PREMIER CROSSWORD

TRACK STARS

ACROSS

1 1995- 96 CIA director John 7 Seat of Johnson County, Kansas 13 Dah’s counterpart in Morse code 16 Ungar of poker 19 African antelope 20 Mink’s relative 21 Actress Jennifer 23 Nebraska- based insurance company [ 1935] 25 Panther 26 “I’ve Got a Crush —” 27 Bean high in protein 28 “Wide — Sea” ( Jean Rhys novel) 29 Desires 31 Summons for speeding, say [ 1948] 35 Foofaraw 36 Like granola 37 Up to the time when 38 Chicago-toTampa dir. 39 Sharp items with eyes [ 1956] 43 Bond part 47 Day, in Chile 48 “Seats sold out”

sign 49 Mood of an environment 53 Cloud layer 57 Being attacked [ 1946] 61 Funny Margaret 62 Water, in Chile 64 “— you one” 65 Ventriloquist

Bergen 66 Egg layers in coops 68 Refittings of cars’ motors [ 1955] 73 Fluids with antibodies 74 Writer Asimov 76 Comical Idle 77 Water pit 79 Racer Jarrett 80 Having recognized the value of one’s own conscious being [ 1978] 84 Artist’s mixing board 86 Amber wines 87 “You betcha” 90 “Angie” actor Stephen 91 Ollie’s buddy 92 Executive arm headed by António Guterres, for short [ 1973] 99 Acer or Asus products 102 Touch base on a

fly 104 Easy throws 105 Gp. backing

arms 106 “Just Shoot Me!” actress [ 2005] 111 Protest type 113 Tree expert 114 Christmas party

quaff 115 Chicago air hub 117 Machine on a

skating rink 118 Event won by the horses at the ends of eight answers in this puzzle 123 Up for debate 124 Lipton drink,

informally 125 Actress Driver 126 Booming jet of

old, briefly 127 Suffix with

25- Across 128 Quagmire 129 Actor Liam

DOWN

1 Lose luster 2 Tall bird 3 Thus far 4 Razz 5 Potters’ materials 6 Saintly glow 7 A bit amiss 8 “When I Need You” singer 9 Long — the law 10 Cookie batch, often 11 Snarky laugh 12 Socrates’ H 13 Buddhist leader 14 Like neon 15 New York

county 16 Equilibrium 17 Trunks 18 Not finished 22 Petty fight 24 Eke — exis

tence 28 Phys., e. g. 29 Existed 30 Sweet drink 32 Map nos. 33 Opal ending 34 Dol. divisions 36 Model railroad size 40 Lupino of old Hollywood 41 Naldi of old Hollywood 42 “How — Want It” (# 1 hit for 2Pac) 44 “The Detour” channel 45 French river 46 Honey drinks 49 Realms 50 Guitarist Ted 51 Table wine 52 Big online invest

ing site 53 Deep divide 54 “La Mer,” translated 55 President after Jimmy 56 Part of SPF 58 Sibling of a nephew 59 Two, in Chile 60 “That’s icky!” 63 “— just a num

ber” 67 Bank boxes 69 Like the verb

“lie”: Abbr. 70 Game with

matchsticks 71 Baby wolf 72 Stings 75 “I Am —” ( Jenner’s reality show) 78 Supplication 81 Clerical title 82 Dreams 83 Tincture 85 Incus’ organ 88 Pastoral poems 89 Grads’ event 92 Sheepskin boot brand 93 “Rapa —” ( 1994 film) 94 Wrench, to a Brit 95 Kindle download 96 ER trainees 97 Moviedom’s

Meyers 98 Bronzy 99 Some statue sites 100 Gem measures 101 Yield ( to) 103 Home pest 107 Rips off 108 Sprang forth 109 Congested cavity,

often 110 Terra — ( tile

material) 111 The Beatles’

“Sexy —” 112 “Fame” star Cara 116 Choir melody 118 Basinger of “Bat

man” 119 — - friendly 120 — in “crossword” 121 Yearbook bit 122 Deep longing