THE PREMIER

COOLING TREND

ACROSS

1 Didn’t move any closer 11 Swedish retail giant 15 Frets 20 Book you can’t stop reading 21 Pupil’s book 22 Palmer of golf, to fans 23 Additional person called on to peruse something 25 Ebbed and flowed, as water 26 Premaritally named 27 Rarity in golf 28 Curative stuff 30 Fills with a crayon, say 35 Feel hopeless about 38 — Grande 39 Bring to ruin 42 Authorize to 43 Tony winner Bernadette 44 Longtime “Masterpiece Theatre” host 49 Increases 50 Corporation combination 51 Malicious 52 Start for historic 53 “I’m outie!” 57 Practice exam, maybe 59 Legendary title figure of a 1999 horror film 63 Granola bit 65 Invalidate 66 Bards’ Muse 67 Some schoolkids’ judged constructions 75 Startle 76 D.C. VIPs 77 Outback bird 78 Bit of jewelry with a single diamond 83 English class concern 89 Skirt borders 90 Hagen of the stage 91 Egg, in Paris 93 “Lawrence of Arabia” star 94 ’60s hallucinogen 95 “Main Street” novelist 98 How silverware is often sold 102 Hip-hop producer Gotti 103 String after J 104 O’Hare abbr. 105 Times of trouble with tresses 108 Has a helping of humble pie 112 Explosion fragments 113 Qty. 116 Pi-sigma link 117 “I — Say No” (song from “Oklahoma!”) 118 State flower of Iowa 126 Sporting site 127 — about (circa) 128 Foldaway bed or table, e.g. 129 — -arms (old soldier) 130 Gps. such as Oxfam and CARE 131 Ducted cooling system (and what nine answers in this puzzle have)

DOWN

1 UV ray-blocking stat 2 Sticky sealant 3 Cake candle count 4 Like simple some questions 5 Old anesthetic 6 Swindles 7 Lingerie top 8 Darth Vader, as a boy 9 “Juno” actor Michael 10 McDonald’s honcho Ray 11 Suffix with Gotham 12 Essential 13 Off the hook 14 Really baffled 15 Lampoons 16 Ribbed cloth for dresses 17 Option for bitter greens 18 Frankfurter 19 Jewish feasts 24 Nourished 29 Ladle 30 Runner’s pain 31 OPEC vessel 32 Tours’ river 33 Dictator Amin 34 Average 36 Wapiti 37 Witness 40 “Rhyme Pays” rapper 41 Ark “captain” 45 Mil. bigwig 46 Masters peg 47 Fiery felony 48 A unified goal for the future 49 Mentalist Geller 52 GI’s chaplain 53 Mag. sales stat 54 “Leave — that” 55 Doesn’t delay 56 “Well now!” 58 Tic-toe link 60 Div. of NYC 61 Cup’s edge 62 Minuscule 64 — cotta 67 Gin flavorer 68 Not flustered 69 Camera part 70 CPR maybe teacher, 71 Service cost 72 Rainy mo. 73 “U can’t b serious!” 74 Hearer of court evidence 75 Fire residue 79 Texas capital 80 “— be a pleasure” 81 Guitar part 82 Aquatic bird 84 Ocean off Fla. 85 A Stooge 86 It cuts grass 87 Samuel of justice 88 Cut again, as lumber 92 Star status 94 Pounced on 95 Lady of Sp. 96 Climbing vine 97 — funk (sad) 98 1978-80 FBI sting 99 African desert 100 Best Actor winner Brody 101 “Pacific Blue” actress Moakler 102 Like engines in neutral 106 Took back, as one’s title 107 Sticky stuff 109 Hearer of court evidence 110 Tom Jones’ “— Lady” 111 Reef material 114 Richie’s mom, to Fonzie 115 Sticky stuff 119 John, across the pond 120 OR workers 121 John, across the pond 122 Sales check: Abbr. 123 Female cells 124 Six, in Italy 125 Go astray