THE PREMIER

GETTING SERVED IN THE MIDEAST

ACROSS

1 Flag supporter 5 Coen of film 10 Proposition 15 Melville mariner 19 One-spot cards 20 Bucks 21 “Odyssey”

enchantress 22 Woman of rank 23 Start of a riddle 26 “... — it just me?” 27 Painful spots 28 Literary Leon 29 Subj. for U.S.

immigrants 30 Horseshoe

shaped iron bar 31 Riddle, part 2 36 Bit of legend 37 Transmit 38 Showy scarf 39 Italian “God” 40 Cry loudly 43 Singer Smith 45 Less bold 48 “Misled” singer

Celine 49 Riddle, part 3 56 Marketing news

mag 57 Big name in

electric razors 58 Oman export 59 “Blue” singer

Rimes 60 Director Elia 61 Hidden mike 62 Drop off 65 Unit of corn 66 Riddle, part 4 71 — Lingus 72 “Dr.” of rap 73 Writer Fleming 74 Spud state 75 Plane path 77 Boom maker 78 Obtain 81 Hotel room Bible placer 82 Riddle, part 5 87 Fed a line 88 Old-time actress

Palmer 89 Blue yonder 90 Links org. 91 Suffix with 121-Across 92 “Sure” 93 Archibald of old basketball 97 Regal Norse

name 100 End of the riddle 107 Jordanian capital 108 A, in Acapulco 109 Electric, water or gas: Abbr. 110 Merger with Mobil in 1999 112 Country singer — Keith 113 Riddle’s answer 117 Author — Stanley Gardner 118 “Later!” 119 “Star Trek” officer 120 British conservative 121 Forecaster 122 “Bleeding Love” singer Lewis 123 Volga native 124 Farm females DOWN 1 Rabbit’s feet 2 Ellen who was the first Latina in space 3 Get wind (of) 4 Honor 5 Type widths 6 Little squirt 7 Just so-so 8 1999-2004

Oldsmobiles 9 Aboriginal 10 Autumn mo. 11 — mignon 12 Insolent 13 “Green” product sticker 14 Ump’s cousin 15 Baked brick 16 Last Anglo-Saxon king of England 17 Umpteen 18 Oscar category for “Let It Go” 24 Early Bill Cosby series 25 “The end — sight” 30 Stage legend

Hagen 32 “No worries” 33 Burn black 34 Detroit flop 35 Detached, as a

coupon 40 Went flat 41 “Mercy me!” 42 “Watch out!” 44 Talking birds 46 Ad — 47 Wall St. intro 48 Singer Lana —

Rey 50 D.C. bigwig 51 Common bowling

game 52 Seep out 53 Sardonic

Lebowitz 54 Intel chip brand 55 Result of excessive teasing? 60 Guy doll 61 Playbill info 62 Lessen 63 Fit in 64 Starr of old

comics 67 Scary snake 68 Actress Falco 69 Fix, as socks 70 Sharpens 76 Bridal vow 77 Senator Cruz 78 Internet inits. 79 D halved 80 Actor Aidan 81 Country’s

Crystal 82 Protective film

sheets 83 Mount where four presidents went bust? 84 Look like 85 Deter 86 Hershey’s toffee

bar 92 Urge 94 “Son of —!” 95 “Shame!” 96 “Happy Endings” actress Cuthbert 98 New — (Enya,

e.g.) 99 Obsess (on) 101 Bill settler 102 “That Night —”

(old film) 103 1800s veep Burr 104 Scoff at 105 U-shaped river

bend 106 Black, in Lille 111 Bill blockers 113 — -Mart 114 Simile center 115 Italian monk 116 Bern’s river