PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE
“23rd Amendment” by Frank A. Longo
ACROSS
1 Tussle (with) 8 Hindu chant 14 Robotic floor vacuum 20 Predicted 21 Daisy types 22 Relatives of 21-Across 23 Pounding one’s shawl? 25 Like sacred statues 26 Step up or down 27 Instant, for short 28 Santa — College 29 In history 30 Book parts 34 What aviator Orville or Wilbur was called? 37 Found on these pages 38 Kitty treater 39 Fill up fully 40 Celtics rival 41 “What the Butler Saw” dramatist Joe 42 Does penance 45 Sprinter Bolt 47 Small songbird with a cartoon cat? 50 60-min. units 51 “Rockaria!” band, in brief 54 Singer Clay 55 San — (Italian resort) 57 Poet W.H. — 59 Fusion 64 Old laundry machine that’s totally on the fritz? 66 Raving sort 67 People debating 70 Bistro, e.g. 71 “Goodbye, Columbus” author when he’s very angry? 73 Throw from a steed 74 Tea garnish 75 Apple debut of 1998 76 Mini-serving 79 Prior to 80 Flan need 82 Damage done to a periodical? 89 Pub buys 91 Find a new place for, as a pet 92 Islamic equivalent of kosher 93 Trial attire 96 Siestas 98 “Mazel —!” 99 Hereditary sequence 100 Declaration upon pulling your valise forcefully? 103 Many a handcuffed person 105 — -Jo (’80s track star) 106 That guy’s 107 Certain Wall St. trader 108 Paradigm 109 Hereditary 111 Actress Fay who was always cheerful? 117 Get free of 118 Silky goat or rabbit 119 Helm handler 120 Beaches 121 Observed in the vicinity of 122 Actor Erik
DOWN
1 Yackety-yak 2 Lament 3 — Khan 4 Impose 5 Capital of Kosovo 6 Like the pre-Easter period 7 — Allan Poe 8 Comic Jay 9 Bunyan’s tool 10 Story for an anchor 11 Radials for a Rolls, say 12 Fails to stay pokerfaced 13 Viper variety 14 Slickers and galoshes 15 Wilde with wit 16 Bison-hunting tribe 17 Household 18 Intelligent 19 Fancy ties 24 “— the season!” 28 Gallery gala 30 Grub 31 Berlin man 32 Funnyman Johnson 33 Hireling 34 “... three — a tub” 35 Océan liquid 36 Hotel relative 38 Cast a ballot 42 Take — view of 43 “Bad!” sound 44 Shopping jag 46 Old Testament book 48 Racial equality gp. 49 Part of YTD 51 Lawn gadget 52 Dirty looks 53 Ham — (deli classic) 56 Rx signers 58 Golden rule’s second word 59 Plenteous 60 Bill of “Real Time” 61 Japanese film genre 62 Stitch’s cartoon pal 63 Dive variety 64 “Yeah, no kidding!” 65 Taylor of “The Nanny” 67 Chair part 68 Traipse 69 Sporty auto 72 Tepees’ kin 73 — Reader (alternative digest) 76 Sierra Nevada lake 77 Sea of — (waters off Ukraine) 78 Gaming “City” dweller 81 Non-Jews 83 Somehow manages with 84 Pair attached to an axle 85 Also- — (losers) 86 Scores 87 Arose (from) 88 Painter Paul 89 Nectar lover 90 CIA worker 93 Searches and robs 94 Wise-looking 95 Bucking one 97 Card game expert John 99 Bestows 101 Triangle, e.g. 102 Fly into — (get furious) 103 Madison Ave. output 104 Find a new purpose for 108 “— first you don’t succeed ...” 110 Corn spike 111 Once existed 112 — pro nobis 113 That gal’s 114 Levin or Glass 115 TV neighbor of Homer 116 Time of note