Chicago Sun-Times (Sunday)

PREMIER CROSSWORD

- By Frank A. Longo

INITIAL CONDITIONS DOWN

ACROSS

1 Nineveh’s

empire

8 Its capital is

Kampala 14 12-step affiliate

group

20 New Guinea

natives 21 Renovates 22 Ketchup ingredient

23 It’s used for outlining designs in embroidery 25 Internet newsgroup troublemak­er 26 Alloy that’s

mostly tin 27 1990s Toyota

model

28 Grills in stoves 30 Take a stroll 32 Cheerful dispositio­n 34 Carrying of a

boat

38 View anew 39 Nonsense song

syllable 40 American bird with all-white plumage

42 “So there!” 44 Feels unwell 48 Lawyers: Abbr. 49 Dental floss

coating 50 Difficult matter

to deal with 54 Saw or sickle 55 Implore 56 Olympic skater

Midori 57 Enumeratin­g 58 Oman locale 60 One trapping 62 Shrink back 63 They may have

jingles 66 Passionate love

affair 69 Hairstylin­g

goop

70 “C’mon, help

me out” 72 “Finally finished!”

73 St. Louis’ —

Bridge 75 Artifacts of

Angola, e.g. 77 Ares or Eros 78 Greyhound

vehicle 79 Misfortune­s 83 The U.S. State Department, informally 85 Sultry

86 Pilfer

87 Casual tops 88 Fancy playing

marble

89 Even break 91 “... — do say so

myself”

93 “In all probabilit­y ...” 96 Warned

97 Bird that flies near the ocean’s surface

102 Utter failure 103 Military base 104 “The best is —

come”

106 Ancient rival of

Athens

111 Became inseparabl­e

112 Apt question for

this puzzle 115 Northern Spanish city

116 Actress de Ravin of “Roswell” and “Lost”

117 Pain greatly 118 Person ripping

things

119 Key in anew 120 Dwellers around

Peru’s peaks 47

Jason of “Bad Teacher” Celebrity status Doughnut or bagel’s shape New Mexican succulents Common way to mark losses Place to dissect a frog

56 Blue shade 59 Actor Keach of

“Mike Hammer” 60 Caesar of old

comedy

61 CPR pro

50 51

52

1 Per unit 53 2 Rescue

3 Spurt out 55 4 Circular tent 5 Speeding cars’

ovals

6 Boiling mad

7 Equine beast 8 Celestial bear 9 Gears up 10 Farewells 11 Zero 12 Yuletide mo. 13 “Harold and Maude” director Hal

14 When it’s 1600

hours

15 “Blaze” actress

Davidovich 16 “Scenes From —” (Bette Midler film)

17 “And Bingo was

his —”

18 New Mexico

county

19 From Oslo’s

country, to its natives

24 Toll rd.

29 “Number 10”

painter Mark 31 Stockings, say 33 Classic soda 34 Jr.-year exam 35 Savvy about

36 — -Rooter

37 Tharp of choreograp­hy

38 Dinosaur in

“Toy Story” 41 Dusting cloth 43 Capital of

Ghana

44 Fizzy wine, in

brief

45 Walt Whitman’s “— the Body Electric”

46 Fencer’s attack 63 Toward a ship’s

stern

64 Crusoe creator

Daniel

65 Platoon VIP 67 Rodeo lasso 68 Idling position 71 Oinkers

74 Indian lute 76 Gratuity-prohibitin­g policy 78 Young guy, in hiphop

80 Pre-Easter time 81 Shoe securer 82 Yukon vehicle 84 Tease in fun 85 Head cover 86 Mark of TV’s

“Supernatur­al” 89 Certain penpoint

feature

90 Seal, as a housebuyin­g deal 91 Hinder

92 Novelist Dostoyevsk­y 94 Deadpan humor 95 “The Office” character Pam

97 Wood shoe 98 Treasure pile 99 “— vincit amor” 100 Winona of “Black

Swan”

101 Once-popular

anesthetic

102 Rival

105 You, of yore 107 “Stop staring —!” 108 Ostrich kin 109 Ky. neighbor 110 Part of B.A. 113 Kipling’s “Follow

Me —”

114 Org. founded by

Billie Jean King

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