PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE
A TO Z REPEATEDLY
ACROSS
1 Dubya or JFK
5 Horse riders
12 Bandleader Lawrence 16 NBA’s Erving, familiarly 19 Totally alter
20 Visibly sulky
21 Pack of yaks
22 Coastal inlet 23 Monumental
24 Of very hilly regions 25 Liveliness
27 Betray by snitching 29 Possible answer to “Who is?”
30 Scottish refusals
32 Lupe of “Mexican Spitfire” 33 With 73- and 117-Across, notable fact about this puzzle’s solution 37 Antigen-attacking lymphocyte
39 Abbr. ending a math proof
40 Suffix with form
41 Deer relative
42 Surgical tool
44 Put a levy on
47 Smidge
49 Des Moines native
51 Cry to a lifesaver
53 Move in spasms 56 “American Pie” actor — William Scott
58 Visibly awed
60 Tailless cat
61 Pop’s Grande
63 The Beatles’ “Eleanor —” 65 Gibson liquor
66 1847 Herman Melville novel
67 Big name in utility knives 68 Atty.’s title
69 18-wheeler
71 Div. of a hoops game 73 See 33-Across
80 Mine, in Italy
81 ROY G. — 82 Albuquerque-to-Denver dir.
83 Chef’s hat
85 Travel by foot 89 Cable inits. for old films 91 Reverend Jackson 93 Tweak
94 Ending for buck
95 “El —” (nickname of a drug lord)
97 Drink heartily
99 Acorn trees
100 “Incredible!”
102 D-Max pickup maker
104 Tips, as a hat
106 Wd. often ending in “-ly” 107 Rho-tau link
109 Western treaty inits.
111 U.S. spy gp.
112 Former Pan Am rival
115 Decide you will
117 See 33-Across
121 Part of a ship’s hull
123 Cartoon hits
125 Cool, man
126 Some Native Americans 127 Getting a laugh of out 129 Cool guy on “Happy Days”
133 Years, in Italy
134 Traffic snarl
135 Lawn digger
136 Popular place for a piercing
137 Give a test to
138 Log splitter
139 “— Out of My League” 140 Basic nature
141 “That’s clear”
DOWN
1 Trig, for calc, e.g.
2 Put new concrete on 3 Revised copy 4 Cholesterol-lowering drug 5 Funny Carrey
6 Artist Yoko
7 “Be quiet!”
8 Univ. about 50 miles west of Topeka
9 Coating with glossy varnish 10 Yang partner
11 Office scribe
12 Interlaced
13 Is 14 Third bk. of the Bible 15 Roguish behavior 16 Group of precision marchers
17 Ceremony
18 “Run This Town” rapper 26 Toon frame
28 Laugh syllable from a Stooge
31 Plant — (claim some territory, maybe)
34 Writer Mario Vargas — 35 Mitigate
36 “King Kong” studio 38 Solidifies
43 “Seminar,” for “Marines,” e.g.: Abbr.
45 River in Italy
46 “Kisses and hugs” symbol
47 Glide in a rink
48 Glaring
50 “That’s the — goes” 52 Med. insurer
53 NFL’s Jaguars, on scoreboards
54 The “E” of 39-Across 55 Well-off
57 Muslim face veil
59 Arouse
62 Linguist Chomsky 64 Mark over a short vowel 68 Pliocene, e.g.
70 Big name in infomercial knives
72 Eligible for Soc. Sec. 74 Class for an Eng. major 75 Little jewel
76 Sam of golf
77 Judo halls
78 Blue hue
79 Walrus tooth
84 Aliens, briefly
85 Tot’s glassful
86 Yank who wore #13 87 Small amount, as of sales 88 Jazz saxophonist Dave 90 Injure greatly
92 People crushing things 93 Stick on
96 Biblical song 98 Points of convergence
101 Prizes highly
103 Animals: Suffix
105 Kismet
108 Wolf down
110 Suppress
112 Pre-liftoff expression 113 Hot dog
114 Judicial inquest
116 Book divs.
118 Lauder of cosmetics
119 Cereal utensil
120 Basra citizen
121 Mexico’s — California 122 Huge-screen film format 124 In-favor votes
128 “Stupid me!”
130 Partakes of
131 “Grimm” airer
132 Wye followe