THE PREMIER

LIVING A LIFE OF E’S

ACROSS 1 Renounces the throne 10 Hexa- plus two 14 Best results possible 20 Right Guard, e.g. 21 Oom- — (polka sounds) 22 Drink of beer after a shot 23 2014 Oscar show host 25 In a position facing 26 Standing in good — 27 “Put it — tab” 28 Tiny charge carrier 29 In times past 30 Grazing site 32 Sociologist who coined “survival of the fittest” 36 La-la lead-in 39 Mushroom variety 41 Tavern 42 Author and activist on Alabama’s state quarter 45 Little — (tots) 46 Appends 50 Egg shapes 51 Get defeated 52 “Kapow!” 54 Bar garnish 55 Kosovo citizen 56 LXX / X 57 He wrote “He’s Just Not That Into You” with Liz Tuccillo 61 Ticklish red Muppet 62 Dawn direction 64 A, in Argentina 65 Part of many German names 66 Suffix with lion or seer 67 Player of Colonel Klink on “Hogan’s Heroes” 72 — -pitch 75 “The Catch” network 76 Wedded 77 Verve 78 Verge 82 “The Pink Panther” co-star 86 “— you with me?” 87 End a flight 88 Bird-related 89 Tahiti, par exemple 90 Posterior 92 Egyptian peninsula 93 Vapor 94 Guitar’s kin, for short 96 Longtime “What’s My Line?” panelist 98 Amer. body with 100 members 102 “Aladdin” figure 103 Cagey 104 1965-66 poet laureate 108 Chichi retreat 110 Coop cackler 111 PC key 112 Mani- — 113 “There Is Nothin’ Like —” 117 Not tardy 119 “Nurse Betty” star 124 Vexes 125 A hat hides it 126 Deviations 127 Drive home 128 Finds to be refined 129 Small-stakes poker

DOWN 1 Fruit drinks 2 Boxing prize 3 Portion (out) 4 Utopian 5 Denounces 6 Ending for dull or drunk 7 — kwon do 8 Mem. of the U.K. 9 Canonized Fr. woman 10 Where drinks are on the host 11 Monterey County city 12 “— playing our song” 13 Balking beast 14 Ink-squirting sea creature 15 Gives a ring 16 “I taut I — a puddy tat!” 17 Newton who was knighted 18 Come together 19 Enthusiasm 24 —’easter (storm type) 28 Currently has the stage 31 Just fine 32 Hint-offering columnist 33 Architectural add-ons 34 Twiddled digit 35 Zora — Hurston 36 The ones there 37 Make merry 38 Make fearful 40 Trust 43 Bodily joint 44 Brain wave test, for short 47 Sup stylishly 48 Blockbuster rented them 49 Places 52 Nota — 53 Top competitive effort, informally 54 Novelist Sarah — Jewett 56 “Live” and “learn,” e.g. 58 Shah or czar 59 She played Miss Brooks 60 Lena of song 63 Gremlin’s kin 68 Be worthy of 69 Bodily joint 70 Appointment calendar 71 Vestige 72 Inbox junk 73 Jeans-maker Strauss 74 Big elevator name 79 Copenhagen citizens 80 Make twisty 81 Uplift morally 83 Devour 84 Claims on property 85 That miss 91 “Bus Stop” playwright William 92 Move aside 94 Of no help 95 Smallville’s Clark 96 Drinking sprees 97 “— the season to be jolly” 99 Dishonors 100 Emerge 101 — -weenie 104 Bazaar units 105 Creed part 106 PC key 107 Fritz out 109 Writer — Rogers St. Johns 114 Not “fer” 115 Come together 116 Irish Gaelic tongue 118 “— done it!” 119 Frat letter 120 Electric jolt 121 Ending for ethyl 122 Chaney of old chillers 123 Run after K