PREMIER CROSSWORD
TEEPEES
ACROSS
1 The United States’ landmass, with “the”
9 Rafter’s challenge
15 Shul scroll 20 Another similar
thing
21 Barack and
Michelle
22 Give the slip 23 Like babies who throw tantrums when you try to put diapers on them?
25 News outlets 26 RBI or ERA 27 Film lead-in to
“Cop”
28 Photo — 29 More nimble 30 Trellis climber 32 Having a sore mouth from working long hours at a kissing booth? 36 Joint a sock
often covers 39 Chipped in, in
poker
40 Beckett title
character 41 Intense fire used as an energy source?
46 Pie — mode 49 Abbr. on a road
map
50 With 44-Down, decay of building timbers 51 Colon part 52 Communist
Joseph 55 Egyptian god of
the dead
57 Declaration while pointing at a group of workers on strike?
62 Scent sensor 63 George at Gettysburg
64 Airy melody 65 Statement when you’re nearly ready to complete a collage? 72 The “A” of “ARod”
73 Depart
74 Air out 77 Mesmerizing horse movement? 83 Limb-bending
muscle
85 Is theatrical 86 Pod item 87 Color grade 88 Actress Gasteyer
89 Tangle of hair 90 Inherent hanging-down position? 96 SeaWorld
whale, once 100 Fake identity 101 Fuels (up) 102 “It won’t hurt to
snoop a little!”? 107 Body of eau 108 Kind of acid in
vinegar
109 Debt note 110 Architect Saarinen
112 “Slung” food 116 St. — (Caribbean getaway) 117 Hassle of tracking down a missing retirement payment? 121 Vintage song 122 Stress
123 Spiritual self 124 Foundations 125 Peanut butter
cup brand 126 Bread browners
DOWN
1 Cobra types 2 Castle ditch 3 Avenger Peel 4 Lizard, e.g. 5 British verb
suffix
6 Indian dish 7 Height: Prefix 8 The whole — 9 King, in Caen 10 Belly muscles 11 Jean — (perfume brand) 12 Windows ad
catchphrase 13 Language of Copenhagen, to locals
14 New jet in ’68 15 Worked as an
office sub 16 Carry too far 17 Howard Stern’s
area
18 “Bye, Brigitte” 19 Bodily pump 24 Conductor
Georg
29 “Every seat
sold” abbr. 31 “La Traviata”
composer
33 Spy novelist
Deighton 34 Shareable PC
file
35 Vainglory 36 Chef’s tie-on 37 “Untrue!” 38 Maryland congressman — Mfume
39 Even a bit of 42 Taxing gp. 43 Mag bigwigs
44 See 50-Across 45 High degree 47 Falsification 48 Cookout pest 52 BBQ rod 53 Mosaic piece 54 On the go 56 Withdraw 57 — Aviv 58 Deli meat 59 Foofaraw 60 Model S car 61 Otherwise 63 Long skirt 66 Balm plant 67 Meshes
68 A fifth of fifty
69 D.C. donor 70 Abbr. on a road
map
71 Dallasites or
Houstonians
75 — word (singleoccasion coinage) 76 Plate holders 77 Skirt edge
78 Diva Sumac 79 Broken bits of
ceramic material 80 Tax doc. pro 81 House animal 82 Novelist Santha
Rama — 83 Festivity
84 Pigeon perch 87 Males
90 Rapa — (Easter
Island)
91 Solar beam 92 Frazier foe 93 Sheet fabric 94 Website visit unit 95 Pilot Amelia 97 Actress McDaniel of “Gone With the Wind”
98 Comes up 99 Nero’s 2,100 102 Bigwig
103 Florida city
104 “Uncle!” crier,
perhaps
105 Explorer — de
León
106 Stratagems 107 Disney film of
2016
111 Nevada city 113 Highest point 114 — -Pei
115 Mama birds 117 Golf average 118 Ending for opal 119 Extra NBA periods
120 — Plaines