THE PREMIER

9 B.C.

ACROSS

1 Opera start 5 “Yes, yes, Juan!” 9 Take — (taste some) 13 Cheeky type 19 Road, in German 20 Foretoken 21 Lovett of country 22 No longer surprised by 23 Ram forcefully? 26 Frito Lay chip 27 December mall hirees 28 Teeny 29 Greeting sent by a cosmetics company? 31 “Agnus —” 32 Cache 34 Southeast Kansas city 35 Where lots of mail deliverers scubadive? 40 Not at all nigh 44 Most robust 45 Kazan of film directing 46 Hilo “hello” 47 In days past 48 “Lo-o-ovely!” 49 Set crossword hints to music? 53 Prefix with pathology 56 The Big Apple, briefly 58 Fissile rock 59 Midday sleep 60 Divide by type 62 Contract out 66 TV title alien 67 Water whirl 68 Required maintenance items? 73 Face cover 76 From — Z 77 Big fair 78 Character 82 “Scat!” 83 Prologue 85 Upsilon’s follower 88 Qdoba treats 89 Inelegant fivemember band? 94 66-Across et al. 96 Salt’s “Help!” 97 Muslim palace area 98 Haul around 99 Number of magazine subscribers, e.g. 102 Writer Haley 103 Long to look at a periodic table? 107 Feng — 108 Poetry Muse 109 White-haired 110 Library cubicle in which Chablis is served? 116 Jackie O.’s “O” 117 New York state prison 120 Is wild for 121 Writes hacky computer programs? 124 Chemist’s “I” 125 Nursing school subj. 126 Bit of help 127 In awe 128 Naval units 129 Car-lot sticker abbr. 130 Barley brews 131 Guru’s discipline

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1 Essentials 2 “Fame” star Irene 3 Very loud 4 Alternatively 5 — -chef 6 Unruly kid 7 Fit for sailing 8 Ready to be driven 9 Pugilist Muhammad 10 Harmony 11 1942 role for Ingrid 12 “The Dick Van Dyke Show” surname 13 Ballet dancer Nureyev 14 “Sitting on — ...” (“Mrs. Robinson” lyric) 15 Blood bank fluids 16 Nero’s 404 17 Quintillionth: Prefix 18 “Crazy” bird 24 Aristide’s land 25 Eagles’ nests 30 Female deer 32 Is sporting 33 Hoagie shop 35 Its capital is Accra 36 Is very angry 37 Co. kahuna 38 — Tin Tin 39 Tatty cloths 40 Exclusively 41 Ran across 42 In the future 43 Harsh-toned 46 Top gun 50 Spicy cuisine 51 Stop moving 52 Pixieish 54 Stone 55 — pro nobis 57 Amigo of Fidel 61 Sedative drug, informally 63 Berg stuff 64 Stout of mysteries 65 Seer’s skill 67 This, to Pedro 69 Dying rebuke 70 “Me neither” 71 Sponge up 72 Scarf down 73 Coffee flavor 74 Auditory 75 Rubberneck 79 West Coast coll. in La Jolla 80 Hen’s perch 81 Swirly letters 83 Suffix with 90-Down 84 Being aired, in a way 86 Like religious dissenters 87 Writer Calvino 90 Gender 91 Tip of a sock 92 Suffix with major 93 Azadi Tower locale 95 Holy Fr. woman 100 Ham it up 101 City-circling route 103 Goes after 104 1921 Karel Capek play 105 Stability-improving auto part 106 Vocalist Kitt 107 Hound’s trail 110 Homeless kid 111 Sacred cow 112 Center point 113 The “E” of HOMES 114 Practically forever 115 Jet name 117 Gets the total 118 Stop up 119 Kelp, e.g. 122 Brand of motor oil 123 A single