THE PREMIER

ODD MUSICAL COUPLE

ACROSS

1 Travel aimlessly 5 Sport- — (vehicle) 8 Marsh fuel 12 See 124-Down 15 “Well, this — surprise!” 18 Extents of estates 20 Enjoying an

African trek 22 Biscotti tidbit 23 Start of a riddle 25 Swaying to and

— 26 “Heaven Can Wait” director Lubitsch 27 “... — will!” 28 Diplomatic agent 29 Do injury to 30 Keeps hold of 33 Brit’s 26th letter 35 Religious recluse 37 Riddle, part 2 42 Little guys 46 Socratic “T” 47 Inch or mile 48 Garden flowers,

informally 49 Riddle, part 3 55 Part of a list 56 Thing pulled by a

milker 57 Prefix with flooey 58 Mexican moola 59 Desertlike 60 Little tyke 62 Animal pen 66 “— a loss for

words” 68 Bar drink 69 Riddle, part 4 73 To the — power 76 Replay mode,

briefly 77 Sandy color 78 Crotchety 80 Runaway GI 83 Seized auto, e.g. 85 Ending for count 88 Made less harsh 89 Good score in

diving 90 Riddle, part 5 95 Lauder of fragrances 97 James of “Slither” 98 “How pretty!” 99 “On the subject

of ...” 100 End of the

riddle 106 Inhale 107 “— Bravo” 108 50-50 chances 113 Barren 114 Pottery, e.g. 117 Trident, e.g. 119 The Evil One 120 Pig — poke 121 Riddle’s answer 125 VIP on the Hill: Abbr. 126 Move to a new post 127 Iffy issue 128 Equine critter 129 Get a total 130 Hefty volume 131 Put in words 132 Got hold of

DOWN

1 Less cooked 2 Colour in a landscape 3 “Looks — everything” 4 High-IQ

organization 5 “I hate this!” 6 Driver’s prop 7 Gas brand up

north 8 Forks over 9 Many an MIT grad 10 “Even — speak ...” 11 Little mountain lake 12 Spiritual goal of Zen Buddhism 13 Hunted, with “on” 14 Lung-filling stuff 15 Inspire with foolish passion 16 Cry uncle 17 The “H” or “O”

of H2O 19 Stuffy room 21 Footrace a little

over 3.1 mi. long 24 Rice-sized pasta 29 Hatchet man’s

roster 31 — one (zip) 32 Kiss noise 34 Chinese statesman — Xiaoping 36 Chow mein additive, for short 38 Immaculate 39 Co. board

member 40 At the apex 41 J.D. Salinger

heroine 42 Actress Innes 43 Vocalist Paula 44 Evade slyly 45 Litigious one 50 Fishing net 51 Black-and-white whale 52 Figure skater Johnny 53 Morales of “NYPD Blue” 54 Lover of Juliet 61 “American Beauty” actress Birch 63 Ending for Gator 64 Big name in SUVs 65 Cochlea locale 67 Madison Ave.

solicitor 70 Future sign 71 Ray of — 72 Feels regret over 73 Ibis’ homes 74 Fido’s prize 75 Prefix with carbon 76 Rained pellets of ice 79 Probe org. 80 From the top 81 Pulled chicken

leftovers? 82 Ottawa natives 84 Start of a fairy

tale 86 Clog, for one 87 Oilcan part 91 Rove 92 Lion’s home 93 Native resident 94 Extremely,

informally 96 Greek vowel 101 Hankered 102 Bobbin stuff 103 NHL’s Toronto

Maple — 104 Time piece? 105 Optional SAT

part 109 Egypt’s Anwar 110 In — (as yet unborn) 111 — diet (trendy regimen) 112 Act stealthily 113 Big name in credit cards 115 Lickety-split 116 The Magi, e.g. 118 Fanzines, say 121 Musical syllable 122 “Grand Hotel” studio 123 Big inits. for hunters 124 With 12-Across, mud wrap locale