subtlety; 92. Former late-night TV host; 94. Blow out; 96. POLAR opposite; 97. Longtime Philippine archbishop JAIME Sin; 98. One of the Dutch Masters; 100. Suffix with vapour; 102. As yet; 103. Priest’s urging; 104. Two for some hand holders; 105. Preacher’s post; 107. Offended; 109. Siouan people; 110. Rationale; 111. Ruler of the Aesir; 113. Italy’s equivalent of the BBC.
To be honest, I didn‘t see the lies until I completed the whole puzzle -- er, perjury!
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