PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE
MAKING 20 OUT OF 9
ACROSS
1 Pueblo dweller
5 Sound of an “air kiss” 9 Forensic facility in Quantico, for short
15 Gig hookups
19 Refined finds
20 Civil rights leader Parks 21 In an uncivil way 22 Lawn mower brand 23 Parts of wholes
25 Key related to G major 26 “Jurassic Park” dino 27 “Billions” channel, in brief
28 Some boxing blows 30 Horn blowers
32 Person whose name consists entirely of the letters in 23-Across
37 Los Angeles neighborhood
38 “I knew — along!”
39 Old Nissan brand 40 Stephen of “Angie” 41 Humongous
44 Foot, in verse 47 Tattered
48 Novel whose name consists entirely of the letters in 62-Across
54 Others, in Oviedo 55 Last letter, in Leeds 56 Trig function
57 Arab nation
60 Titanic sinker
62 Didn’t type or text, perhaps
67 Relating to an eye layer 71 Corn, to a Brit 73 Neighbor of Latvia 74 Relatives of terraces 76 Silent performer 78 Consumer
79 Coup d’—
80 Attain
81 Exit
85 Film whose name consists entirely of the letters in 74-Across
93 Verve
94 Words of woe
95 Desert haven
96 Sch. founded by Thomas Jefferson
97 December mall temps 100 Consumer
103 Very talented
105 Setups whose name consists entirely of the letters in 117-Across
110 Some legumes
111 Lindsay of “Liz & Dick” 112 Be in debt to
113 Imp Simpson
114 Throat tissue
117 Lawbreaker
121 — fixe
122 Menu offering
123 In — (stuck)
124 Lasting mark
125 Betting info
126 “Mad” Carroll character 127 Some votes in Congress 128 Those folks
DOWN
1 Great athletes are enshrined in it: Abbr. 2 Bobby in the Hockey 1-Down
3 Leguminous side dish 4 Low pelvic bones
5 Hosp. test in a big tube 6 “Mrs. Dalloway” novelist 7 Ed of “Lou Grant”
8 Is trustful
9 Citrusy diet soft drink 10 Idling type
11 Cruel Amin
12 Slower than andante 13 Socially distant
14 Side street
15 Give proof of 16 Novelist Toni 17 Strong-arm 18 Boston Red —
24 This evening 29 Building-blasting stuff 31 Bag-screening org. 32 Gotten sight of 33 Attempter
34 Fibber’s admission 35 Cabbage side dish 36 Little hotel
37 Playtex item
42 “Ugly Betty” actress Ortiz
43 Crash-probing agcy. 45 Little plateau
46 Pickle liquid
49 Bubbly mixer 50 Blogging pundit Klein 51 Prescribed diet, say 52 Finishes up
53 Swamp wriggler 57 Round body
58 “Call — taxi”
59 Ocean east of Mass. 61 Inits. on an ambulance 62 Tailor’s edge
63 City on the Seine 64 Put- — (jokey pranks) 65 Knot up
66 Part of a jug
68 Yuletide song 69 Opposer
70 Climbing vine 72 Rigatoni’s kin 75 Ingrain
77 Filmdom’s Kazan 80 Shimmer
82 Golfer Ernie
83 Even up 84 Out-of-towner 85 “Shane” star
86 Teased one another playfully
87 International alliances 88 Harbinger
89 Medieval Scandinavian 90 Group’s activity in the community 91 Crooner Burl 92 Frowny-faced
93 Suffix with Vietnam 98 Aesthetic interest 99 Sewing unit
101 Bank job
102 “Neroli” musician Brian 104 Least
106 Maui greeting
107 Contrarian’s retort
108 Nile capital
109 Come next
113 Short history
115 Park oneself
116 Cooler cubes
118 Divs. of dollars
119 Scot’s turndown
120 Give it a whirl