THE PREMIER
BASEBALL BATTY
ACROSS
1 Pennsylvania resort mountains 8 Puts glittery metal strips on 15 Hollywood’s Hawke 20 Small cousin of the flute 21 Patronizes, as a store 22 Bit of poetry 23 Baseballer’s paranormal power? 25 Brown ink 26 Yalies 27 Island group near Fiji 28 Gillette brand 30 Phone no. 31 Posed 32 Baseballer doing roadwork? 37 Drops seen at dawn 38 Be litigious 39 Citadel of a North African city 40 Baseballer with film and TV roles? 47 Bygone ruler 49 Be obligated 50 Dog sounds 51 Catch on film 52 “Amazing!” 53 Narnia lion 55 “Green-eyed monster” 56 Yearly period when a baseballer is gleeful? 60 Strip off 61 Barn bag bit 62 Bow’s shape 63 Soup legume 64 Neophyte 65 Baseballer working as a highway patrol cop? 70 No-hitter king Nolan 74 Serengeti grazer 76 Prefix for “the same” 77 Always, to Keats 78 Paltry 79 What a baseballer plays in a band? 86 Nastase near a net 87 See 57- Down 88 Trailways transport 89 No-frills river vessel 90 Sought morays 91 — laude 92 Pet food brand 94 Two things at a baseballers’ snack bar? 97 Kind of earring or tie 99 College coach Parseghian 100 FBI title: Abbr. 101 Baseballer’s hamper contents? 108 Bit of lifting lingerie 111 Up to, in ads 112 “Why am — surprised?” 113 Huxtable family mom 114 Foot 115- Acrosses 115 Thumb, e.g. 117 Baseballer’s time to shine? 121 In the bag 122 Was uncaged 123 “— Pie” (Oscarwinning short) 124 Nash of verse 125 Ursula of “Dr. No” 126 Absorption processes
DOWN
1 Pear and quince 2 City in Florida 3 “Hush!” 4 Table scraps 5 Naught 6 Not anybody else’s 7 Fallen angel 8 Groove for a letter-shaped bolt 9 Start of a rumor report 10 Pre-Q queue 11 Health club 12 Grand home 13 Actress Christine 14 Lead-in to foam 15 Hectic hosp. locales 16 Letters after etas 17 Certain curve in math 18 From pretty far off 19 Pro-school org. 24 Typesetting widths 29 Crooner Paul 32 Middle marks 33 Not waste 34 Snarling dog 35 Wine server 36 “— a good time for you?” 37 Make no sense 40 Cleaned with a broom 41 Brooklyn’s — Island 42 Nomad 43 Be fuming 44 Give — (heed) 45 Follower of Mar. 46 “Oy —!” 47 Wee kid 48 “Hush!” 52 Previously 54 Most unctuous 56 Iraqi city on the Tigris 57 With 87-Across, soon-to-be-inducted city official 58 Round body 59 Dizzying designs 66 Smooch 67 Winter hrs. in D.C. 68 Hull hazards 69 — -car (Hertz service) 71 Mello — (soda brand) 72 Neighbor of Pisces 73 “I — drink!” 75 Republic 79 Pilgrimage destination 80 Wailing in grief 81 Stiff, but not inflexible 82 Aptiva maker 83 Letters after mus 84 Mystifying Geller 85 Google Earth image 90 Skittish 93 Me, myself — 94 Utter loudly 95 Linden of TV 96 Loses width 98 Cops 99 Wait upon 102 Prefix with mural or net 103 Realm in “The Lord of the Rings” 104 Summits 105 “— Gold” (1997 film) 106 Delhi bread 107 “The same” 108 Boxing matches 109 Knot anew 110 Fire residue 114 Palm smartphone replaced by the Pre 115 Scooby- — 116 KO count 118 Producer: Abbr. 119 Metal deposit 120 Opposite of masc.