PREMIER CROSSWORD PROGRAM FINALES

ACROSS

1 Sci-fi zapper 10 “Flashdance” star Jennifer 15 1,152, to Caesar 20 Stateside 21 U-shaped bend in a river 22 Protest shout 23 Gave spirit to 24 Chicago airport 25 See 42-Across 26 Bad grade 27 Causes wonder in 28 Subcompact car of the 1980s 30 Naughty kid 31 Saroyan’s “My Name Is —” 32 Mex. miss 33 Abate 34 HarperCollins or Simon & Schuster 40 — Antonio 41 Suffix with Brooklyn 42 With 25-Across, Czech tennis great 43 Crude dude 44 Gallery stuff 46 Film director Preminger 47 Holiday song 49 Optimistic attitude

55 Give and take 57 False appearances 58 Flaky dessert 59 Restricted entry 62 USMC rank 63 Frat dude 66 Soon-to-be adolescents 67 Inquire into 69 One of 100 in D.C. 70 Monk’s title 71 Stuff applied to the wall of a room 76 School org. 77 Certain Ukrainian

78 Fine riverbed sand 79 Athlete’s advantage

84 1836 Texas siege site 87 Abbr. on a phone dial 88 Sgt., e.g. 89 Must-have

91 In a bit, to bards 92 “— a snap!” 93 Took a chair 95 Features of many limos 100 Sue Grafton’s “— for Noose” 101 Movie-rating org. 103 Defendant’s opponent 104 Part of LAPD 105 “Necktie,” “bathrobe” or “jumpsuit” 108 College bigwig 110 Furry foot 113 Taken together 114 Great values 115 Subsequent stage

117 Coup — 118 Omit, as a syllable 119 Balsam or turpentine 120 Blissful spots 121 Doles (out) 122 Maker of the eight programs that are the theme of this puzzle

DOWN

1 Told a fib 2 Hathaway of “Ocean’s 8” 3 Store lure 4 Bygone U.K. record label 5 Make over 6 Bar with beermaking facilities 7 Berlin article 8 Masters 9 Ticked off 10 “Awright!” 11 Dig out from the ground 12 Impose — on (outlaw) 13 Some nobles 14 Affirms solemnly

15 Suburb of D.C. in Virginia 16 Wheat — (cereal)

17 Judge of the O.J. Simpson trial 18 Owing 19 “Don’t worry, things are going to work out” 28 60-min. periods 29 “Give — whirl” 30 “You’re preaching to the choir” 31 Lung cell 34 Pen maker 35 Egg cells 36 Boat-rowing guys

37 Style of jazz 38 Bathtub sponges 39 Great reviews 45 Scale notes after dos 46 Bullring cheer 48 Library penalty 50 Old railroad watchdog agcy. 51 — Bo (exercise system)

52 Age-verifying cards

53 Top dentures 54 Food fish from Africa

56 Eye squintingly 59 A DJ might spin them 60 Furiousness 61 Gene stuff

62 Co. big shot 63 Gold-winning figure skater Brian 64 Hotfoot it 65 Slugger Mel 67 Burned a bit 68 Sentimental pop songs 71 Dostoyevsky novel, with “The” 72 Ida. neighbor 73 China’s Lao- — 74 Suffix with Brooklyn 75 Comedian Gilda 76 “Ask Me Another” airer 77 Available without an Rx 79 Occur at the same time 80 Acquired the film rights to 81 Army meal companion

82 As a team

83 “So yucky!” 85 Do some lawn work

86 Add- — (peripherals) 90 Pupil-widening drug, e.g. 93 Young salmon and sea trout 94 Clerk on “The Simpsons” 96 Tristan’s love 97 Surgery assistants 98 TV magnate Turner 99 Olympic athlete, e.g.

102 She sang “Hello” 106 Strategize 107 Stand by

108 Sub shop

109 Part of 62-Down: Abbr.

110 El —, Texas 111 Almost like 112 Departed

115 — de plume 116 “— So Shy”