San Francisco Chronicle

PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE

“Let Em Go!”

- by Frank A. Longo

ACROSS 1 Wave with a foamy crest 9 Bugs’ feelers 14 Force to be accepted 20 Waikiki site 21 Ethiopia’s — Selassie 22 Of the skin 23 “The King and I” hero-ine who’s a real angel? 25 Plural ending for bed and home 26 “Pb” element 27 Roulette turn 28 Physique, informally 30 Start of a counting-out rhyme 31 Md. hours 32 Flower used in rituals? 37 Minimalist artist Frank 39 Reese of song and screen 40 Litigious sorts 41 Courtroom excuse 43 A, in Amiens 45 — -Magnon 46 “I’ve got it!” 49 Benefactor contributi­ng supplies for a bowman? 54 Different acquired relative? 57 — Grande City, Texas 58 Contents of la mer 59 Like fairly highqualit­y bonds 61 Form images 62 At the stern 64 Penniless 66 Sports org. for the Rock 68 See 2-Down 69 Be a sign of 70 One talking to the very first man? 73 Author Janowitz 75 Waco-to-Austin dir. 76 Q-U string 77 Went off course 78 “Yeesh!” 79 “La —” (Puccini opera) 81 Region in central Italy 84 Young miss 86 Abet, e.g. 87 Atlanta university student’s little slipup? 89 Nothing except glowing coals? 92 Morning glistener 93 Dusk- — -dawn 94 Hornets’ org. 96 Glacial ridge 97 Sauna output 99 Shark’s place 102 Charge with an offense 106 Curved entryway under which Antarctic birds pass? 111 Unit of conductanc­e now called a siemens 112 Pot fragment 113 Unit of work 114 Tallies 115 “Peek- —!” 116 Neighbor of an Iraqi 118 Unable to afford any more dental visits? 123 Seyfried of “Big Love” 124 Eldritch 125 Virtual vendors 126 Abhor 127 Turn a car 128 Short-term

DOWN 1 Belugas, e.g. 2 With 68-Across, Lincoln’s nickname 3 Like instincts 4 Frog kin 5 Pixieish sort 6 Inferior mutt 7 “It’s — cause!” 8 Like mechanical­ly delivered well water, say 9 Antiseptic compound 10 Tow-offering gp. 11 Ullmann of Hollywood 12 USMA freshman 13 Madrid men 14 Carders check them 15 Potential shooting star 16 Prettifies 17 Neighbor of a Yemeni 18 Al Capp’s Hawkins 19 “It’s nobody — business” 24 Engage 29 Low card 32 Entirely wrong 33 “You — mouthful!” 34 Winter illness 35 Lake craft 36 More cheery 38 Language akin to Thai 42 Leaps 44 Approx. takeoff info 46 Cotton State native 47 Nastygrams 48 Stupefacti­on 49 116-Across, for one 50 Cytoplasm particle 51 Musical on tour, e.g. 52 Utah city near Provo 53 Absorbed-dose units 55 “Boyhood” actor Ethan 56 Below, to bards 60 Blood classifier 63 Not as many 65 Really enjoy 67 Shims, e.g. 70 “What —!” (“Whew!”) 71 Lake north of Sandusky 72 Film director Avakian 74 Warhol of art 78 TV twins Ashley and Mary-Kate 79 Sleeping spot 80 1987-90 NBC sitcom 82 Popular Web portal 83 Jazz genre 85 Alan of film 88 Off to — start (behind) 90 Stupefied 91 City reg. 95 A 29-Down may beat it 97 Holy spot 98 Sharp pangs 100 Playwright Eve 101 “— walks into ...” 103 Infused (with) 104 Writer Deepak — 105 Foot, cutesily 106 116-Across president 107 Rapper’s skill 108 Gem unit 109 Marsh wader 110 “Space — premium” 115 Folkie Woody’s son 117 D.C. player, for short 119 Equal 120 Be situated 121 “No” voter 122 First-aid collection

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