PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
95 Presidential hopeful’s bid 100 Old Icelandic literary work
101 Dais stand
102 Suffix with cannon 103 “Oh, gross!”
105 President pro —
106 Fighting it out
108 Thor and Indra
113 Spanish for “hand” 117 Forbid
118 “Symposium” philosopher
119 Peter out
120 Personal psychosocial conflict
123 Subsides
127 Pop flop of 1985
128 Catalog again
129 Manorial home
130 Whole number
131 Unlocked
132 What the starts of nine answers in this puzzle might be
25 Eight plus two 1 Printed news sources 30 Ocean liner? 7 Rival of Nike 31 Pond slime 13 More potent, as liquor 32 Tuscan city 20 Supposed evil repeller 33 Wood splitter 21 Stephen King’s “— Lot” 34 Oto or Hopi 22 Grow bigger 35 Sponge up 23 “The Client List” actress 39 Give a poker hand, e.g. Shepherd 41 Toy with a tail 24 Result of vandalism 42 Sounds 26 Match draw 43 Build a financial portfolio 27 “Them’s fightin’ words!” 44 Fly of Africa 28 Suffix with Canton 46 More miffed 29 Right fielder Slaughter 48 Gives ear to 30 Officials at first or third 49 “Ltd.” cousin 34 Inner self, to Jung 50 15-season CBS series 36 Quarterback Manning 51 They often work with 37 Eight minus two DJS 38 Nav. officer 53 List-limiting abbr. 40 Sweater with a pattern of 58 “For heaven’s —!” raised bands 59 Snoops 45 Ripens 60 Keep — head (stay calm) 47 Auto exhaust and such 61 “Have a bite” 52 River craft 66 Richard of “Primal Fear” 54 Nav. officer 68 Nail coating 55 Rainbow, e.g. 69 Item hanging above a 56 Incentive crib
1 Lobby gp. 57 Cardiologist 70 “Be there shortly”
2 Comedian Poehler 62 Return to 000 72 Small racer in a groove
3 Saloon may earn 63 Digital holiday greeting 73 Grew irate
4 Upper crust 99 Syringe parts 64 Shipping box: Abbr. 74 Religion in 17-Down
5 Holy artifacts 104 Most crooked 65 Digital color inits. 75 Escort in “The Hunger
6 Canonized ninth-century Games” 107 At least one 67 Suffix with host pope
77 Brew colored from oxidation 109 Welcomes to one’s 68 Kuwaiti royal 7 Savory jelly
home 71 Peck upon parting 8 — Vader 80 Slightly amiss
110 Of service 75 Italy’s Villa d’— 9 “You beat me this game” 82 Social skill
111 Snooped (around) 76 Prefix with partisan 10 Removal from office 84 Pot’s partner
112 Arrive at Micro Crossword Plus One 77 Singer Des’— 11 Prayer ender 85 Earthlink or MSN
113 Skirt style 78 English lav 12 Russ. or Ukr., formerly 86 High no. for a valebdyic-elizabeth
114 Yemen C. Gorski city 79 Have an — mystery 13 Prompt for the iphone’s torian
115 Pond wriggler 81 Peter out FOR RELEASE personal assistant Tuesday, January 87 “Is there 24, no 2023 — this?!”
116 Previously 83 Belief that people are 14 Nativeness to a certain 88 Handed over noticing you more than they region only 89 Trolleys 118 Job of some cooks really are 15 In the style of 91 All-terrain motorcycle 121 Dress fancily, with “out” 90 Total up wrongly 16 Agatha Christie’s title 96 How Jesus walked, miraculously 122 — -Magnon
92 Source of 24/7 $20 bills 17 Tehran locale 124 Maglie of the old Giants 93 Hot tub site 18 Kellogg’s waffle 97 Aetna alternative 125 Adaptable truck, in brief 94 More subtle, as a point 19 “Cheers” actor Roger 98 What a H.S. dropout 126 Corral