THE PREMIER

NO CLOUDS UP NORTH

ACROSS

1 Sheep kin 5 Rick Blaine’s love, in film 9 Certain vacuum tube 16 Crunches work them 19 Item added, as to a library 21 Decks out 22 Statute 23 Start of a riddle 25 Certain Ivy Leaguer 26 Split nation 27 10% of XXX 28 “— smile be your umbrella” 29 SAT, for one 30 Not taut 34 List-curtailing abbr. 36 Solo, in a way 38 Brick-hauling trough 41 Riddle, part 2 46 — Plus (razor brand) 48 Off-road vehicles, informally 49 Egypt, once: Abbr. 50 Aged person 51 Riddle, part 3 57 Pal of Pooh 58 Nebraska city on the Platte River 59 Never, in Germany 60 Batman player Kilmer 61 Any of 12 popes 62 Blew it 63 “Got it, dude” 65 Maiden 66 Pace 67 Riddle, part 4 72 The impish Simpson 75 Daredevil Knievel 76 Neap, e.g. 77 Bay State sch. 81 Regrets bitterly 82 It’s looked up in a dict. 83 Tall, graceful tree 84 Resort with snowy trails 86 “Ooky” TV cousin 87 Riddle, part 5 91 Satellitetracking prog. 93 Cereal grain 94 Scuttle stuff 95 Mitigate 96 End of the riddle 102 The, in Nice 103 Certain book page size 104 Ramp (up) 105 Start 107 Some are unsaturated 108 Guesses at SFO 111 Create a hem, e.g. 113 Actor Sam 117 Exiled Amin 118 Riddle’s answer 123 TV room 124 Painter Manet 125 Fully informed 126 Assn. 127 TV talk great Phil 128 Reassuring touches 129 Earring type

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1 Stare openly and stupidly 2 Eight, in Lima 3 Rent- — (Hertz’s business) 4 Heads, in France 5 Prefix with thermal 6 “Charlie’s Angels” co-star Lucy 7 Pine- — 8 “You — both know ...” 9 Papeete’s island 10 Summer, in France 11 Texter’s “bye now” 12 Cereal grain 13 Gifted speaker 14 Franklin — Roosevelt 15 Subj. for U.S. newcomers 16 Chief port of Egypt 17 Become even 18 Take a dip 20 Milan’s La — 24 Knotted 29 Actor Jannings 31 Sharp 32 Actress — Lee Crosby 33 Leg joint 35 Lead to 37 Preholiday nights 38 “Gattaca” actor Ethan 39 Additional 40 Gloomy, in verse 42 Pack-toting equine 43 “Prob’ly not” 44 Nonpublic 45 Uneven, as leaf edges 47 Collars 52 Prefix with thermal 53 Military group 54 Each evening 55 Ogden with funny poetry 56 Additional 61 Created in advance 63 Frozen sheet in the sea 64 FedEx alternative 65 English “Inc.” 68 Healing drugs, briefly 69 Eye layer 70 Goals 71 Destroy 72 Lead to 73 Luger pistol, e.g. 74 Drawing back in 78 Sans-serif typeface 79 Intuit 80 Wise sorts 83 One dining 84 Done in, as a dragon 85 Brick bakers 87 Concept 88 Extension for PC music files 89 Statute 90 — -chic (fashion style) 92 Part of B.A. 97 Go too far on 98 Concept 99 Live (at) 100 YSL part 101 Subdivision in taxonomy 106 Short-term staffers 107 Pal of Rover 109 Water, in Spanish 110 Old ruler of Iran 112 Larrup 114 “Oh, ri-i-ight” 115 “In — of flowers ...” 116 “Charlie’s Angels” co-star Cheryl 118 Napping spot 119 Mr. Capote, to his pals 120 W-2 pro 121 Ex-Giant Mel 122 Part of L.A.