PREMIER CROSSWORD

BOOK OPENINGS ACROSS

1 “Billy —” (1991 gangster film) 9 Certain line on a weather map 15 God of love 20 It’ll make a walking surface shine 21 Sterling or Shannon of the NFL 22 Cartoon art of Japan 23 Washington monument 25 Tasty morsel 26 Devoured 27 Stitch 28 Caesar’s 604 30 “Othello” villain 31 Flung 33 Belief that one is destined to be a savior

38 Call to cop cars, in brief 40 Weasel lookalike 41 Concept 42 Singer of the 1984 hit “Too Late for Goodbyes” 48 Hwys., e.g. 49 Von Sydow of “The Exorcist” 52 Prayer opener 53 “Chances —” (1957 hit) 54 Dept. of Justice div. 56 Vatican VIP 57 Not distributed, as cards

59 One working to take control 65 Actress — Dawn Chong 66 Mean Amin 68 Lucy’s Desi 69 Dog types

70 City west of Lake Superior 74 Freely 77 “Guys and Dolls” song 78 Meadowland 79 Punch sound 82 Narrative at the start of the Bible 85 Sportsperson 88 Ship’s frame 89 Cry on “The Simpsons” 90 Biblical verb ending

92 Big blood line 93 Sinuous fish 94 Small pellets for air guns 96 Famous 1804 duel 100 High-school jrs.’ exam

102 Billy portrayed by Brad Pitt in “Moneyball” 104 Swelled head 105 Los Angeles neighborhood 109 Tranquilize 115 Brazilian berry in juices 116 “Eat — eaten” (law of survival) 117 Lister’s abbr. 119 “How Do I Live” singer LeAnn

120 Mint family herb

122 What the first words of eight long answers in this puzzle are 127 Crawl 128 Ready to go 129 Thorn in one’s side 130 Ibsen’s “— Gabler” 131 Family tree females 132 Have faith in

DOWN

1 Black key above A

2 Justice Samuel 3 Musical steps 4 — -pocus 5 Feel blindly 6 Poking tool 7 Earthy colors 8 One who used to be in the club 9 Dogma suffix 10 “Homeland” airer, for short 11 Rowing tool 12 Of a wedding 13 Southwestern tribe

14 Past artifact 15 Panther, e.g. 16 Not fully aged 17 Hot-and-cold dessert 18 PR concern 19 Juice cleanse, e.g. 24 She-sheep 29 Render null 32 Quarterback Marino

34 IRS datum 35 — Paulo 36 “Son of,” in Arab names 37 Rx writers 39 With 42-Down, restaurant dish of the day 42 See 39-Down 43 Forearm part 44 Store of ore 45 State of rage 46 Nabokov title heroine 47 Born, to Gigi 48 Trunk bone 50 Copied 51 Boomers’ kids 54 “The Nanny” star Drescher 55 Grooved ring holding a gem 56 Supplication

58 “My Girl Tisa” star Palmer 60 Dramatist David 61 First-class 62 Central 63 WWII sub 64 First subway line in NYC

67 “— use!” (“I give up!”) 70 Tuning knob 71 Final: Abbr. 72 “Pipe down!” 73 Hideous foe of Popeye

74 Dull pain 75 Factual

76 Skillfully executed 79 Impudent

80 Sgt. Snorkel’s pet dog

81 Phase out nursing 83 Takes too much, in brief

84 “— out!” (ump’s cry)

86 “Bali —” 87 Cyber-chuckle 91 1978 Stephen King book 94 Cove relative 95 First-column bingo square 96 Scrooge’s cry

97 Prefix with lateral 98 Clergyman’s subj. 99 Year divs. 101 Covered with gunky stuff 102 Brand of pizza crust 103 Swimmer Gertrude 105 Emerge from an egg

106 Earthy colour 107 Instrument with pipes 108 Spearheaded 110 Uneven, as leaf margins

111 Long sofa 112 Alter formally 113 Verizon, e.g., for short 114 German city 118 Sleuth’s lead 121 Federal ecology org. 123 Top-left PC key 124 Neckline type 125 Cheez- — (crackers) 126 Puppy’s bite