Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday)
PREMIER CROSSWORD
Same-sounding Six
ACROSS
1 Woes
5 Doubtfire’s title
8 Italian wine region 12 Blaster’s stuff
15 Young wolf
18 Italian “Bye!”
19 “Well now!” 20 Demonstrate
21 “Yuk” relative
22 Enzyme name suffix 23 Black gem
24 Absolutely won’t
26 Player of Lou Grant
28 Jill Biden, — Jacobs 29 Definition of homophone
#1
31 Name on a thesaurus 33 Merkel of “Twin Beds” 34 How goods are sold in
most stores
35 Wearing a disguise, in brief 37 Gallery works
38 “Ben- —”
40 Halts
41 Definition of homophone
#2
48 Bloomie’s or Barneys rival 49 Hi-tech address
50 Tint
51 Nobles, collectively
56 Had a bite
57 “Insecure” network 58 Personal manner
60 Ore
61 Definition of homophone
#3
64 Sponge gently
67 Suffix with Ecuador 68 Give the title
69 600 minutes after noon 70 Definition of homophone
#4
76 Find an owner for, as a cat 77 Veers suddenly
78 Suffix with rocket
79 GPS, e.g.
82 Car washers, at times 83 Drink daintily
84 ETA part: Abbr.
85 Hoops tourney org. 86 Definition of homophone
#5
91 Aspiring atty.’s exam 95 Label
96 Garden tool
97 Writer Nin
98 Will certifier, e.g.
102 Bro or sis
103 Trail mix muncher, maybe 105 Definition of homophone
#6
109 However, for short 112 Sounding off
113 Pesky annoyance
114 Little setback
115 Petting zoo female 116 “Annabel Lee” writer 117 Great joy
118 Petting zoo female 119 Homophone #1 120 Homophone #2 121 Homophone #3 122 Homophone #4 123 Homophone #5 124 Homophone #6
DOWN
1 PC symbol
2 Script part
3 Sweet treat that’s tiered 4 Chicago White — 5 Telegraphic code creator 6 Scarlett’s Butler
7 Large couch
8 Accedes
9 Brand of cat food
10 Lug around
11 Victorious cry
12 Robbery
13 Lowest point
14 Mere hint
15 Biblical name of Palestine 16 Log-on name
17 Green gem minerals 25 Road 180
27 Location
29 Big name in waffles 30 Noble Brit
32 “My mistake!” 35 “Insecure” co-star Rae 36 Clutter-free
37 Feel poorly
38 Elvis Presley hit
39 4x4, for short
42 — Goldberg machine 43 Horse’s gait
44 “Mask” star
45 On — with
46 Novice, in slang 47 Goddess of agriculture 52 Allude
53 Oodles
54 “The World According
to —”
55 Like a K-6 school: Abbr. 57 Top seller
58 Feigned kissing sound 59 Producing charged
particles in
60 Film prefix with “Cop” 61 Insect feelers
62 Aug. follower
63 Hubbub
64 Sweetheart
65 “The King —”
66 Weed — (lawn product) 71 Short-billed rail
72 Corn coverer 73 Fat-removal job, for short 74 Inca’s home
75 Basil, for one
79 “Band on the Run” singer 80 Surrealist Salvador 81 Speaks
83 Kin of reggae
84 Mimic
85 Three trios
87 To be, to Henriette 88 More apt to complain 89 “Check,” at a poker table 90 Dam creation
91 — Tar Pits
92 Like some huts or hats 93 Penitent sort
94 Safari shelter
99 Michael of R.E.M.
100 Singer such as Pavarotti 101 “Shucks!”
102 “Yes, —!” (“Indeedy!”) 103 Vietnam’s capital
104 Bury
106 Latvia’s capital
107 Paris hub
108 Actress — Pinkett Smith 110 Barbers cut it
111 Ugly beast
114 Sow or cow