THE PREMIER INTRO TO POE
ACROSS 1 Iraqis, e.g. 6 Yank’s Civil War
foe 9 “View of Toledo”
artist 16 Road sign no. 19 — Haute, Indiana 20 Fruit eater in
Genesis 21 “Naked” rodent 22 Byronic “before” 23 A second time 25 When you get
there 27 Flat-topped rise 28 Choose to
participate 30 Nosh, say 31 Like a desert 32 “Sister Wives”
airer 34 Lots of 38 Greater than 40 President Nixon 44 Snatch 45 RV hookup gp. 46 Zilch 47 Love of Lennon 48 What jailbirds are
behind 50 Color akin to
navy 54 Pop singer Lovato 56 Journalist Paula 58 Dimwit 59 Lock plates 60 Cold, cloudy
conditions, say 64 See 77-Across 65 Declaration at
the door 66 Spock player 67 Has a printed price of 72 Secretive U.S. org. 73 “Since the subject has come up ...” 77 With 64-Across, of equal status 78 Olympic skater
Witt 80 Packaging abbr. 81 Ugly beasts 83 Puppy’s bite 84 “Seems suspect
to me” 87 Dimwit 90 Singer with the 2001 hit “Thank You” 92 Kemo — (the
Lone Ranger) 93 Simon or
Diamond 94 Meditated on 98 Guitar great
Lofgren 100 “Botch- —” (1952 hit song) 101 “What —!” (“He’s the best!”) 102 Balkan repub. 103 Shag, e.g. 105 Get flushed 107 Actor Michael of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” 108 Cowardly 112 Day, in Peru 113 Shed tears 115 Rap’s “Dr.” 116 Arsenal 118 Take apart 122 “Such is life” 126 One may seek respite 128 Family cat, e.g. 129 Stephen, Frenchstyle 130 & so forth 131 Huge name in insurance 132 Voting “yes” 133 Least lax 134 With 135-Across, poem whose first line is found among this puzzle’s 11 longest answers 135 See 134-Across DOWN 1 Quark locale 2 Actress Russo 3 Oval portions 4 Respiration 5 Briny deep 6 Lop a crop 7 Best Musical of
1980 8 Gentle 9 Kiwi relative 10 Trotted 11 Twilight, old-style 12 1995 Leslie Nielsen comedy 13 Long span 14 Avis offering 15 Other, in Peru 16 Restorations 17 Exchanged for the better? 18 Slippery sort 24 Flip out 26 Jail cell parts 29 Linguist Chomsky 33 Testing spot 35 Osaka sash 36 Off-limits 37 Slangy “OK” 39 Actress Charlotte
and others 40 Tennis champ
Andy 41 Notion about
motion 42 Charges 43 Enticed 49 Aussie miss 51 Post-WWII prez 52 Fish-fowl link 53 “Yes, it’s also
included” 55 “— so sure!” 57 Put a label on 61 Second draft 62 Pull along 63 “Laughing”
mammal 64 Greek letter 67 Guy keeping the
peace 68 Smidgen 69 Refrain 70 Former 71 Grappled, in
dialect 74 In the know 75 Amp (up) 76 Summers, in
French 79 Painkillers 82 Fired thing 84 Altar words 85 Carpooling lane
abbr. 86 Misleading
sort 87 Apple debut of
2010 88 Person with a pet
pooch 89 No longer fazed
by 90 Editor’s mark 91 Pin-ons worn by
staffers 95 Not refined 96 East ender? 97 Repents of 99 — Lankan 104 Not stay dry 106 Queasiness 109 Norway’s currency unit 110 Wails in lamentation 111 Performs, in the Bible 114 Virgil, e.g. 117 Indy 500, e.g. 119 Tube fan’s punish-ment 120 Desert hill 121 “The Good Earth” wife 122 87-Down user’s buy 123 Suffix with Seattle 124 Pewter part 125 In place 127 Lt. Tasha on “Star Trek: The Next Generation”