THE PREMIER
UNTHEMED #4: FRONT-TO-BACK NINE
ACROSS
1 Upside-downsleeping mammal 8 Economizes to a fault 14 Untrustworthy sort 20 One way to serve apple pie 21 Very solitary sort 22 Monkey (with) 23 Frigid-weather readings 26 Military missions, in brief 27 Old Ford div. 28 Tennis great Chris 29 Classic CocaCola slogan 39 “Son of,” in Arabic names 40 Thurman of “Kill Bill” films 41 Volcanic flow 42 Watershed draining dozens of U.S. states 53 Busy crawler 54 Make sport of 55 Cocktail party spread 56 School in England’s East Midlands 61 The Emerald Isle 62 Play — in (contribute to) 63 Heap 64 Graduate student’s position that might include conducting experiments 74 “Give — ring” 75 Plantain lily, familiarly 76 Actress Ward of “Sisters” 77 Polite cut-in words 86 Drains of color 87 Heaps 88 Tulsa-to-Topeka 89 dir. Metropolises, e.g. 94 Climb 95 — pro nobis 96 Flight guess, in brief 97 “In time the reason shall be made clear” 109 Furnish with new weapons 110 Mean Roman emperor 111 Kung — chicken 112 “The Magic Flute” composer 121 Stylish filmmaker 122 Made giggle 123 Active, as a law 124 Out of sight 125 San Fran football team 126 Music scorer
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1 Explorer John or Sebastian 2 Letter before beth 3 Triple-time dance, in France 4 Broody rock 5 subgenre Bend curtain at call a 6 Woodworking tool 7 Swarms (with) 8 Not at all tall 9 Mustard alternative 10 Choler 11 “Delicious!” 12 One of 11 in a Christmas song 13 Carell of “The Office” 14 Knighted Ringo 15 Cappuccino alternative 16 Ostrich relative 17 Mo. in spring 18 Final letter 19 Hosp. triage sites 24 25 Riddle-me- KO counter — 30 Some sorority letters 31 Grab — (eat quickly) 32 Al who won four Indy 500s 34 33 French Drivewaytopping buddy goo 35 Stinging hits 36 Lays into 37 Something to RSVP to online 42 38 More Longtime stable Twins catcher Joe 43 Navel type 44 Swizzles 45 Airline to Oslo 46 Basketballer — Thomas 47 2014 Wimbledon winner Kvitova 48 Sickly 49 Compete (for) 50 “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” musical 51 Military mission, in brief 52 Spiner of “Star Trek” films 58 57 Neckline Dinosaur shape in Nintendo games 59 Actress Kaitlin 60 Singer with the 2007 hit “1234” 65 Whac- — (reflex-testing game) 66 Of kidneys 67 Slyly spiteful 68 Engraved stone pillar 69 Divining card 70 Old JFK jet 71 “Die Lorelei” poet Heinrich 72 Actress Massey 73 Window segments 77 Baseballer Martinez 78 Stayed home for a meal 79 Washer cycle 80 Gave two pills to, say 81 Cool, in jive talk 82 That, in Peru 83 Singer Carly — Jepsen 84 A cow milker tugs on it 85 H.S. juniors’ exams 90 Campaigning pro 91 Net address 92 Wash clothes 93 Untrustworthy sort 98 Have a spat 99 Pine (for) 100 “— Can Cook” (old culinary show) 101 Brain, for one 102 Food taste associated with MSG 103 Must have 104 Actress Joanne 105 Red lab dye 106 Divided 107 Drug dealer 108 Overly fond sort 112 Baby’s cry 113 Yes, to Gigi 114 British “Inc.” 115 Govt. agent 116 Of city govt. 117 Enzyme suffix 118 L-P center 119 Frequently, to poets 120 Suffix meaning “animals”