PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE

“Tender Union” by Frank A. Longo

ACROSS 1 Like history 5 Apt. divisions 8 — -Lorraine, France 14 Flatten, informally 19 Long (for) 20 Have an onstage role 21 Coal miners 22 Succinct and meaningful 23 Start of a riddle 26 Victorious 27 Here-there link 28 Skilled forger 29 Largest city in Norway 30 “That’s a new — me!” 31 Party mixers 33 Riddle, part 2 37 I-5, e.g. 39 Hat material 40 Adz relatives 41 Big name in razors 44 JVC or Hitachi rival 46 Collection of maps 50 Trailers, e.g. 54 Riddle, part 3 58 Hit the bottle 59 Giant 60 Rink legend Bobby 61 Six-sided state 62 Do the dishes? 63 Relating to a heart part 65 Got 100% on, as a test 68 “Eso —” (Paul Anka hit) 70 Eye, to a bard 71 Riddle, part 4 76 One may cry “Foul!” 77 Tiki or Baal 78 “I came,” to Caesar 79 Gives the most votes 81 Celestial hunter 83 Wish 85 Crunches tone them 88 Very angry 89 Island of Alaska 90 Riddle, part 5 94 Cosa — (Mafia affiliate) 96 Coats with element #30 97 Nation north of Mex. 98 “Porgy and —” 99 Shop draw 101 Hamster holder 103 Follower of chi 105 End of the riddle 112 Pastry bag filler 116 Painter Matisse 117 Nastase of the court 118 Saudi and Iraqi 120 By means of 121 Bowed 122 Riddle’s answer 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 Ordinary Sulky Short history Ex-Dodger Hershiser Insolvent “Knocked Up” director Judd Stitch (up) Funeral heap DOWN 1 Lowly chess pieces 2 Preceder of “Bless you!” 3 Glass bit 4 Asian holiday 5 Chicago’s — Emanuel 6 Occasional Golden Arches sandwich 7 Event with pig racing, perhaps 8 Boorish sort 9 Driving req. 10 Got to one’s feet 11 Something not to be missed 12 Viola’s kin 13 Witch on “Bewitched” 14 One doing a parody 15 St. Paul site 16 Give voice to 17 Bamboo unit 18 Sleep: Prefix 24 Hushed head-turner 25 Elisabeth of “CSI” 32 Semitic language 34 Smelting refuse 35 Relative of -ess 36 Large public show 38 Display fallibility 41 “— way to go!” 42 Up until that time 43 Puts new parts on, in a way 45 — -Magnon 47 Increase in volume 48 Toward a ship’s rear 49 Pokes a hole in 51 Procession of cars 52 Works such as “H.M.S. Pinafore” 53 Ivanjica inhabitant 55 One of the Skywalkers 56 — Sea (Asian lake) 57 “Close call!” 62 “It Takes a Thief” rapper 64 Pioneered 66 Large grotto 67 Lens locale 69 That lass 72 Start of a pirate chant 73 Faint from surprise, in slang 74 Omani money 75 Like exercise that gets the heart going 76 Horse coat pattern 80 Court units 82 Fully extended, as arms 84 Preceder of chi 86 Chesapeake Bay crustaceans 87 Scheme: Abbr. 90 Island near Java 91 “— homo!” 92 “And fast!” 93 Breach 95 With speed 100 Paradox 102 U.S. territory since 1898 104 “Aye aye,” in Iberia 105 Cassidy of old pop 106 Succinct 107 How actors should enter 108 Augustus — (“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” character) 109 Bejeweled headwear 110 Spartan serf 111 Holmes or Couric 113 Elephant tusk stuff 114 NFLer of San Fran 115 Crystal of country 119 Arch above the eye 123 Abbr. in a personal ad 124 “Yuck!” 125 Swiffer product