Cute that you managed to include an alternate revealer! I wasn't familiar with EYEY1DFull of holes, as cheese[----] (or FIRE as a word for a throw/toss). Heads up: the clue for 19A19ACriticizes publically, slangily...and a clue as to what certain boxes in this puzzle contain[-----------] doesn't match the entry ("Criticize" but "THROWS").
"___ fair!" (words that can be said before or after 14A14A"It's a ___ that happened..."[----] by either party)
17A
OPEC member
18A
Nebraska natives
19A
Criticizes publically, slangily...and a clue as to what certain boxes in this puzzle contain
24A
OED entries
25A
Bad beginning?
26A
TV's Joker
29A
Nickname for Nadal
30A
Those: Sp.
31A
Perfect agreement
33A
Makes a move in chess that changes the position of two pieces
34A
Got rid of the suds
35A
Sammy of baseball
36A
Lose tautness
Down
1D
Full of holes, as cheese
2D
Obj. type in programming which looks like it hangs on by a thread?
3D
Tiny treats
4D
Overly flashy
5D
Finds a purpose for
6D
Refusal in another language that sounds like a number
7D
Biting insect
8D
Beyond repair
9D
NBA great Thomas
10D
2015 dark comedy film that involves humans turning into animals, with "The"
16D
See 29D29DWith 16D, another possible themer instead of 19A, had I chosen circled highlights for this puzzle instead[----]
18D
One seeing a lot of red?
20D
Ukrainian port
21D
Save up
22D
Actor Willem, who sounds like he should be the antagonist of every film he's in?
23D
African antelope
26D
Makes Hemsworth the actor for Geralt in "The Witcher", for example
27D
Norway's capital
28D
Burrito chain which shares the name of a fictional bar
29D
With 16D16DSee 29D[----], another possible themer instead of 19A19ACriticizes publically, slangily...and a clue as to what certain boxes in this puzzle contain[-----------], had I chosen circled highlights for this puzzle instead