THE PREMIER

BROADWAY OPENINGS

ACROSS

1 China’s Mao — -tung 4 Thumb locale 8 Cries of unveiling 13 Spanish fleet 19 Post-bender

headache 21 Poetry Muse 22 One-sided views 23 Old stage actress

Duse 24 “Things go by so

fast!” 26 “As far as I’m

aware ...” 28 Brunched, e.g. 29 Kwik-E-Mart clerk 30 Writer Seton 31 Iris locale 32 Pres. advisory gp. 34 New — (Yanni,

e.g.) 35 Become king after

being a prince, say 43 Quirk of behavior 46 — Schwarz (toy

retailer) 47 Kuwaiti royal 48 A third of IX 49 Totally up the

creek 55 Semi section 58 Witty writer

Bombeck 59 Hornswoggle 60 Actress

Swenson 61 Hill’s partner 62 Nose partition 65 Piece for two 67 Paid no heed 70 “We’ve been raking in the profit” 75 Advance

markdown 77 Requirement 78 Church decrees 81 Painter of melting

watches 82 Camera varieties,

for short 86 Vientiane’s

country 88 “My Country”

author Abba 89 Hole-poking tool 90 Phrase just before an act is introduced 95 Pouchlike body

part 96 Incantation

opener 97 River of Bern 98 Veer off course 99 What Thomas

became, in kid-lit 107 Alone 108 See 102-Down 109 Love-letter “hugs” 110 Former toy

company 114 Alley- — (court play) 115 Juicer 117 Overdoing the effort 123 Writer of the Tony-winning musical featured in this puzzle 126 Flavored with a certain spice 127 Introduced acts, e.g. 128 Lenya of “Cabaret” 129 IRS part 130 Tallies again 131 Arctic people 132 Central part of a church 133 Star site

DOWN

1 Greek letter 2 Perm place 3 Foe 4 Toot 5 Bristol’s river 6 Pianist Peter 7 Party to a financial

transaction 8 Giggled 9 Yank with a #13 jersey 10 Hip-hop bud 11 “Listen up!” 12 “— lied!” 13 Help do bad 14 Plentiful 15 Bad start? 16 Cheese in an Italian deli 17 Intensify 18 Make certain 20 Some Spanish

paintings 25 Spiked staff 27 Harsh cleanser 33 “I dunno” gesture 34 Financier Onassis 36 ET ship 37 Avis rental 38 Unemotional 39 Vietnamese New

Year 40 Actor Katz 41 Dusk-dawn linkup 42 Move quickly 43 Rail supports 44 Pertaining to 45 Singer Glen 50 Fad dance of the

1960s 51 Bro 52 Sonata, e.g. 53 Honoraria 54 Actor Scott 55 Payload area 56 Bitter brew 57 Part of B&B 61 One of Santa’s

reindeer 63 Old Glory’s nation 64 Wire measure 66 “Sn” element 68 Sierra maker 69 Actress Peeples 71 Lark’s home 72 — -confident 73 Boyfriend 74 Hound’s clue 75 High-tech “appt.

book” 76 Uncooked 79 Zippo 80 Winter drifter 83 — apso 84 Pat of the

Christian right 85 Ride a wave 87 Antler sporter 90 — -Mart (retail

chain) 91 Unemotional 92 Greek letter 93 “Bali —” 94 Suffix with

southeast 95 Wily 99 Worker on a

housetop 100 Huge, in French 101 Camel kin 102 With 108-Across, of acceptable quality 103 Department in northern France 104 Near-eternity 105 Noodle 106 Erstwhile anesthetic 111 Spun tales 112 Floorboard sound 113 Curiously 115 Lineup 121-Down 116 REO part 118 Post-Q string 119 Himalayan legend 120 Funny Fey 121 Showing via the idiot box 122 Arch with a double curve 124 Composer Rorem 125 Manning of football