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Premier Crossword: Almost Indivisibl­e

- BY FRANK A. LONGO #1,996

ACROSS

1 Compositio­ns of a classical tradition 9 Financial: Abbr. 13 Toddler girl, to Scots 20 16th-century

Spanish explorer 21 Wind quintet

instrument 22 Ancient French

region 23 Low-value red

card 25 Dangerous

current 26 20-ounce

Starbucks drink 27 Body design, for

short 28 Transmissi­on

repair chain 30 Adult fellows 31 Witches in

“Macbeth” 37 Apple choice 41 Sculling item 42 Suffix with

Midwest

43 Rose petal oil 44 1992 Tony nominee for Best Musical 48 Seniors’ org. 52 Tricky pitch 53 Big fad

54 Pet allergy source

56 From days of yore 57 Luggage screeners’ org. 59 Univ. dorm overseers 62 Listerine competitor 63 Oedipus-themed Aeschylus play 69 A-E linkup 72 Docs’ gp. 73 Herr’s “one” 74 Hanks of “Big” 75 Raised trains 76 Instrument players gifted in a Christmas song 83 Log house 84 Bullring shout 85 Some RNS work

in them

86 Make ecstatic 90 Figure skater Yamaguchi 92 “Jack Sprat could — fat” 96 Aquarium bed material 97 Fabled snow beast 98 Virginia and Georgia were part of them 103 Pried (around) 105 Meal crumb 106 Raw metal 107 Title for Judi Dench 108 Hearst bimonthly with beauty and dating tips 114 Former U.K. record co. 115 Fake 116 Muhammad of the ring 117 Feudal lord 122 Be averse to 124 What the starts of the longest answers in this puzzle are? 129 One making modificati­ons 130 Helper 131 Homer with nobody on 132 Straighten­s up 133 Red-ink entry 134 Upper layers of fertile earth

DOWN

1 Shakespear­e play ending

2 T. — Price 3 Disney sci-fi film of 1982

4 Not worth debating

5 Not qualified 6 Feeling blue 7 Cruel Amin

8 People painting, e.g.

9 Shoes and boots 10 Arabic for “son of”

11 Lay turf on 12 Romero of “Batman” 13 Grows fond of 14 Drew forth 15 Wife, to Juan 16 Back muscle, for short

17 “One Day at —” (sitcom) 18 Supply- — (certain economist) 19 Camille Saint- — 24 Alluring West 29 Eve’s partner 32 60 minutes 33 Solar beam 34 Witty Bombeck 35 Don Juan’s mother 36 Seance state 37 “In case that’s true ...” 38 Place for grist 39 Rah-rah 40 Surrenders 45 Heredity unit 46 University sports org. 47 Actress Laura

49 Casa brick 50 Drive away 51 The “P” of AP 55 Hearth refuse 57 Score speed 58 Escargot 60 Moving 61 Doesn’t go on 64 Moving truck 65 Grand opening? 66 Inspired stuff 67 Electees, e.g. 68 “Eww, no more!,” in a text message 69 Mark Twain’s Thatcher 70 Writer — Boothe Luce 71 Red-ink entry 77 Brand for sore eyes

78 Doc using an otoscope 79 Look intently 80 Menial worker 81 Detective Wolfe 82 Thyroid, e.g. 87 Sports shoe brand 88 Overbrim 89 Otherwise 91 “Someone’s already claimed that seat”

93 Proton holder 94 Prefix with byte 95 Tennis, volleyball and badminton 96 Narrow valley 99 Dogs closely following their owners

100 15th of the month, maybe 101 Most snug

102 “... — quit!” (threat ender) 104 Blazing

108 Roomy auto 109 Novelist Zola 110 Lookout view

111 Kathmandu’s

nation

112 Heady drink

113 “Tickle Me” dolls

118 — facto

119 K thru 12 120 Earth science subj. 121 Guesses on costs: Abbr.

123 Allow to 125 Grande opening? 126 Age-verifying docs. 127 Failing tic-tac-toe row

128 Lofty peak

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