PREMIER CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Lag 10 Hailed ride 13 Nightwear 20 Rust, essentially 21 Corrida cheer 22 Topped with ice cream 23 Katie Couric or Diane Sawyer 24 Spell- casting cartoon infant? 26 Commotion 27 Per unit 28 Brewskis 29 Chimed unstoppably?

36 Unit of force 37 Turns inside out 38 Outback bird 39 Sarandon of “Alfie”

41 Put forward 42 Able to speak easily

45 Cheeky kid 50 Depose

51 Alice, for the

Bradys

52 Where old Venetian magistrates dropped off their tots to be watched? 56 — - fi flick 57 One trying for

strikes

59 Lawn tool

60 He has a famous lap 61 Stiller and Affleck co- hosting a New Year’s Eve special? 65 Really smell 66 Chaney of horror 67 Grazing field 68 Oolong, e. g. 70 Preminger of film

AWOL

73 2 and 8, in Morse code? 83 Writer Kafka 85 Sources of 1- Down and 84- Down 86 Eye- irritating bulbs 87 “Kaboom!” 88 Boxer Spinks, to non- Americans? 91 Slimy garden crawler 92 With 94- Across, old hack paperbacks

93 Big name in canned heat 94 See 92- Across 96 Was sick

97 Hot winter

quaff

101 Salty water 102 Snub

103 Move, to Real

tors

107 Song about a fire breather who uses Apple computers? 111 Put on — ( pre

tend)

113 One or the other 114 Child’s amuser 115 People who relax by listening to singer Johnny?

117 Calculated the

total of

123 Honored aca

demic retirees 124 Antique car 125 Medications

taken by mouth 126 One backing up

a soloist

127 Mem. of Con

gress 128 AWOL soldier ... or a feature of eight answers in this puzzle

DOWN

1 Element in bronze

2 Mad feeling 3 Groom grass 4 Nav. officer 5 The “D” of DJIA

6 Mass emigration 7 Highest or lowest point

8 “A Bell for —” 9 Hankering 10 Having two or more parts

11 “Mr. Klein” star Delon 12 Gives rise to 13 Toyotas of the 1990s 14 Boxing’s “Greatest” 15 Doorframe part 16 Fired ( up) 17 Saunter 18 Ornament 19 Smell or taste 25 Tan shade 27 Highest point 29 Put on a blog again, e. g. 30 Affirm

31 Loch monster moniker 32 Bits of sand 33 Ex- Giant Mel 34 Quarreled bitterly

35 Tomb- raiding Croft 40 Antis’ votes 42 Doe’s baby 43 Cheery tune 44 Twister 46 Jewelry beetle 47 Rattan 48 Comedian John

son

49 Pipe problem 51 Pitcher’s spot 53 Chatter idly 54 Squeak ( out) 55 Bear’s retreat 57 Spooky cry 58 Applies, as some

deodorant

62 One making an exact copy 63 Really small 64 Smarted

69 Gp. mobilized by a 911 call

70 Rip- — ( flimflams) 71 Jogging pace 72 Weight deduction 74 Ending for buff or bass 75 Address for a techie 76 Apiary buzzer 77 Pant- length measurement 78 Money tray 79 Entre — 80 Literary last words

81 “Batman” actor Cesar

82 Ikea’s home 84 Element in bronze 89 Hair gel, e. g. 90 Eats as a snack 92 Actress Merrill or Spybey

95 Swerve

96 The “A” of USDA 98 Brings up to speed

99 “Don’t believe a word —!”

100 Dessert, to Brits 102 Rustic poems 103 Goes fast

104 As a friend, in

French 105 Zapped with light 106 Earthy tone, to

Brits

108 One more than a

pair

109 Old game console 110 Soft drinks 112 Light haircut 116 Guess at Sea- Tac 117 Male turkey 118 Exiled Amin 119 Suffix with north

east

120 Used a spade 121 Fleece- lined boot

brand

122 Chi follower