PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE

SQUARE PHASE

ACROSS

1 Work unit

6 Duo plus one 10 Orangutans, e.g.

14 Plot out, as an equation 19 Desert refuge

20 In an obliging manner 22 Evoking an earlier style 23 Start of a riddle

25 Rob of “Melrose Place” 26 Enticement

27 “— longa, vita brevis” 28 March Madness org. 29 — mama (rum cocktail) 30 Tarnish

32 Rd. with a number 33 Hormone released during childbirth

35 Riddle, part 2 41 Signified

42 Valentine’s Day feeling 43 Angle measure 44 History unit

45 Pretend

46 Particular printing 48 Lock go-with 49 Marina del —

51 Riddle, part 3 56 Considers to be

60 Like unripe bananas 61 Always, in poetry 62 Hugs, in letters 64 Airline of Israel

65 Pod fillers

66 Riddle, part 4

71 Delilah player Lamarr 72 Hotel furniture 73 History unit

74 Suffix with strict 75 Inedible type of orange 77 Coiled length of yarn 79 Riddle, part 5 85 Fleeced male

87 “The Walking Dead” airer

88 “Royals” singer

89 Anti votes

90 —Kosh B’gosh (kids’ clothing brand) 93 1998-2008 Toyota model

96 Former Nintendo rival 97 Orlando theme park 99 End of the riddle

103 Lack of vigor

104 Suffix with beat 105 “— was saying ...” 106 “See ya!,” British-style 107 Ernie’s pal

109 Pierre’s pal

111 Lariat part

115 Covered with vines 116 Riddle’s answer

120 Nairobi’s land

121 Prep schools

122 “The Magic Flute,” e.g. 123 Provided with a border 124 Small equine

125 Film lioness

126 Dot in the sea

DOWN

1 Droopy cheek

2 Waikiki Beach locale 3 — -friendly

4 Tackle, guard or center 5 Supposed psychic gift 6 Thunder god

7 Sales agents, for short 8 Unsound

9 Like most sandals 10 Saintly glow

11 Court declaration 12 Yale Daily News staffer 13 Similarly defined wd. 14 Enlarged

15 Broadcast again 16 Briefcase variety 17 First-ever

18 Christian cry of praise 21 Stood up to

24 Wyatt at the O.K. Corral 29 To a large degree 31 Apparel

32 Totally absorbed 33 Outdated

34 VI doubled

35 PC support whiz, perhaps

36 “Drink” for a constantly critical sort

37 Alternatively 38 Fat-and-flour mixture 39 Utah city

40 Oscar winner Dunaway 41 See 82-Down

47 Have a hunch

48 “On the Road” novelist Jack

50 Cowboy cry 52 “Absolutely, sarge!” 53 Big retailer of outdoor gear

54 Hawaii’s Mauna — 55 Hither’s partner

57 Posh quality

58 Scooched over, perhaps 59 Devious

63 “Get Shorty” star Chris 65 “Masterpiece” network 67 Set- — (brawls)

68 Game akin to crazy eights

69 Dot-com address 70 “Magnum, P.I.” star Tom

76 Trapshooting targets, informally

78 Stereotypical workingclass family man

80 Ace or deuce

81 “If — be so bold ...” 82 With 41-Down, lotus sitters’ cushion

83 Asia’s — Sea 84 “Spring ahead” hrs. 86 Ties down, as a boat 90 Resembling a hooting bird

91 Bundled, as wheat 92 High- — (snubbing) 94 Pull along

95 Khan who married Rita Hayworth

96 “I’m OK with it” 98 Comedian Emo

100 It might be given by a flirter

101 Way to serve ham or pastrami

102 Café au — 107 Wheat husk

108 Water whirl

109 City in Iowa

110 Plateau’s kin

112 Law school newbie 113 Folklore giant 114 Exam for H.S. juniors 116 Brief snooze

117 — -friendly

118 Fossil fuel

119 — polloi