THE PREMIER
SQUARE PHASE
ACROSS
1 Work unit
6 Duo plus one
10 Orangutans, e.g.
14 Plot out, as an equation
19 Desert refuge
20 In an obliging manner
22 Evoking an earlier style
23 Start of a riddle
25 Rob of “Melrose Place”
26 Enticement
27 “— longa, vita brevis”
28 March Madness org.
29 — mama (rum cocktail)
30 Tarnish
32 Rd. with a number
33 Hormone released during childbirth
35 Riddle, part 2
41 Signified
42 Valentine’s Day feeling
43 Angle measure
44 History unit
45 Pretend
46 Particular printing
48 Lock go-with
49 Marina del —
51 Riddle, part 3
56 Considers to be
60 Like unripe bananas
61 Always, in poetry
62 Hugs, in letters
64 Airline of Israel
65 Pod fillers
66 Riddle, part 4
71 Delilah player Lamarr
72 Hotel furniture
73 History unit
74 Suffix with strict
75 Inedible type of orange 77 Coiled length of yarn
79 Riddle, part 5
85 Fleeced male
87 “The Walking Dead” airer
88 “Royals” singer
89 Anti votes
90 —Kosh B’gosh (kids’ clothing brand)
93 1998-2008 Toyota model
96 Former Nintendo rival
97 Orlando theme park
99 End of the riddle
103 Lack of vigor
104 Suffix with beat
105 “— was saying ...”
106 “See ya!,” British-style
107 Ernie’s pal
109 Pierre’s pal
111 Lariat part
115 Covered with vines
116 Riddle’s answer
120 Nairobi’s land
121 Prep schools
122 “The Magic Flute,” e.g.
123 Provided with a border
124 Small equine
125 Film lioness
126 Dot in the sea
DOWN
1 Droopy cheek
2 Waikiki Beach locale
3 — -friendly
4 Tackle, guard or center
5 Supposed psychic gift
6 Thunder god
7 Sales agents, for short
8 Unsound
9 Like most sandals
10 Saintly glow
11 Court declaration
12 Yale Daily News staffer
13 Similarly defined wd.
14 Enlarged
15 Broadcast again
16 Briefcase variety
17 First-ever
18 Christian cry of praise
21 Stood up to
24 Wyatt at the O.K. Corral
29 To a large degree
31 Apparel
32 Totally absorbed
33 Outdated
34 VI doubled
35 PC support whiz, perhaps
36 “Drink” for a constantly critical sort
37 Alternatively
38 Fat-and-flour mixture
39 Utah city
40 Oscar winner Dunaway
41 See 82-Down
47 Have a hunch
48 “On the Road” novelist Jack
50 Cowboy cry
52 “Absolutely, sarge!”
53 Big retailer of outdoor gear
54 Hawaii’s Mauna —
55 Hither’s partner
57 Posh quality
58 Scooched over, perhaps
59 Devious
63 “Get Shorty” star Chris
65 “Masterpiece” network
67 Set- — (brawls) 68 Game akin to crazy eights
69 Dot-com address
70 “Magnum, P.I.” star Tom
76 Trapshooting targets, informally
78 Stereotypical working-class family man
80 Ace or deuce
81 “If — be so bold ...”
82 With 41-Down, lotus sitters’ cushion
83 Asia’s — Sea
84 “Spring ahead” hrs.
86 Ties down, as a boat
90 Resembling a hooting bird
91 Bundled, as wheat
92 High- — (snubbing)
94 Pull along
95 Khan who married Rita Hayworth
96 “I’m OK with it”
98 Comedian Emo
100 It might be given by a flirter
101 Way to serve ham or pastrami
102 Café au —
107 Wheat husk
108 Water whirl
109 City in Iowa
110 Plateau’s kin
112 Law school newbie
113 Folklore giant
114 Exam for H.S. juniors
116 Brief snooze
117 — -friendly
118 Fossil fuel
119 — polloi