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PREMIER CROSSWORD PuzzlE

- “Counting Down” by Frank A. Longo

ACROSS 1 Nothin’ at all 4 Got on board 12 — Hill (Theodore Roosevelt’s home) 20 Altar promise 21 Quiche — 22 Zealous campaigner 23 With 39-Down, business for attorneys 24 Dreams up 25 Enrobing 26 Thorax 28 Cloister resident 29 Native Americans of Oklahoma 31 See 69-Across 32 Lena of “The Wiz” 33 Gal at a ball 34 Big fashion inits. 35 Blue shade 37 Haul to court 38 “Time — the essence!” 40 Wagged part 42 Closest to nil 46 Verizon competitor 49 Artificial hair 51 Skier Tommy 52 Ali or Frazier 53 Klutzy type 54 Radon, e.g. 55 Indian “Mr.” 56 Dangerous way to skate 58 Haglike 60 Darkened 62 Uprightnes­s 63 Like radon 64 Actress Courteney 65 Alluring West 66 Kanga’s son 67 Pitched shelter 68 “— knew?!” 69 With 31-Across, start to enjoy 70 Snooze site 71 Like sexist jokes and such, for short 75 Mai — 76 Ring official 77 “Piggy” 78 River of Grenoble 79 Like much hemp fashion 83 Actress Cuthbert 85 Was deeply agitated 86 Air impurity 88 Battle (for) 89 Favorite 90 “— -haw!” (“Whee!”) 91 Bicolor snacks 92 Slender fish 93 Polar laborer 94 Hit into from behind 96 1988 Olympics city 97 Is in a hole 99 Film scorer Schifrin 101 Sportage or Soul maker 102 Clairol products 104 Gibbon, e.g. 106 — -relief 107 White wader 110 Enthusiasm 113 Soup legume 115 Dandy fellow 116 Full of cheek 117 Rift-causing 119 Least near 122 Sci-fi gift 123 Hand-thrown weapons 124 Scottish beef animal 125 Scrabble 4-pointer 126 Right to use another’s land 127 Opera text 128 Scrabble 1-pointers

DOWN 1 Nothin’ at all 2 Gem State 3 * A thousand and a googol, e.g. 4 * March Madness quarterfin­al teams 5 Family member 6 Slivovitz and kirsch 7 Has a debate 8 * 1998 Tom Clancy novel 9 Family members 10 Adversary 11 Cease’s partner 12 Flimflam 13 * Part of the Constituti­on establishi­ng the judiciary 14 Very nervy 15 “... so far — know” 16 * Helicopter of the U.S. president 17 Major Norse god 18 Sublet, say 19 Therefore 27 Ignore rudely 30 Trendy 36 Typical lab rat, e.g. 39 See 23-Across 41 It has a charge 43 Pivotal line 44 Split-off group 45 Deuce follower 46 Specifical­ly 47 Neighbor of Quebec 48 Place (down) 50 * Request for a hand slap 57 Engine cover 59 LCD alternativ­e 60 Ski- — 61 Consume 64 * Group of defendants that included Abbie Hoffman 68 “Hold on!” 69 Styling stuff 70 Furry scarf 71 Consume 72 Occasion to shout out the ends of the answers to this puzzle’s starred clues (from left to right) 73 Dress fussily 74 Handed over 75 In this way, informally 76 Withdrawal 77 * “She Loves You” band’s nickname 78 * Tangoing truism 79 Lofty poetry 80 Heart 81 Toast topper 82 * A state of bliss 84 Window area 85 View 87 Rustic denial 89 View 95 Capital of Latvia 98 Helical form 100 Taoism founder 103 Omit in speech 105 Nicholas Gage memoir 108 City in Germany 109 Styles 110 Knife feature 111 Old Italian currency 112 Bird class 114 Bird hangout 118 Snead of golf 120 Classic British sports car 121 Hard drinker

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