PREMIER CROSSWORD

HAVING A FLING

ACROSS 1 Not rough 7 Small digital images expressing ideas 13 Bus schedule abbr. 16 Bouquet- bringing co. 19 Oahu greetings 20 Extreme eccentricity 21 Ivy — ( Yalie, e. g.) 23 Diamond events 25 Any of 13 Catholic leaders 26 Experts at CPR 27 Prefix with gauge 28 On — streak

( winning big) 30 Was in need of restocking 31 Strong Italian cheese 34 They’re over gables 36 Lakota’s language family 38 Lilting syllable 40 Parris Island mil. branch 41 Sticky, chewy candy 42 Shelters for backpackers 45 Sash for CioCio-San 47 Texter’s “As I see it ...” 48 Election day, often: Abbr. 49 Hold fast ( to) 52 “Pieces of Me”

singer Simpson 57 They often

include spiels 60 LuPone who

played Evita 63 Bygone auto

crat 64 Grimm bully 65 “Dash it all!” 66 The “A” of

ACLU: Abbr. 67 Mu — beef 69 Some NFL line

men 71 With 83- Down, like Rudolph 72 “Behold!,” in Latin 73 Dirt- dishing Barrett 74 Dear old dad 76 “— dog’s life” 78 Super- angry 79 Orchestral array 84 Reply to “Am

so!” 85 More chancy 86 Mauna — 87 Prefix with angle or fold 90 “Not impressed” 92 Thrown- away items 95 Tricky pool shot 99 Kosovo native 102 Norse god of

battle 103 PC- sent holiday

greetings 104 Some paved

arteries 107 “Phooey!” 109 Capital of

Albania 110 New attempt 111 Palmtop device,

for short 112 “— yellow rib

bon ...” 115 Salon colorant 117 Theme of this

puzzle 121 Whole number,

e. g. 122 Writer Waugh 123 Tackled ener

getically 124 Niger- to- Zam

bia dir. 125 Tram rock 126 Beat back 127 Luanda’s coun

try DOWN 1 Mr. Kotter 2 Jack of old Westerns 3 Spaceship in “Alien” 4 2004- 15 sarcastic recap series on E! 5 R& D room 6 Sofía’s “that” 7 “E. T.” boy 8 Steins, e. g. 9 Bump — log 10 Actor Malcolm— Warner 11 Places to store frozen blocks 12 B- board runners 13 Skiing peak 14 Co. shuffling 15 Hip- hop performer 16 Rife with 17 Drive, in golf 18 Half- asleep 22 Largest port in Italy 24 K- O middle 29 Cook with

Apple 32 Luau cocktail 33 Make invalid 34 Desert rodent 35 Cpl. or sgt. 36 Ecol., e. g. 37 Sam- — 39 Gets, as profits 43 “No kiddin’!” 44 Declaration while pointing 46 Bleated 50 Car of the early 1900s 51 Memory trace 53 People in concealment 54 Poet Federico García — 55 Sign into law 56 Lauder of perfume 57 Virus variety 58 Half- witted 59 Half of sei 60 City ENE of 22Down 61 Love, to Luc 62 Wrought up 67 Sudden rush 68 Actor Sparks 70 Curb locales 75 “Shy” singer

DiFranco 77 Ill- tempered 78 Lake — ( Mississippi River source) 80 Be sporadic 81 Explore a reef,

maybe 82 High RRs 83 See 71- Across 87 Become 88 Rustic mail abbr. 89 What- — ( conjectures) 91 ’ 48 electee 93 Tending to wear down 94 Adorning tawdrily, with “up” 95 Singer Johnny 96 Mongolians, e. g. 97 Elfish one 98 Allotment 100 Require a 110- Across, maybe 101 Movie critic

Richard 105 Onion part 106 Is a little too fond 108 “I’ve — it!” 111 — ed ( gym) 113 The same, in

France 114 “The Thin Man”

dog 116 Afore 118 151, to Nero 119 Old rival of Pan

Am 120 She cackles