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