PREMIER CROSSWORD
UNTHEMED #5: STEEP STAIRWAY
ACROSS
1 Offer hush
money to
6 Strip of gear, as
a ship
11 Weight unit for
a druggist
15 “I am at your —
and call” 19 “Elementary”
actor Quinn 20 Sonata, often 22 Many a cruise
stopover 23 Unconcealed 24 Customized for 25 Lee of Marvel
Comics
26 Like a swine 28 Also-rans 29 Like a diluted
drink
31 Parceled out 33 “Haven’t —
before?” 34 Shout of discovery
35 Having two
hues
37 “It could go
either way” 39 Rival of Delta
or United 41 Urgent
42 Fire residue 46 Taxpayer’s ID 48 Dedicates 50 Fender guitar,
for short
52 Ltd. cousin 53 Pot toppers 55 Edits for publication 57 Conflict
59 Sad paper
notices
61 Say a different
way
63 Michael who co-hosted “Live” with Kelly Ripa 64 Gets broader 66 “No outlet”
street 68 Always, in
music scores 69 Keyboard
instrument 71 One of three
womb-sharers 73 Florida’s Key
—
74 Charges for not
paying on time 76 Decongestant
brand
78 Legal claim on
property 79 Broke a fast 80 Flimflam 82 Non-PC person?
84 Suffix with
Taiwan 85 Bothersome
types
87 Boring type 89 Relax after
working hard 91 Red-tinged
jewelry alloy 94 Removes hair
from 97 Second-to-last
king of Egypt 100 Greeting sent
online
102 Emily Dickinson’s “Much Madness is — Sense”
103 Tropical rabbit
lookalike 104 Shrink back 106 Brings about 107 Finger-paint 108 The Northwest’s “City of Trees”
111 Like many allergy sprays 112 Robbie
Knievel’s father 113 Remark from
the sharp-eared 114 1950s-’70s baseballer Boyer
115 Actress Russo 116 Deck crew officer, in brief
117 Puts in order
118 City on the
Ruhr
DOWN
1 African tree with a very thick trunk 2 Italian municipality west of Turin
3 Perfect choices
to fill positions 4 Stereotypical setting for a brawl
5 Having a right
(to)
6 In prison, informally
7 Vardalos of “Connie and Carla”
8 Toddler bed
attachment 9 Like a truck ascending a steep hill, gear-wise 10 Silly, like a
honking bird 11 The two dots in “naïve” or “Brontë” 12 Fly-catching
warblers 13 Shakespeare
work part 14 Imitated a cat 15 Small restaurants
16 Lauder of
fragrances 17 Lois’ partner
18 Its capital is Nairobi 21 Aspiring doc’s major 27 Person stashing stuff
30 In the buff 32 Cracked, as a cryptogram 36 Info group to be input 38 “Dagnabbit!” 40 Bee-luring fluids 43 Chief female officiators in sacred rites
44 Gets bigger 45 First division of a
13-Down 46 Sparse start of some rounds of applause
47 Utter with a hissing sound 49 Arena relative 51 Crafts’ counterparts
54 Apple’s Jobs 56 Pop in a blended
family
58 Egypt’s Nasser 60 Detects like a dog 62 Intertwined 65 Crystal ball gazer,
e.g. 67 Neutralized, as a
bomb
70 “The Cloister and the Hearth” novelist Charles 72 Planes’ first fliers,
often 75 Operations 77 Infer (from) 81 Like a district bishop’s jurisdiction
83 Faith
86 Difficulty 88 Finisher just
under the winner 90 Beach footwear 92 Overalls for hitting the slopes 93 Sci-fi automatons 95 Grand home 96 Purloined 97 Soundboard
control knob 98 Mojave plant 99 Northern French
city
101 Inflicted upon 105 Actor Bert 109 “Well well!” 110 Fedora, e.g.