PREMIER CROSSWORD
ZERO CHECKING
ACROSS
1 James of “Alien Nation”
5 Lead- in to hazard
8 “My opinion is ...”
13 Tried very hard
19 Tumblers, e. g.
21 Actress Hunt
22 Fatal
23 Start of a riddle
26 Strong metal
27 Vertical line on a graph
28 Attack like an alligator
29 Land north of Mex.
30 — - country ( music genre)
32 Peruvian of yore
34 Toronto Maple —
37 Riddle, part 2
44 Wild party
47 Battle ( for)
48 See 60- Down
49 Triumphed
50 “Right now!”
51 First class for painters
53 City law: Abbr.
54 Sea predator
56 Actor Mickey
57 Paint crudely
58 Riddle, part 3
61 Borgnine of Hollywood
63 Gulf country
64 Sandler of “Spanglish”
65 Refine, as metal
66 What a hot rod may race on
70 Words on an apartment rental sign
74 Strong metal
76 City near Provo
77 Purple Hearts, e. g.
78 Riddle, part 4
85 Composer Satie
86 Apple app for importing video
87 “I suffer so!”
88 Pan coverer
89 Gave for a while
90 Sole servings
91 Buddhism branch
92 Just kills time
94 Two, in Spain
95 Occupied
96 End of the riddle
100 For the — ( temporarily)
102 Blow a horn
103 Stephen of “Blackthorn”
104 Flower holder
106 Kailua Bay locale
109 Creator of Tom Sawyer
112 Gave a monetary penalty
116 Riddle’s answer
121 Nogales nap
122 How figure skaters skate
123 Of financial matters
124 Rich, eggy cakes
125 Entertained lavishly
126 Boxing ref ’s ruling
127 Court dividers
DOWN
1 Cornfield cries
2 Eight, in Berlin
3 Actor Gross of “Ellen”
4 “The negotiation is off!”
5 Severe
6 — - bitty
7 Org. that inspects factories
8 Fighting — ( NCAA team)
9 Utter failure
10 Sever
11 Competitor of Ben & Jerry’s
12 Yard feature
13 Place to ski
14 Vietnamese holiday
15 Road sign no.
16 “Banjo on my knee” song
17 Winery tubs
18 “Frozen” snow queen
20 “— Hollywood Screen Kiss” ( 1998 film)
24 Be alive
25 Fifty percent
31 Talk show emcee, e. g.
33 Egypt’s Sadat
35 Formally abolish
36 Displayed example of a product
37 Gives the slip to
38 Aviation military branch
39 Fix the pitch of again
40 Architect Saarinen
41 Sierra Nevada evergreen
42 Blister, e. g.
43 Like GIs peeling potatoes
45 Flower holder
46 Santa’s bagful
50 Egg on
52 “Yes, if memory serves”
54 Benefit bagful
55 Chewbacca’s companion
59 — - la- la
60 With 48- Across, record of arrests, slangily
62 Put in financial distress
66 Gene- splicing stuff
67 Verifiable
68 No longer practicing: Abbr.
69 Marcos of the Philippines
71 Texas city
72 Poet Wylie or novelist Glyn
73 Double cluck of reproach
75 Some till bills
77 Sweetie
78 LP player of old
79 Uganda’s Idi
80 Donator of services
81 Old TV clown
82 “Fer —!” (“Like, totally!”)
83 Take responsibility for something
84 Easter flower
92 Spot’s jingler
93 Tennis player Edberg
96 Fava —
97 Catch sight of
98 Dressed for a ball
99 Serve, as at a restaurant
101 Concluding musical parts
104 “You, over there ...”
105 Dayton locale
107 Horse foot
108 — Reader ( eclectic quarterly)
110 “Oh, sure!”
111 Part of a vase
113 Alaska city
114 Revise text
115 “ER” folks
117 Marshall Plan prez
118 Swallowed
119 Big success
120 Overly