PREMIER CROSSWORD / “MM, GOOD!”
ACROSS
1 Kiddie-lit elephant
6 Seder bread
11 Warren in the Pro
Football Hall of Fame 15 Numbered work of a
composer
19 “I’d love to help”
20 Fictional town in an
Edgar Lee Masters title 22 Intensify, with “up”
23 Aged female horse that has won lots of singing awards?
25 Dog food brand
26 Flimsy
27 Hive swarm
28 “Lie Down With Lions”
novelist Ken
30 Romanov royal
31 — -fi film
33 Michael of “Superbad” 34 Stephen of the screen 35 Time when everybody turned down their radios all at once?
41 — v. Wade
42 Aussie critter
43 Soporific drug
44 Electrolysis particles
45 Reading quickly in the
Scandinavian manner? 50 Novelist Stout
52 Hammer or Spade
53 History topic
54 Hot tub sigh
56 Tranquility
60 Brainchild
62 Big meeting to discuss
protective metal gear? 66 Foot the bill
69 A-bomb, e.g.
71 “— dare?”
72 — Lilly
73 “Tamerlane” poet
74 Cold, damp park birds? 79 Declare
82 Apia locale
83 Elton John’s ’70s label 84 Figure skater Midori — 86 Bet to win and place
90 Cloning stuff
92 Was an overly
aggressive barber?
96 Cato’s “to be”
99 — alla Scala
101 Intensify, with “up”
102 Antique auto
103 Trouncing in a numberadding contest?
109 Bullring call
110 Balcony box
111 “Send help!” 112 Netflix rival 113 Medium for
burning data 115 Pork serving 118 Of sentence
units
121 Cork’s land 122 Decreed to be the most prudish?
126 Observes
127 Computer programming output
128 More skillful 129 Chances
130 Covered with bathroom rolls, slangily
131 Outback food 132 Fliers’ homes
DOWN
1 Strike with the
horns
2 Court champ
Arthur 3 Lead-in to
“done that” 4 “Eek!” 5 Add ammo to 6 Emails or texts:
Abbr. 7 Wet mo. 8 Come — halt 9 Body not
staying at rest? 10 “My treat!” 11 Family in computer games
12 Duvernay of
“Queen Sugar”
13 Flawless
14 Request in advance, in
a way 15 Spoken exam 16 Sicily’s capital 17 A gazillion 18 Brief plugs for political
candidates
21 Bread variety
24 — Lube (STP
alternative) 29 Chou En- — 31 Add fuel to 32 Groups on church risers 33 The Plame affair,
informally 35 Hammer or spade 36 52-wk. units 37 Dad’s partner
38 Longtime wire svc. 39 Moses’ peak
40 Seltzer, e.g.
41 ICU VIPS
46 Imbiber’s hwy.
offense
47 “— be nice if ...”
48 Like taffy
49 Bea Arthur sitcom
51 Air-testing gp.
55 Hispanic “hello”
57 Intensify, with “up”
58 Loving sound
59 Previous to, poetically 61 12-hour clock toggle 63 Lowing sound
64 Fluid dram fraction
65 “Hawaii —” (Jack Lord
series)
66 Acer offerings
67 Styled after
68 Orange tuber 70 Say aloud for
transcription
75 Net access provider 76 Groom, e.g.
77 “The Dance” singer
Brooks
78 Canned heat
80 Good Grips brand 81 Nursery cry
85 Dramatist Clifford 87 Merry-go-rounds 88 Not kosher
89 Hurry-scurry
91 For free
93 Furious state
94 Spill cleaner
95 Sony products
96 1962 Paul Anka hit 97 Tarnished
98 Tarnished
100 Chinese soup 104 Sort
105 Facet
106 “Surprised to run into
you!”
107 University in Greenville, South Carolina
108 In a blazing brandy
sauce
114 Fed Eliot
115 Ace or queen
116 Fruit drink brand
117 Tip jar bills
118 Nursery school, briefly 119 Play — (perform some
songs)
120 Env. items
123 Receivable
124 John in court cases 125 High-tech organizer