THE PREMIER

SCRAPING FOR A MEAL

ACROSS

1 Letters with twists 6 “For want of — the horse was lost” 11 “Fernando” quartet 15 Tax-deferred svgs. plans 19 Not express, as a train 20 Daring feat 21 Briny expanses 22 Roman historian 23 Start of a riddle 25 Back talk 26 Caustic compounds 27 “Silkwood” star Meryl 28 Hail, mostly 29 Papier- — 30 IPod option 31 Riddle, part 2 35 700, to

22-Across 38 — -Julie, Que. 39 Morays and

congers 40 Lays away 41 Momentous

stretches 43 “Silence!” 46 Skinny 48 Six-pt. scores 49 Riddle, part 3 53 One of Isaac’s twins 57 Prenatal exam, briefly 58 “I’m so hungry I could — horse!” 59 J.D. Salinger title girl 60 Old Russian overlords 61 Movie house, in Spanish 63 Moreno of movies 65 Moo — pork 67 Rural tract 68 Riddle, part 4 74 Jackie O’s Onassis 76 Feel lousy 77 — Alto, California 78 Old — (Disney dog) 81 Ridge on a fingerprint 83 — mater 87 Gilbert of

“Roseanne” 89 Go away 90 Individual 91 Riddle, part 5 94 Sothern of “Blind

Date” 96 “Nuts!” 97 “Scat, cat!” 98 Email button 99 Flashy keyboard composition 103 Ruess of the band Fun 105 German city where Einstein was born 107 Real mess 108 End of the riddle 113 Prefix with

presence 114 Shutter parts 115 — de plume 116 Privy to the plot 120 City in Texas 121 El — (city in Texas) 122 Riddle’s answer 124 “Son of —!” 125 Kuwaiti, e.g. 126 — Lodge motels 127 Fashion’s Oscar de la — 128 Deep wishes 129 Parcel (out) 130 Halt 131 Bar seat

DOWN

1 Students at Yale 2 Cushiony 3 Injury vestige 4 Loosens up 5 Rains down cold

pellets 6 Stubborn

quadruped 7 Unemotional 8 Intuitive feeling 9 Cyclops’ facial feature 10 Sched. guess 11 Lee Harvey Oswald and others 12 Shore area 13 Big parties 14 Approve 15 Infirmities 16 Capital of Saudi Arabia 17 Broad road 18 B-board admins 24 Indifference 29 “Thoroughly

Modern —” 32 Don’t throw

away, maybe 33 Study fixture 34 The old man 35 Trim, as meat 36 Perjury, e.g. 37 Pink flower 42 Actress Jaclyn 44 Initiate 45 “Begin the tune!” 47 “Get Shorty”

studio 50 Parent of

Maybelline 51 Roman orator 52 Musician John 54 Habitats for

brine shrimp 55 Live 56 USSR’s Cold War

rival 60 Mississippi city 62 Far Eastern

sash 64 Gig gear 66 “Over here!” 69 Kingly name in

Norway 70 Oven for drying hops 71 Weak spots 72 Shul text 73 Butter alternatives 74 Piercing tool 75 Pi-sigma link 79 Occurrence 80 “Angie Baby”

singer Helen 82 Knee jerks, e.g. 84 British “Inc.” 85 Destined 86 Orderly

groupings 88 Nary — (no one) 91 Serving to block junk email 92 Obsessed by 93 Sheltie relative 95 Hanoi’s home, briefly 99 Having give-and

take 100 Measure of resistance 101 Mexican resort on the Yucatán 102 Blindingly bright 104 One of JFK’s

sisters 106 Coal diggers 109 Tears into 110 Chocolate quaff 111 Church cries 112 Flat rental sign 117 Taboo deed 118 “... as — say ...” 119 Popular cookware brand 122 “Parks and —” (NBC series, for short) 123 “The Raven” poet