THE PREMIER
PICK A CARD ACROSS
1 Firing sound 6 Frog sound 11 Kerfuffles 15 Soldiers of Seoul 19 Old Aegean region 20 Singer with the 2013 #1 hit “Royals” 21 Typesetter’s option 22 Saber’s kin 23 Film that’s both funny and gloomy 25 Thin material used in painting and baking 27 Bulls scores 28 Putt-putt 30 Yard sale proviso 32 With 40-Across, classic grape drink 33 Step inside 34 “Mirage” actor Edward James — 38 Boolean logic operator 40 See 32-Across 42 Opening bets 45 Overhead air circulator 48 Films, TV, hit songs, etc. 51 Fancy snack 52 — McAn 54 See 50-Down 55 Chilly powder 56 “The Simpsons” shopkeeper 57 Clock setting in NYC 59 “... man — mouse?” 61 Sketched 63 Priest follower? 64 Homeland 69 “— Brockovich” 71 Cynic’s look 72 Sheep group 73 — vu 75 Metal debris 79 Pianist Hines 81 Alternative medical practices 84 Rubble maker 87 TVs “Better Call —” 89 “— -hoo!” (“Hello!”) 90 Equal: Prefix 91 Subpar mark 92 High cards 94 FBI agent 96 Bulky brass 98 Michigan county or its seat 101 Important biblical meal 104 Clownish type 106 Really bug 107 Give and take 109 — chi 110 Sales talk 111 Of Tehran 114 Fish story 116 Pulitzer winner William 118 Dictionary, e.g. 122 Film theaters 127 Ethiopia, formerly 128 Playing card apt to this puzzle’s theme (hint: see the ends of the longest answers) 130 “That’s — bad idea” 131 One fibbing 132 Barbecue 133 Ruhr Valley’s chief city 134 Tie feature 135 Many August babies 136 Determined to carry out 137 Sown things
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1 Lettuce variety 2 Dancer Falana 3 Santa — (some winds) 4 Ill 5 Test the tea, say 6 Shutting 7 CD- — 8 City NNW of Provo 9 Also include 10 Economist John Maynard — 11 Scared by 12 “Get busy!” 13 Well-timed 14 Rigid 15 Mixtures for chemical analysis 16 Well-timed 17 Boat’s spine 18 Feudal peon 24 Dollar or euro divs. 26 Blossom bit 29 Breakfast chain, briefly 31 Unstiffened shoe part 34 — razor (“keep it simple” principle) 35 Tackle 36 Part of rpm 37 Suffix with boff 39 Rally cry 41 Imitated 43 Winged god 44 Makes a dress, e.g. 46 At no time, to poets 47 12 p.m. 49 Quaker products 50 With 54-Across, service charges 53 “D.C. Cab” actor 58 Slobby sort 60 Difficult and tiring 62 Far-reaching 65 “— -haw!” 66 Epochs 67 Java holder 68 “— out!” (ump’s call) 70 Gun rights org. 74 Relative of handball 76 Nickname for Yale 77 “Remington —” 78 Singer Crow 80 Sauce brand 82 Kiddie 83 Halo-worthy 84 Fish story 85 Univ. sports org. 86 Serve as evidence of 88 Racing units 93 Eyes 95 They begin on January 1 97 Iota 99 Failures to attend 100 Domino dot 102 Big names 103 Broccoli — (salad green) 105 “Honest Abe” 108 Fork parts 112 Sam of “Backtrack” 113 Many a navel 115 Bête — (pet peeve) 117 Certain PC pic file 118 Echelon 119 Very dark, to poets 120 “Gotta run!” 121 Make a sweater, e.g. 123 Additionally 124 Think deeply and at length 125 Under the covers 126 IDs for the IRS 129 “Xanadu” rock gp.