THE PREMIER
CENTRAL ZOO
ACROSS
1 Separates by a boundary 9 Rues 16 “Mamma Mia!”
group 20 Perennial Italian encore 21 Place to spend drams 22 James Brown’s
style 23 Arriving where
there’s no outlet 25 Kind of wrestling 26 Weak in the — 27 One more than bi28 Tight spot 29 Baggins of “The
Hobbit” 30 “Calm down!” 36 Ga. hours 39 Any of les Antilles 40 Works in a gallery 41 Stem (from) 42 One the Blessed
Virgin’s titles 47 “Gangnam Style”
rapper 48 Sit-ups work them 50 River vessel 51 Unrefined metals 52 Like sports cars,
briefly 54 Common lot sizes 56 Assertions 58 Instruction in force indefinitely 61 Web programming language 62 “— really help if ...” 64 Day to “beware” 65 Suffix with
Benedict 66 Ford bombs 68 They’re hidden in the centers of this puzzle’s eight longest answers 71 Tabloid “monster” 75 Kilmer or Guest of film 76 Descartes of rationalism 77 Homeboys’ howdies 79 Moral lapses 80 Marked with a very cold iron, as cattle 86 Picnics, e.g. 88 In an unstrict way 89 Elongated fish 90 — Sea (Asian body) 92 Problematic plant swelling 93 Old Giants great Mel 94 Vase variety 95 Shout just before flying 97 Small monastery 100 During each 102 Bullfight yell 103 Decade divs. 104 Celebrity advocate for UNESCO 110 Torn apart 111 DiFranco of folk rock 112 Play scenery 113 Semicolon’s cousin 117 Out of port 118 Hiragana or katakana, in a sense 123 Injury, in law 124 Dessert style 125 Ticketmaster specification 126 Payment to play cards 127 Sorcerers 128 Exits
DOWN
1 Taunt 2 “I love him like —” 3 “The Eternal City” 4 — light (filming lamp) 5 Touch, e.g. 6 Texter’s “Wow!” 7 Hissy 8 Boots, e.g. 9 Bike spokes, say 10 Before, in poetry 11 Key with one sharp 12 Stinging insect 13 Military foe 14 Baking pan 15 Unhappy 16 Home of St. Francis 17 Broad street 18 Stinging insect 19 Chilly 24 Airport landing: Abbr. 29 “It’s chilly!” 31 Avila aunt 32 Just about 33 “N’est ce —?” 34 Ingests too much of, informally 35 180-degree turn, informally 36 Break out of 37 Fended (off) 38 Voices below altos 43 Not at all advanced 44 Grazing spot 45 Hi- — screen 46 Suffix with 40- or 50-Across 47 Oh-so-prim 49 Latvia was one: Abbr. 52 All that — bag of chips 53 Biographer Leon 54 Top-rate 55 Toyota of the 1980s 57 Cotton thread type 59 Pointed a firearm 60 Knife in old infomercials 63 “Noah” director Aronofsky 67 Sluggish 69 “Hud” co-star Patricia 70 Rural hotels 72 Wiry 73 Film director Bergman 74 Elia pieces 78 “Fa-a-ancy!” 80 Mel’s brassy waitress 81 Rodent’s last meal, maybe 82 Gregarious sort 83 Gem mineral 84 “The Raven” poet’s initials 85 — Hill (R&B quartet) 87 Bill’s film bud 91 Faith forsaker 94 Geller of mentalism 95 City area, for short 96 Rorem of art songs 98 Form a thought 99 BYOB part 100 Neighbor of Colombia 101 Key with one sharp 104 Persona non — 105 Bolivian city 106 Horse relatives 107 Witness 108 Earthy hue, to a Brit 109 Pothole sites 114 Suits’ degs. 115 Portion (out) 116 Comic actor Roscoe 118 Maxilla locale 119 Former boxing king 120 Reds great Roush 121 Sawmill item 122 Big name in water filters