THE PREMIER

SPECIAL LITERARY GENRE

ACROSS 1 Placed on a roster 7 Devoid of junk email 15 Zimbalist of “Wait Until Dark” 20 See 53-Across 21 Place for many piercings 22 Demi of the screen 23 Start of a riddle 25 Hair twist 26 Ripped 27 Work site welfare org. 28 Natural aptitude 30 Not divided 31 First-aid pro 33 Kilt wearers' groups 38 Fish with a sucking disk 40 Riddle, part 2 45 Discuss anew 46 Radio word after “Roger” 47 Go furtively 48 “Oil!” author Sinclair 51 “Hee” or “yee” follower 53 With 20-Across, midsize car from Korea 55 Riddle, part 3 66 Apple CEO Cook 67 Rower's need 68 Ducklike diving birds 69 Risk-taker's challenge 70 Endanger 73 Jimmy of the Daily Planet 74 Rushes wildly 75 Soprano Maria 76 Three, to Gigi 77 — room (play place) 78 China's Chou En- — 79 Riddle, part 4 84 — number on 85 Florida Panthers' gp. 86 Really vex 87 Open courts 92 Cleaning tool 96 Choir stands 99 End of the riddle 105 Old cruise missile with a tribal name 106 Work of praise 107 It may get stubbed 108 Cleaving tool 109 More cunning 111 Battle 114 Curve parts 115 Officer over a sarge 116 Riddle's answer 123 Whines, as a fretful child 124 “Aim High” military branch 125 Not too hard to accomplish 126 Be too frugal 127 Tidy quality 128 Carve in relief

DOWN 1 Not covering the ankles, as shoes 2 Device with Siri 3 More than mono 4 Fork prong 5 Former Brit. record giant 6 The Cowboys, on scoreboards 7 — -chef 8 Promote 9 Clip on, e.g. 10 Sea, in Paris 11 Pt. of TGIF 12 Old car inits. 13 Water, in Paris 14 Once, in old times 15 Symbolic logos 16 Work site overseer 17 Virginia city 18 Asmara's country 19 Rx request 24 Plenty of, casually 29 Biceps' place 31 Kate Nelligan title role 32 “I'm not impressed” 34 A criminal breaks it 35 “Do — say!” 36 Carolina Panthers' gp. 37 Twisted individuals, informally 39 Big boat in Genesis 41 Seniors' big night out 42 Arena staffer 43 Burn partly 44 T-bone source 48 Increase in business activity, e.g. 49 Original 50 Synagogue 52 Roll about in mud 54 Offer as evidence 56 Talked about, as a rumor 57 Missy 58 Soldier's denial 59 Totally tires out 60 Jake Tapper's channel 61 Former EgyptSyr. alliance 62 Old PC screen type 63 “Fess up!” 64 Golfer Mark who won the 1998 Masters 65 Withstand 71 State tree of North Dakota 72 LL Cool J's music 73 Bobby the Bruin 74 Sewing edge 76 Start to cry 77 Shroud of Turin, e.g. 80 Movie prefix with Cop 81 “No — traffic” 82 Country singer Haggard 83 Brewery kiln 87 Bristlelike grain appendage 88 Unfreeze 89 Filled pasta envelopes 90 Rome resident, to a Paris resident 91 Most pallid 93 Ending for Motor 94 Work of praise 95 One-named “Fear of Flying” singer 97 Part-human, part-horse deity 98 “Evil Woman” rock gp. 100 Weeding tool 101 Ablaze 102 Big brand of gummy bears 103 Stands out 104 Jumbled states 110 Horse with a speckled coat 112 Huge birds of myth 113 Gets old 114 Pursuer of Moby Dick 115 Hi-fi discs 117 Game score like 1-1 or 2-2 118 La-la lead-in 119 Frequently, in poetry 120 — Jovi (rock group) 121 Fruit beverage 122 Toy dog breed, for short