THE PREMIER
“HOW ABOUT HAT!”
ACROSS
1 Big appliance brand 6 Bursting, as a balloon 13 Houdini feat 19 Only 21 New York senator Chuck 22 Sudden floods 23 Device used in saltwater aquariums 25 Spanish conquistador Hernando 26 Filter slowly 27 Cagney or Lacey: Abbr. 28 Seed case 29 Tennis’ Navratilova 30 Took a 46-Across, e.g. 32 “For Me and My Gal” director 35 Marine ink squirters 38 Welsh dog 39 Tic-tac-toe row 40 Some Web site banners 41 Person paid for getting strikes 46 Airport idler 47 Apian abode 48 Try to get 49 Online party summonses 53 Madonna musical 55 The Once— (“The Lorax” character) 56 Gradually slowing, in music: Abbr. 58 Legislate 59 Cozy room 60 Florida school near Daytona Beach 66 Dimple locale 67 Like Capp’s Abner 68 Parable, e.g. 69 1977 pact signed by Carter and Torrijos 76 Son of George Bush 79 Painstaking, for short 80 Academic e-mail suffix 81 Tirana’s nation: Abbr. 82 Brain holder 84 Hedy of film 86 Just — on the map 89 Diminutive suffix for “part” 91 Mrs. Victor Laszlo, in film 92 Collectible Happy Meal miniatures 96 Nine-digit ID issuer 99 Vienna’s land: Abbr. 100 Made a boat move 101 Most twisted, as humor 102 Annual May race 106 Stimulate 107 Artist Renoir 108 Gold, in Italy 109 With 50-Down, rum cocktail 110 Hits with high voltage 114 Small cavern 115 Exceeds limits (or what each of this puzzle’s theme items does?) 119 Word before snake or belt 120 Like the jack of hearts 121 In a creepy way 122 Wood dyes 123 Sheets and pillowcases sold as units 124 Rob of “90210”
DOWN
1 Some snakes 2 Further 3 Healing plant 4 Bottom line 5 Bristol brew 6 Furtive “Looky here” 7 Suffix with bull or hill 8 Frat letter 9 Fills up the tank, maybe 10 Not budging 11 In poverty 12 Fido’s threat 13 Endive type 14 Hybrid utensil 15 À la — 16 Hun name 17 Flattened by hammering 18 Thoreau writings 20 Like “kvetch” or “schmear” 24 Once called 29 Fluffy’s cry 31 Not closed, in verse 32 Many miffed fans, vocally 33 Catering hall vessel 34 “Oh, God! —” (1980 film sequel) 35 Made a pick 36 Want badly 37 Venom, e.g. 38 Spotted, musky cat 42 Hush 43 Swiss capital 44 Brothers Phil and Don of pop/rock 45 Wash cycle 50 See 109-Across 51 Outer: Prefix 52 Hogs’ place 54 Actor Shawn of “X-Men” films 57 Stand for an idiot box 61 Hollywood’s Carrere 62 Ending for pay or Motor 63 Not any 64 Last: Abbr. 65 Have brunch 66 Gem weight 69 Jim Bakker’s old ministry, familiarly 70 Finder’s cry 71 — de plume 72 Fresh as — 73 Naked 74 Early blues singer Ma — 75 Spanish national hero 76 Singer Andrews 77 “That’s someone — problem!” 78 Explosion 83 Unwelcome advice givers 85 Atomic piles 87 Certain wind insert 88 Flowers named for their scent 90 “Charlotte’s Web” author 93 H-bomb, e.g. 94 Wall St. manipulator 95 Add up to 96 Singer Ricky 97 Painter Georges 98 Mohair goat 103 — -frutti 104 St. Paul-to-Fargo hwy. 105 Lorna — cookies 106 Huge battle 109 What docs prescribe 111 Quarreling 112 Magnet end 113 1974 CIA spoof movie 115 Hunk 116 “— of little faith!” 117 Critter doc 118 “— -haw!”