THE PREMIER
PREFIXES SUFFIXED
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1 Thick-skinned river critters 7 Women’s soft hats of old 14 Crouches, as a catcher 20 Dream up 21 Turkey’s landmass 22 Career-track type 23 British hero sandwich? 25 Cut in half 26 Aunts, e.g. 27 Maglie of the old Giants 28 Be sickly 29 Give off 31 Certain tennis edge 33 “America” contraction 35 Person born to be an apartment manager? 42 Car made in an Alabama port? 45 Schoolyard rejoinder 46 Gap 47 Small brawl 48 “Drop — line” 49 Place for petri dishes 51 Hold tightly 54 Syringe causing a bad skin reaction? 58 Gmail rival 59 World finance org. 62 Holiday quaff 63 Thin, white mushroom 64 CBS drama 65 Advil rival 67 “Yipes!” 69 Printer resolution stat 70 Kids’ author Silverstein 71 Very busy checkout area? 75 “— to You” (2009 Lady Antebellum hit) 77 Lamprey lookalike 78 Pepsi or RC 79 Easily duped sort 82 Body filled with eau 83 Old TV’s Desi 85 The, to Jules 86 Pitchfork-shaped letter 87 Trim grass 88 Put-down during a visit with the doc? 92 John of plows 94 Takes as one’s own 95 Tar’s “Help!” 96 Doofus 99 Any of three English rivers 100 Pets that purr 102 Gregarious protester? 106 Beloved big rig? 110 Pal, to Jules 111 Big name in faucets 112 Process part 113 “As I see it,” online 115 Ending for percent 117 Harass 118 Like rabbis and shuls 122 PC shortcut used by inflation calculators? 127 Broad road 128 Celestial body circlers 129 Let the wind freshen 130 Not as bold 131 Deluge 132 Vagabonds
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1 “October Sky” memoirist Homer 2 Eager volunteer’s repetitive response 3 Ballpoint tip 4 Butter unit 5 Big name in elevators 6 State political bodies 7 GQ target 8 Take — loan 9 Brief mental glitch 10 Arum lily 11 Equine beast 12 More, to a maestro 13 Duel tools 14 1976 Sally Field title role 15 Packs it in 16 FedEx rival 17 Kong, e.g. 18 Small jerk 19 TV unit 24 Koteas of “Crash” 30 China’s — Zedong 32 Future lice 34 1973 novel by Toni Morrison 36 Theater level 37 Data plan datum 38 “Whoops!” 39 Multicolored 40 Tick by 41 Bring past a simmer again 43 Ida of old films 44 Early online protocol 48 Units of a million watts per ampere 49 Skimpy swimsuits 50 Here, to Jules 51 Gun, in slang 52 Senator Blunt 53 Very versatile 55 Rationale 56 Inner: Prefix 57 Like bit-free orange juice 60 Folks not living in the past 61 Spoken with ease 66 Suffix with northeast 68 Struck out in editing 70 Realize 72 Quahog or geoduck 73 Spot for slots 74 Big small-screen star 75 Sgt. Friday catchphrase 76 Get from a pitcher anew 80 —’easter 81 She-sheep 83 British islet 84 Gives relish 89 Big oil gp. 90 Muzzle part 91 “The Bicycle Thief” director Vittorio De — 93 Dutch cheese 97 Act like 98 Denounces 100 Stage signal 101 Angle 102 Playwright de Beauvoir 103 PFC, e.g. 104 Rip to shreds 105 Bullion bars 107 Time release 108 Alternate 109 Underage 114 Arab country 116 Arab bigwig 118 Gridlock 119 Day before 120 Really little 121 Sign 123 Cote sound 124 Rink great Bobby 125 Banjo finale? 126 Coaching great Parseghian