THE PREMIER

HOPPER IN THE SOOT

ACROSS

1 Whip material 8 Complain 14 Publisher Ochs 20 Red-faced 21 Fly a 727, e.g. 22 “Heat” co-star Robert 23 Start of a riddle 25 One running away to wed 26 Title for Tennyson 27 Roadside stopover 28 Old Glory’s land 29 Desktop

machines 30 Riddle, part 2 39 Chop into small

cubes 40 Fit to be donned 41 Tire-trapping

furrows 42 Sharp nudge 45 Tot’s “piggies” 47 Glass parts 48 End of many

28-Downs 49 — -Pro 50 Riddle, part 3 57 — suit (1940s outfit) 59 Football Hall of Famer Junior 60 Precipitates cold

flakes 61 Ram’s partner 62 Equine animals 65 Bert’s buddy 68 Turned in for the

night 70 Riddle, part 4 74 Signaled incorrectly, as an actor 77 Substitute for chocolate 78 Force of rotation 82 System of beliefs 83 Horse noise 86 Virginie, par

exemple 88 “Gross!” 89 Riddle, part 5 95 “Dark” quaff 96 Kit — 97 As regards 98 Vague sense 99 Pop 100 Suffix with prank or trick 102 Swiss franc divisions 106 Squishy ball

brand 108 End of the riddle 114 With 24-Down, drilling structure 115 Lady-Tramp link 116 Sargasso Sea fish 117 Woody Guthrie’s son 118 Future revealer 120 Riddle’s answer 127 Mosey along 128 With milk, French-style 129 Leading female role 130 Service songbook 131 Artifacts 132 Result of an absent goalie

DOWN

1 “A Natural Man” singer Lou 2 Put on — (act) 3 “Void — prohibited” 4 Picked up and

gave to 5 “— Believer” 6 Dawn beads 7 Old Tokyo 8 “Catch my drift?” 9 Broad street 10 Pre-2001 space station 11 Big mouth 12 H, to Homer 13 — gestae 14 “— Fideles” (carol) 15 Put off action 16 Yoko of song and art 17 Cosmetic to enhance the kisser 18 Trimmed to size in advance 19 Equine animals 24 See 114-Across 28 Virtual address 31 Falafel wrap 32 Revered one 33 Essentialities 34 Boat cover 35 Singer India 36 Really denounces 37 “Peer Gynt”

playwright 38 Frizzy dos,

informally 42 Dixieland or

bebop 43 Emollient plant

additive 44 Oozy lump 46 Like chiffon 48 Sam’s Club

competitor 51 50+ org. 52 — Wars (RomeCarthage conflicts) 53 Actress Diana 54 Nest sound 55 Have debts 56 Poet Hughes 58 — II (Gillette

brand) 63 Summer appliance, for short 64 Charlie of “Spin

City” 66 — rut (stuck) 67 Marsh bird 69 “Just doing my best” 71 Hippie-style “Got it” 72 Tiniest bit 73 Channel for hoops fan 74 1/1,000 inch 75 Prefix with lateral 76 Fire safety device 79 College area 80 Coll. near Beverly Hills 81 Managed, with “out” 84 Rat race 85 Tip-offs 87 “For — is the

kingdom ...” 90 Kid’s racing vehicle 91 Basic street layout 92 Powerful auto engine 93 Wild goat of Eurasia 94 Former Ford

auto, in brief 100 Nike symbol 101 Six times five 102 Howard of

sportscasts 103 Slice of time 104 Like a utopia 105 Ream’s 500 107 Perfume bottle 109 Writer Cather 110 Bridge writer Culbertson 111 “Argo” actor Alan 112 TV actress Graff 113 Sacred choral piece 119 Cell dweller 120 Hertz rental 121 Shade 122 Not well 123 — tai 124 Margaret of stand-up 125 Congress mem. 126 Mad feeling