PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE
RINGING-IN TUNE
ACROSS
1 Stood for
6 Mountain peak topper
13 Place to keep cargo
20 Proprietor
21 Seat of Nassau County, New York
22 Holiday marches
23 1970 Best Actress nominee for “The Great White Hope”
25 Enigmas
26 Walk- __ (tiny roles)
27 Rank above maj.
28 __ acid (vinegar component)
30 Ruhr article
31 Desperately, informally
35 Country singer with the hit “Blue Ain’t Your Color”
37 “Livin’ La Vida Loca” singer
41 No, in Nuremberg
42 Ending for peek or bug
43 Making a comeback
46 Super angry
51 Month, in Mexico
52 Strong __ ox
54 She won gold in the 200-meter dash at the 2012 Olympics
57 French term for unrefined works, as by untrained painters
59 Furry wrap
60 “It could be”
61 Make a phone call to
62 Film directors Joel and Ethan
63 Hour div.
64 He played Jesse Pinkman on “Breaking Bad”
66 “Rocket Man” singer
72 Poem type
73 Light bulb power units
76 Tot’s injury
77 Adopt
82 Stuck in mud
83 Tolkien’s hole-dwellers
84 He played Lieutenant Starbuck on “Battlestar Galactica”
86 Snips
87 __ -fi film
88 British china
89 Oran native
91 “Be __!” (“C’mon, help me out!”)
92 “Rebecca” actress Diana
95 Civil rights activist with the comedy album “In Living Black and White”
98 Best Supporting Actress winner for “The Fighter”
104 Woman of the future?
105 Resting atop
106 Threat ender
108 “Boo- __!”
109 Phased-out character on “The Simpsons”
112 Pre-book documents
114 “Who’s Sorry Now?” singer
119 Cyclone’s kin
120 Totally unknown by
121 Get together with alumni
122 Increase the slope of
123 Elk relative
124 10 featured last names in this puzzle are also the names of these
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1 Magic charm
2 He played Obi-Wan multiple times
3 Raggedy __ (classic dolls)
4 Born, to Yves
5 Funnywoman Ullman
6 Suspect foul play
7 Vote down
8 __ par with
9 __ Ho Lee (name in 2000 news)
10 Sonata end
11 Smart __
12 French capital, in song
13 Elf
14 Chinese exercise system
15 City reg.
16 Angler’s boot
17 Improvise
18 Actress Davis
19 Ruhr city
24 Rich soil
29 Sounds of small bells
31 “Citizen Kane” studio
32 Cereal husk
33 Fla.’s ocean
34 Grow wider
36 Join
37 Marriott rival
38 Portugal’s peninsula
39 Sharer of top billing
40 Floss fiber
44 Woeful things
45 Dec. 31
47 Yank’s foe
48 Bristol beer
49 “__ a pity!”
50 Outer: Prefix
52 Make __ for it
53 “What if ...”
55 Fail to put in
56 Futuristic tiny machine
58 Slo- __ fuse
59 Note after fa
62 Billiards stick
63 FC Dallas’ sports org.
65 Yemeni port
66 Takeoff abbr.
67 Wealthy Brits
68 Occupation
69 San Luis __
70 Stolen ride
71 In a meddling way
73 Actress Kristen
74 Bowed
75 Shape-fitting game
77 Mag workers
78 Imbibe slowly
79 Virtuoso
80 Assented to
81 App-ordered rides
82 Cato’s 1,550
83 Desirous of
85 Aerie bird
86 Torte or baba
90 Drink cooler
91 Dept. of Justice chiefs
93 Tristan’s love
94 Actress Greer
96 Posterior
97 Musical note equivalent to F
98 Necessities
99 Orlando theme park
100 Peter of “M”
101 Combined
102 Actor Dana
103 “__ Mio”
107 City WNW of Tulsa
109 “Can I borrow __ of sugar?”
110 Cone-bearing tree
111 Wields
113 Racing circuit
115 Actor Beatty
116 Suffix with hero
117 French for “summer”
118 __ -noir film