PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS 1 Dwelling place: Abbr. 4 Modifying wd. 7 Fail to mention 11 Prez Lincoln 14 Bar checks 18 Artificial fat 20 Relatives of allegories 22 To — (precisely) 23 Mocking remarks from Pluto’s master? 25 Burnett of CNN 26 — Spumante (wine) 27 Schubert’s “The — King” 28 Manet’s forte 29 Actor Claude 30 “No, we’re not going to give the employee a raise”? 37 I, to Franz 40 “Mazel —!” 41 Fed. crash-probing org. 42 Countertenor 43 Very small toll to drive on a road through the Alps? 48 Present from birth 52 To a foreign country 53 Fair-hiring inits. 54 “Der —” (Konrad Adenauer) 56 Ruin totally 57 Fragment 58 Use stitching 60 Quips about a Civil War general? 64 — Boothe Luce 66 Yuletide quaff 68 “— be great if ...” 69 Leeds lav 70 Miser’s reformation into a generous person? 77 Santa — 78 Polly’s “Alice” role 79 — -TURN (street sign) 80 Wafer brand 82 Verbal noun the nitwit uses a lot? 88 Actress Thurman 90 Be inclined 91 British noble 92 “Why Can’t — Friends?” 93 Deutsch article 95 Develop 97 Painting on plaster 99 Concert tour during which a Muppet opens for the “Open Arms” band? 103 Singer Amos 105 Tap-in, e.g. 106 Suffix with north or west 107 Opposite NNW 108 “Stop grazing and return to your barn”? 115 Bedeck 116 Air safety org. 117 Stimpy’s pal 118 Close 122 Certain Slav 123 Very inexpensive part of a ship’s hull? 129 Different 130 Maryland suburb of D.C. 131 Motorist’s guide 132 Inuit’s ride 133 1040 org. 134 With 11-Down, “Don’t drop your guard!” 135 Tent stake 136 Gold, to Spaniards
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1 City in Italia 2 Yalies 3 Religious faction 4 Enjoyed food 5 Sahara-like 6 1567-1625 king of Scotland 7 Great riches 8 Some parents 9 Infuriation 10 — Mahal 11 See 134-Across 12 Big — (WWI gun) 13 Kin of -trix 14 Korean martial art 15 Upper heart chambers 16 Living thing 17 Taste, e.g. 19 Power tool brand 21 Trounce 24 Mork’s home planet 29 Env. notation 31 R&B singer — James 32 Frogs’ kin 33 Group values 34 Ad Council ad, for short 35 “Son of,” in Arab names 36 Property transferor 37 Windows ad catchphrase 38 Steel-gray metallic element 39 “Woo-hoo!” 44 — Dame 45 — the scene (having recently arrived) 46 Flower plot 47 Shade tree 49 Totally fine 50 Ascot, e.g. 51 USNA grad. 55 Perfumed powder 59 Make furious 61 Find by chance 62 Archaic verb ending 63 “Benny & —” (Johnny Depp film) 65 & others 67 Become liberated 71 Not given under 112-Down 72 Winter woe 73 Logical 74 OPEC ship 75 Gathers bit by bit 76 Tickles a lot 81 Without batting — 82 Furry TV alien 83 Opposite of 118-Across 84 Lofty verse 85 Place to find pearls 86 Peter out 87 Sudden — 89 Squirrel’s bit 94 Put between 96 Ladder step 98 Quarter, e.g. 100 Tach reading 101 “For shame!” 102 Dada artist 104 Less certain 108 Valises, e.g. 109 Novelist Scott 110 Eponymous code creator 111 Balsa boats 112 Witness’ promise 113 Cousin, for one: Abbr. 114 Sooner city 119 Sailors’ saint 120 Lab medium 121 Debtor’s woe 123 DOJ agency 124 “Certainly!” 125 May hrs. 126 Harem room 127 — v. Wade 128 Duffel or tote