PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE
“Punch Lines” by Frank A. Longo
ACROSS 1 Fistfight “souvenir” 7 Fish groups 14 Yasir of the Middle East 20 Actress Mumford 21 Fine-meshed nylon cap 22 Go to the polls again 23 Certain room decor adhesive 25 Gives a heads-up 26 Baseball’s “Georgia Peach” 27 Hindu mystic 29 Mobster’s gun 30 Spot’s sound 33 Ending for plug or play 34 It may be worn under a tennis shoe 38 Hitchcock film of 1940 41 Clichés 42 Trickster of Norse myth 43 Ramones’ debut single 45 In the — of (during) 46 “— So Shy” (1980 hit) 47 Bluish-black sour fruit 48 Check casher, say 51 — boom 54 Hurt 55 Slimy pest in a flower bed 60 Does some needlework 62 Penniless people 64 Pop singer Turner 65 Fracas 66 Lead-in to mo or pitch 67 Blackjack call that’s apt for this puzzle’s theme? 68 “— the ramparts ...” 70 Roker and Pacino 71 Nevada city 73 Trouser lines 75 Hand-held seizing tool 77 Sleeve feature with a link 79 Transaction in 71-Across 80 Wants badly, with “for” 81 Eddie — (clothing chain) 82 Above 84 Luau bowlful 85 End in — (go unresolved) 88 Innate sense of time 94 Pieces of pizza? 95 Actor Tatum 98 Acorn maker 99 Solar system component 101 He cried “I pity the fool!” 102 Little guy 103 Luau accessory 104 Perfect thing 105 Small river craft 108 Messing up 110 Ability to influence a campaign, perhaps 117 Loath (to) 118 Not in time 119 Come out 120 One hunting 121 Appalachian range 122 Get canines
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1 Handful of 2 Imitating 3 “My mama done — me ...” 4 Buoyant tune 5 Kids’ guessing game 6 Tail-fanning birds 7 Brand of cat food 8 Low- — meal 9 In vogue 10 Man-mouse middle 11 Put- — (hoaxes) 12 Disclose accidentally 13 Plastered 14 Pal of Athos and Porthos 15 Antique 16 “— Maria” 17 Permanently 18 Tears into 19 Aid in self-diagnosis 24 Like icecaps 28 Eroded 30 Hedge fund whiz 31 Roman Cath., e.g. 32 DOJ agcy. 34 Jason’s ship of myth 35 “It wasn’t meant —” 36 Managed care gp. 37 Most furtive 39 Set of values 40 Brno natives 41 Tolling thing 44 Sister and wife of Osiris 45 Guys 48 Lead-in to 52-Down 49 Clever 50 “Pro” replies 51 Neck wrap 52 Get via Amazon, e.g. 53 Not a single person 54 Pronto 55 Supporters of canines 56 Oafish sort 57 Fibbing sorts 58 Not aflame 59 Breathes in quickly 61 Yale of Yale University 62 Singer Edith 63 It spits out bills, briefly 67 Pajama-clad mag founder 69 Latch again, as a door 72 Like some safe runners 74 South, in Spanish 75 — diagram (math image) 76 Remorse 78 Raven sound 79 Tennis champ Björn 82 Electric co., e.g. 83 Bottled (up) 84 Blood part 85 Funnel-shaped flowers 86 Merit 87 Career completer 88 Flowering 89 Hanoi-to-Beijing dir. 90 Major vessel 91 Moon, e.g. 92 Co. leader 93 B minor, e.g. 95 Coot 96 Go in haste 97 Makes fit 100 Light wash 101 Middle Ages weapons 105 Nosh 106 Highest point 107 “—’s Gold” (Peter Fonda film) 109 Bug a lot 111 Brit’s john 112 Sort 113 Mai — 114 Leftover bit 115 “Blech!” 116 Informal shirt