San Francisco Chronicle

PREMIER CROSSWORD PuzzlE

- “Final Periods” by Frank A. Longo

ACROSS 1 Very affectiona­te couple 10 Bee juice 16 Birthplace of Galileo 20 Poet Pope 21 One-celled organism 22 Singer/actor Ed 23 What a hot spot provides 25 Good buds 26 Entangle 27 Saving sites 28 Bird on bills 29 Hurricane’s weaker relative 36 Booster for a band 39 Pioneer Boone, to friends 40 Destines to oblivion 41 Pecan, e.g. 42 Big name in audio compressio­n 48 Actor Hulce 49 Tabby-treating docs 50 Having no peepers 51 Like stock without face value 53 Do data entry, e.g. 55 Group with a secy.gen. 56 Female sibs, informally 58 “Thus ...” 62 Abet, e.g. 63 Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty 68 Kitchen VIP 70 See 30-Down 71 Years and years on end 72 Has no entity 73 Langston Hughes’ movement 81 Off-road ride, briefly 82 Occur as a result 83 Set of documents about a case 84 Reid of “Sharknado” 86 — May (Jed Clampett’s daughter) 89 Country estate 90 “Taxi” co-star Andy 93 “Mama” of pop 96 “Days of — Lives” 98 Gotten totally quiet 100 Cockpit abbr. 101 Herb bit 103 Truckloads 104 “Zip-a-Dee-Doo- —” 105 Across-the-board ban 112 One over par 113 Cowboy flick 114 Sensed feelings, informally 118 Thrifty rival 119 Cry apropos to seven long answers in this puzzle? 125 Guy 126 Fixed a bow on, e.g. 127 With great enthusiasm 128 Units of work 129 Eyeliner mishaps 130 Sees firsthand

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1 Criminals break them 2 Ken of “EZ Streets” 3 Singer Lynn 4 Put forth, as strength 5 Hay-bundling device 6 Ending for hero 7 They might cross aves. 8 — Plaines, Illinois 9 — Lanka 10 Pertaining to birth 11 Revise, as a manuscript 12 Sealed, as a wine bottle 13 Bill equal to two fins 14 Mr. Lincoln, familiarly 15 Squeal (on) 16 Daddies 17 Visualize 18 Smash hit 19 “Yes” votes 24 Celtics’ org. 28 Ending for lion 30 With 70-Across, “It’s more than likely ...” 31 El — (Spanish newspaper) 32 Gerund ender 33 Place with outpatient­s 34 Plant anchor 35 TV prize 36 Suffix with lemon 37 Longtime New York senator Daniel Patrick — 38 People who say “Not guilty,” say 43 Three-filling deli classic 44 “Oh — little faith!” 45 Stand-up comic Daniel 46 Church nook 47 Forest den 49 20-ouncer at Starbucks 52 Fun, for short 54 Faux — 56 Riding horse 57 Clip wool from 59 Divested of weapons 60 Seat of Orange County 61 Where many ads are seen 62 Aspirin target 64 Fast getaway 65 Muff it up 66 Harry’s chum at Hogwarts 67 Abbr. ending a co. name 69 Sooty vents 74 Fish that can be a shocker 75 Autumn mo. 76 “Likely story!” 77 Land in el agua 78 Window part 79 Aquanaut’s habitat 80 Decorative needle case 85 — -CIO 87 Easy run 88 Nomad’s tent 90 Shoelace snarl 91 — Spumante 92 The — degree 93 Coleslaw, essentiall­y 94 Totally done 95 Putting on, as a show 97 Sharp retort 99 Tony winner Wallach 101 Pilot’s setting 102 “Ars — artis” 106 Birds’ pads 107 None-of-the-above option 108 Minds 109 Angry feeling 110 Not quite round 111 Low cards in pinochle 115 Dozing spots 116 — Stanley Gardner 117 Expresses 119 Auditing org. 120 Pro — 121 Unopened 122 Ovid’s 511 123 Mo. no. 10 124 Five-spot

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