PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE
INTELLECTUAL TREAT
ACROSS
1 Accord, Civic and Pilot 7 Blue toon
12 Hubbubs
16 Honorary deg. for a jurist 19 Unicellular organism 20 Subdued, with “down” 21 Receives a salary, say 23 Boston baseballers 24 Verb form in “I used to solve puzzles,” e.g. 26 Position of advantage 28 Stuff in some viral genes 29 How- — (manuals) 30 Detroit-to-Philly dir. 31 Job opening
33 Literary finale
36 War deity
40 Pre- — (replace) 44 What’s allotted in soccer when a player is hurt
46 Sell in stores
49 Thinned out 51 Bohemian lager 52 “Fathers and Sons” novelist
54 Notion, in Nice
55 Story
56 Lions’ locale
57 L-Q linkup
58 “Little” co-star Rae
62 In the best-case scenario 65 Sibling who looks the same
68 Japanese menu item 69 Fall mo.
70 Suffix of superlatives 71 Korean, e.g.
72 Molar requiring extraction, maybe
76 Title for Gandhi
78 “Good Will Hunting” director Gus Van — 79 Virtuosos
80 Screening airport org. 81 Oodles
82 Love deity
83 Dog with a reddish, wiry coat 88 Beirut’s land
92 Barney Fife portrayer Don
93 Charred
94 Retreat in the clouds 96 Downs food
98 Good friends
99 River mouth features
100 From scratch
102 Horse’s kin
105 San Francisco’s — Valley 106 Aged
107 Invention of Rorschach 115 Painful podiatric problem
119 Geronimo’s people
120 2003-16 Cowboys quarterback
121 Large spoon
122 “Peanuts” girl
123 Former United rival
124 Has- —
125 Lectern, e.g.
126 Group of PC experts
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1 Mata —
2 Boding sign
3 Signals “OK”
4 Lucy’s Arnaz
5 House
6 “Wailing” instruments 7 Rouse
8 NYC cultural center
9 Like many insensitive jokes
10 Smells awful
11 32nd prez
12Will Smith’s role in “Men in Black”
13 Ten: Prefix
14 Hitter Mel
15 Concorde, e.g., in brief 16 Ointment base
17 Thin, supple and graceful 18 34th prez
22 — fours (teacakes) 25 Fern leaf
27 Golf ball prop
32 “Salt” co-star Schreiber 33 Port city near Buffalo, NY 34 TV’s Gomer
35 Neighbor of Belg. 36 Grande of pop, to fans 37 Gun, as an engine 38 Greek vowel
39 Christmas party headwear
41 Fuel efficiency stat 42 Forecasts
43 Found on a radio dial 45 “What’s —?” (Bugs Bunny’s greeting)
47 Like tilted type
48 Break in the action 50 State bird of Hawaii 53 Marina del — 54 Beginning ltr.
57 Volcano in Calif. 58 “We’re in danger here!” 59 Loretta of “M*A*S*H” 60 Thailand, once
61 Noted visitor to 60Down
62 Wife of Osiris
63 Part of Russia’s parliament
64 Fox Sports competitor 66 Webpage
67 Pakistani city
69 Lyric poems
73 Occult cards 74 Low-budget, in adspeak 75 Other, in Oviedo 76 Wrestling pad
77 Stein drinks 82 “Watermark” singer 83 Apropos of
84 33rd prez
85 Radio host Glass 86 Japanese menu item 87 Tpks., e.g.
88 Cornea cover
89 Still, at this late date 90 Salami alternative 91 Vein’s cousin 92 Japanese fencing style 95 Sam of Sam’s Club 97 Actor Mineo
101 Be victorious in
103 “Same goes for me” 104 Honoree on Mar. 17 106 “I’m buying”
108 Zilch
109 Potter’s oven
110 Ran, as dye
111 Sharp-tasting
112 Brutus’ “Behold!” 113 Actor LaBeouf
114 Burst (with)
115 Hairy sitcom cousin 116 Celestial ball
117 Suffering
118 Golf’s Ernie