THE PREMIER
COUNTRY MUSIC ACROSS
1 Chartbusters 8 Farthest point in an orbit 14 Uncommon 20 Salary reductions 21 Child raiser 22 Add insult to injury, maybe 23 Question in 1 Corinthians 15:55 26 Europe-Asia border river 27 Wood splitter 28 Ski lift part 29 Prefix with lock 30 Supplicate on behalf of 35 — polloi (commoners) 37 Sermon topic 38 Suffix with Sudan 39 Massage 40 Old booming jet, for short 41 “— changed man!” 43 Designer Geoffrey 45 Salon colorists 47 “Is this actually happening?” 50 Oviedo locale 53 Situated over 56 Brine source 57 New Hampshire academy 58 “I'm going through the same thing!” 61 Shipping charge, e.g. 62 Steering part on a ship 63 Long (for) 64 Vikings' org. 66 Refusing to be cheerful 71 Regarding 72 Agree 76 Pop's mom 77 Actress Amy 79 SSNs, e.g. 80 Pressing tool 81 Fig treat from Nabisco
83 Seeming eternity 85 DNA-studying partner of James Watson 87 “My turn is coming right up” 91 He KO'd many rivals 93 Ball- — hammer 94 Forrest Gump player 95 “Quantum Leap” actor 98 Bend down 100 Abrupt 101 Body pouch 102 Secretive U.S. gp. 105 She bleats 106 Part of UCLA 109 33rd prez 110 Restaurant bill addition 112 Crucial component 116 Long (for) 118 Boyfriends, in Paris 120 Dir. opposite 7-Down 121 Viking org. 122 Tune whose opening lyric, and lyricist, begin eight answers in this puzzle 128 Motion detector part 129 Agee of the old Mets 130 Small eating alcove 131 Waiters take them 132 Like training at the location itself 133 Occupy fully
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1 Wedded partner 2 Chennai, before 1996 3 “Sure thing, cap'n!”
4 La — (Milan opera house) 5 Crude abode 6 Biblical verb suffix 7 NYC-to-Miami dir. 8 High points 9 Peeling tools 10 Raw metal 11 Allstate rival 12 Put into a hall of fame 13 Kett of old comic strips 14 — Gyra (jazz fusion band) 15 Prefix with gender 16 Utah ski spot 17 Slide in again 18 Go on with 19 Train operator 24 Barn feed 25 Cymbal pair in a drum kit 31 Nathaniel Hawthorne's Hester 32 Feel remorse over 33 James — Garfield 34 Consumer protection agcy. 36 Wild Alpine goats 42 Soccer great Hamm 44 Summer, in Soissons 45 Royal crown 46 Worried 48 E-cig's lack 49 Busy insect 50 Its capital is Damascus 51 16 ounces 52 Lindley of “The Ropers” 54 NYC stage awards 55 Small bunch of flowers 59 Spock and Seuss: Abbr. 60 Alternative to “his” or “her”
61 Go by plane 64 Nary a soul 65 Backyard borders 67 Open, as a present 68 Language of “mea culpa” 69 Be a rapper? 70 BoSox rivals 73 Freud's “one” 74 Ensnare 75 “Cannon” has three 78 The Brady kids, e.g. 82 Restated 84 Gambling parlor, briefly 85 Chick- — -A 86 Prefix with lock 87 “No kidding?” 88 Artist known for illusions 89 Boston area with the Paul Revere statue 90 UFO crew 91 Alias abbr. 92 Find by chance 96 In line with 97 One or more 99 Be indebted 103 “Belt out that tune!” 104 She founded the U.S. Shakers 106 Crude abode 107 First phases 108 Long looks 111 Letter-shaped girders 113 PSATs, e.g. 114 “No kidding!” 115 Deep-seated 117 To be, to Claudius 119 Regarding 123 Blue Jays, on scoreboards 124 Abbr. for someone with only one given name 125 34th prez 126 Firewood box 127 Repub. west of Zambia