PREMIER CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Suddenly blazing star
5 Put stress on 11 Volcano in Sicily
15 Meadow songbird
19 Supreme Norse deity 20 Net-tending player 21 Donahue of TV 22 Genesis garden 23 Very ornate designs of the 1700s
25 Be mindful of 26 Bill with Lincoln 27 Sports site 28 Apr. and Dec. 29 Longtime metal alloy manufacturer 31 M.Sgt., e.g. 33 Friz Freleng’s real first name 36 Mean-spirited sort 37 Fill-up sites with star logos 42 Crows
43 Oscar winner Brody
44 Like a straight line, in brief 45 Work to get 46 Mimicking an angry dog 48 1993 event at Mount Carmel Center 55 Comic actor Danny 56 Spill the info, with “up” 58 Region 59 Raines of old Hollywood 60 Active person
62 Spring forth 65 Thingamajig 67 “Please help!” 70 Venue of the 2002 Humanitarian Bowl 73 Log chopper 74 Brief summary 76 Sprung forth 77 Trail 79 Prefix with dynamic 80 Henna applier 81 Read hastily 83 Gibbons, e.g. 87 Something Plus White toothpaste claims to remove 92 Water, humorously 94 Sports side 95 Potting stuff 97 TV journalist Chung 98 Mimicked Daffy Duck 101 A cut from the short loin 105 Playwright Fugard 106 Vocalists 107 Simile middle 108 University in northern California 110 McKellen of “X-Men” 112 Mosul native 117 Aquarium 118 One of 18 on a golf course 119 They’re in eight answers in this puzzle 122 Slushy drink 123 Superior to 124 Works the rudder 125 Dimple site 126 Play roster 127 Joins in matrimony
128 Cherished
“Mother” 129 Held on to
DOWN
1 With 11-Down, “Sleepless in Seattle” director 2 Aroma 3 Destructive habit
4 After a while 5 In days past 6 Carl Sagan book 7 Roman censor 8 Blissful 9 Nothing at all 10 One of 18 on a golf course 11 See 1-Down 12 One’s wifey 13 Nephew’s sister 14 Gucci of fashion 15 Unlike righties 16 Farewells 17 Go back to the way it was 18 Belfry sounds 24 Call off 29 Foofaraw 30 Jeer at 32 Christmas trees, usually 34 Single-pot meal 35 Verdi heroine 37 Job to do 38 Pulitzer winner Ferber 39 Diagnostic pic 40 Ran on TV 41 Clothes, colloquially 42 Ewe’s call 45 LGA guess 47 Emperor before Galba
49 A la — (menu words) 50 Hammond instruments 51 Potential plant 52 “Three Sisters” sister 53 Tighten up a muscle 54 Destiny 57 Under wraps 61 Kyoto sash 63 Actress Kelly or Shearer 64 Suffix with prophet 65 Andean llamas
66 Quantity: Abbr. 67 Little quarrel 68 Classic cookie 69 Kosovo native 71 “No” votes 72 Apple device 75 Opening in a parka, say 78 Lacks 80 DeLuise of “Hot Stuff” 82 Large city in Colombia 84 Window unit 85 Kazan of film 86 Search for
88 Green with Grammys 89 Ill-bred man 90 “Oh, woe —!” 91 Jordanian queen dowager
93 Tile artwork 96 Like some trading 98 Milk-related 99 Cornell University city 100 Gives off light 101 Used a rotary telephone 102 Puts in
103 Big T-shirt size: Abbr.
104 Some chair craftspeople 106 Hot pot spot 109 Movie or play 111 “Zip- — -DooDah” 113 Pebble, e.g. 114 Tennis’ Arthur 115 Ear swab
116 “— that special!” 119 1940s pres. 120 Suffix with Israel 121 Hush-hush govt. gp.