PREMIER CROSSWORD
UNSPOILED EXPANSES
ACROSS
1 Choco-coffee
flavor
6 Low bow of
respect
12 Global rivalry concerning weaponry 20 Customary 21 Last pope of the
1700s 22 Bishops’ jurisdictions
23 Iconic logo of McDonald’s [Utah] 25 Proceeds forward
26 Long, thin cut 27 Three, in Germany
28 Sgt., say 30 Poet’s “always” 31 Suffix with
percent
32 “— Holmes” (2020 Millie Bobby Brown film)
34 Biblical metaphor for Jerusalem [Utah] 38 Drs.’ org. 39 Slimy veggie 41 “Swell!” 42 Hush-hush U.S.
org.
43 Original thing 45 Regal name of
Norway
47 Erwin of old
Hollywood 49 Dozes 53 Full-size SUV introduced in 2000 [California]
58 It’s between tau
and phi 60 Curbside cry 61 Not given an
assessment 63 Very, in slang 64 Scottish cap 67 “Star Wars”
royal
69 Opaque quartz with banding [Alberta] 71 Nervous
74 Pol who was John-John’s uncle
76 Coll. in Columbus
77 Big name in
train travel 78 Mac com- puter platform released in 2014 [California] 81 Actor Neeson 83 — 10 (acne
medication) 84 Strong string 85 Actress Redgrave
87 “Ooh” or “tra”
follower 90 British spy
novelist John 92 Ice mass descending a mountain valley [British Columbia]
97 Love god 98 Magnate Onassis 100 High volcano in
Sicily
101 Society for
brainiacs
102 Bronze-hued 104 “Sheena” star
Gena Lee — 108 Action word 110 “ASAP!”
111 Full-size SUV introduced in 1998 [Alaska] 116 Natty necktie 118 OPEC supply 119 Type of 35 mm
camera
120 Part of USSR:
Abbr.
121 123 Torah Rd. crossers cabinets
125 Like Attu’s
island chain 128 What each of seven key words in this puzzle is the name of 131 Really rant at 132 “Beats me” 133 Shaw of jazz
clarinet
134 Vaccine injectors 135 Abhor
136 Game token
DOWN
1 Coffee holders 2 Italian encore
song, often 3 Concerning
cooking 4 Couldn’t help
but
5 Beer for a Brit 6 Box lightly 7 Terrier breed 8 Saint — (island
country) 9 Hearth waste 10 Get back at 11 Violinist Elman
or actor Auer 12 Computer pioneer Lovelace 13 Person on a bus,
e.g. 14 Classic soul song by Curtis Mayfield 15 Wolfs (down) 16 Sidekick of
Stimpy 17 PC character set
acronym 18 Singer Green formerly on “The Voice” 19 Ruhr city
24 Its cap. is Bismarck 29 Ex-Giant Mel 33 Ton of, casually 35 Not pleasurable,
colloquially 36 Aurora, to the
Greeks
37 Most wacky 38 Astern
40 TV’s O’Donnell 44 Mayberry’s Otis, e.g.
46 Brand of bottled water
48 Sassy quality, for
short
50 Elite NFLer 51 Medieval war
weapon
52 Catty 54 Wheel bars 75 “Hooked on Classics” 55 Singer Rita label 56 “Othello” role 79 At any time 57 Sloping 80 Seer’s skill 59 Counterfeit 82 Pool growth 62 Needle case 86 Tuscany city 64 Flute sound 88 Baby sheep 65 Respond to 89 Top pilot 66 Toluca locale 91 Irritating 68 Rombauer of 93 Outskirts
cooking 94 Be a pioneer 70 Actor Malcolm— 95 Arcane Warner 96 Uncooked
72 Line of family 99 B&B, e.g.
rulers 103 Big Texas city 73 Attendee 105 Has too much,
with “on” 106 Brezhnev of the
USSR
107 Enter forcibly 109 Tabula — 111 Bleating beasts 112 Singer Cyrus 113 Not fuzzy 114 Talk formally 115 Singer Cleo 117 Italian isle 122 Make tangled 124 — -Ball
126 Geller of the
paranormal 127 Denials
129 “For shame!” 130 Indy circuit