San Francisco Chronicle

PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- “Six Times Three” by Frank A. Longo

ACROSS 1 Fruit drink brand 4 Brooklyn NBA team 8 Les États- — 12 Instrument that drones 19 Gp. of docs 20 “Give it —” (“Go for it”) 21 Somewhat, musically 22 Endless 23 Command for online missives 25 “Singing to the Hits” label 26 Woodlands 27 Army chaplains open curtains? 30 Haughty sort 31 Pilferer 32 MSN competitor 33 Queen in “Frozen” 37 Flower parts with the most light, soft colors? 42 “Come on!” 45 Comes — surprise 46 “He-e-elp!” 47 Stir-frying pan 48 Provo site 49 Inits. at Indy 52 See 36-Down 55 Heckles 57 Leathernec­k pilots stay behind? 63 Split to splice 64 City near Oneida Lake 65 Pulse 66 Hooded vipers 70 Little louse 71 Aside from 73 Hooded coat 75 Weep aloud 77 — for tat 78 Window part 80 Lots and lots 82 First extra inning 84 — acid 86 Himalayan guide who’s skilled at crafting sentences? 90 Sufferer for a cause 93 Lamb nurser 94 Sci-fi power 95 Bawl (out) 96 “Kristin” actress Ortiz 97 Hamm of soccer 99 Andy’s chum 103 Bucolic poems 105 Heartless doughnut shop employee pestering customers? 111 Hold to be 112 Med. plan 113 Queen, in Spain 114 Apia’s locale 118 Change everyone’s table positions during a spring holiday dinner? 123 Alike 126 Aid in solving 127 Racer Mario 128 Dribble 129 — -Iranian 130 Look to be 131 “I have it!” 132 Scented pouches 133 — tide 134 Makes a slip 135 Chaney of film

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1 Hinged door fasteners 2 Clarificat­ion starter 3 “I’ll handle it!” 4 Convention sticker 5 SFO stats 6 Sad, in Paris 7 Slender, graceful girls 8 Maintenanc­e processes 9 Averse to, with “of” 10 Like some cold coffee 11 Was bought for the price of 12 Happens to, as evil 13 On the crest 14 Richard of Hollywood 15 Determine in advance 16 Electees 17 Singer Boone 18 Ernie of golf 24 Move directly via a wholesaler 28 Comic Rudner 29 Eggs of fish 34 Yard surface 35 Coin opening 36 With 52-Across, proposes a date to 38 Get rid of 39 Before long 40 Starchy staple 41 Morales of the screen 42 Measures of light 43 And others, to Caesar 44 Divining cards 50 Less slack 51 Cherry stone 53 Illinois city 54 Golfer’s peg 56 Spanish article 58 Lincoln loc. 59 It cuts wood with the grain 60 “Crocodile Rock” label 61 Sun orbiter 62 Reduces to pulp 67 Secondary leaflike appendage 68 Endocrine gland in the brain 69 Blizzards, e.g. 72 Log-in info 74 Lead-in to plunk 76 Crotchety cry 79 Follower of FDR 81 Copy 83 Part of Mao’s name 85 Ashley Olsen’s twin 87 Mass song 88 Crest 89 Go around 90 Bond girl player Adams 91 Comic Meara 92 Shed tool 98 Sticks fast 100 Entertaine­r Carmen 101 Like superstore shopping 102 Irritated fit 104 Deprives of weapons 106 Lottery winner’s cry 107 Thurman of “Tape” 108 “— to it!” (“Simple!”) 109 Anxiety 110 Many a sock mender 115 Rock genre 116 Brand of weedkiller­s 117 Iraqi, e.g. 119 Sommer of “The Prize” 120 Chip coating 121 German article 122 German river 123 Urban grid: Abbr. 124 One of the Gershwins 125 Karaoke stage item

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