THE PREMIER
ACROSS
1 Shrine images 6 Kept from falling, as pants 13 Abashed 20 Showed on TV again 21 Not varying at all 22 In a weepy way 23 Start of a riddle 25 Language spoken in Dhaka 26 Is in a chair 27 College, to a Brit 28 Long to undo 30 Augur’s sign 31 Riddle, part 2 39 Home for mil. jets 40 Roman love god 41 Singer James or Jones 42 Bad guys 46 Explosive compounds 48 Hercule creator Christie 53 From time immemorial 54 Riddle, part 3 56 Talk big 57 Mr. Capote, to friends 58 Partner of neither 59 Liquid asset 60 Riddle, part 4 66 Reciprocal 69 Army chaplain 70 The Great Lakes’ — Canals 71 Libreville’s country 72 Everglades mammal 75 Riddle, part 5 80 Big name in PCs 81 Letter two before tau 83 “— Kapital” 84 Roof part
85 Riddle, part 6 91 Become rigid 93 Key in again 94 Thin and watery 95 Back fish fins 96 “QED” center 98 Formerly, oldstyle 99 Mendes of “2 Fast 2 Furious” 100 End of the riddle 109 Kazan of Hollywood 110 Singer Ritter 111 Feel fluish, perhaps 112 French pals 114 Excessive bureaucracy 117 Riddle’s answer 123 Offspring-producing animal 124 Part of ROTC 125 Rule from the throne 126 Cheech and Chong personas 127 Electrical current units 128 Archipelago parts
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1 Eye opener? 2 Shocking EMT treatment 3 Give a speech 4 Expire 5 Lead-in to Cone or Cat 6 Rubs elbows 7 Flying 8 Mattel doll 9 Expire 10 “The Simpsons” shout 11 Old stage star Hagen 12 Martinez of baseball 13 Ideally
14 Realize 15 Sci-fi’s Solo 16 Class jargon 17 Where the Marlins play 18 Burstyn or Barkin of film 19 Running out of steam 24 Blew with short blasts 29 World Heritage Site gp. 32 Manicurist’s target 33 Brave in the face of adversity 34 Give off 35 “The lady — protest ...” 36 Canadian tribe 37 — -TASS (news agency) 38 Very wise 42 Seizes 43 Site of the Taj Mahal 44 Scorch 45 Frat shindig 47 Rajah’s wife 49 Mountain climbers, e.g. 50 Alexis or Peter, e.g. 51 Big name in oil and gas 52 Court great Arthur 54 Novelist Sarah — Jewett 55 Basic musical chords 57 Bullfighter 61 D.C. baseballer 62 Ike’s inits. 63 USSR’s Cold War foe 64 Alluringly shy 65 “Moo” maker 67 76ers’ org.
68 Rocket scientist Wernher — Braun 71 Neutral color 72 Bryn —, Pennsylvania 73 Feel fluish, perhaps 74 Not cluttered 75 Bagel center 76 “— Fideles” 77 Father, to a tot 78 Knievel of motorcycle stunts 79 Cravings 82 Hurry it up 86 Tech detail 87 Wife of Zeus 88 — Scott case 89 Civil wrong 90 “Quiet!” 91 Dumpy dwellings 92 — Sea (Asian lake) 95 Thirsts for 97 Rearranges 100 Basil and bay leaf 101 Heads-up 102 YouTube clip 103 All gone, as food 104 Add-on 105 Purple color 106 Decorative flower holders 107 Cybermissive 108 Scorch 113 1040 IDs: Abbr. 115 Fruity quaff 116 According to 118 Fence (in) 119 Psychic “gift” 120 Added charge 121 Bruin great Bobby 122 Alleged psychic Geller