PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE
APT OMISSION
ACROSS
1 Easy to carry
9 CFO’s deg., perhaps 12 Hacks off
16 U.S. soldiers
19 Priest, at a baptism 20 Alley- -21 Pendant gem
22 Period
23 Medical operation led by a wizard?
26 Phone no.
27 Crusty treat
28 Harbinger
29 Make sharp
30 Toon skunk Le Pew 31 Bow shooter’s attention? 36 Manhole lid, e.g.?
38 -- avis
39 Sad, to Sartre
41 City in western New York
42 Muscat native who regularly attends Mass?
47 Kia crossover SUV model 49 “-- of the North” (1922 documentary)
50 Derivation of a word: Abbr.
51 Tax IDs
52 London or Leeds native 53 Onetime Texaco rival 55 Mined stuff
57 Turks and -- Islands 62 Olive of “Popeye”
63 Grill residue
64 Like a cream-colored skeleton?
67 Make flush
69 Enclosed bill of fare? 72 Showed on TV again 73 Actor Silver portraying a guy escaping a burning building?
75 With 55-Down, “My treat”
77 And the like: Abbr. 78 Face-off participant 79 Elev.
80 Kismet
82 152, to Cato 83 Remainder
85 500-sheet paper unit 87 Comic Kevin
89 Roster in a mob film 93 Preparing to install a steam outlet?
95 One-off, as a committee 96 Vouch for
99 Writer Seton
100 Winter storm conditions?
102 Sort who doesn’t think before speaking?
108 Speak wildly
109 Litigant
110 Polite request starter 111 Pro-gun gp.
112 Soft & -113 Feature of this puzzle (hint: string together the letters omitted from the starts of 10 long answers)
119 Lofty verse
120 Notion, in Nantes
121 Banquet dispenser
122 Irredeemable
123 Boise-to-Fresno dir. 124 Scottish loch
125 Mil. draft org.
126 Stays with, as an agenda
DOWN
1 Vast plain of Argentina 2 Broadcast studio sign 3 Federer of tennis 4 Deadlock
5 “Life of Pi” director Lee 6 Gas grill meas.
7 Maui wreath
8 Hosp. trauma pro
9 In a demure way
10 Cap’n’s underling 11 “Much -- About Nothing” (1996 “Simpsons” episode) 12 Sign off from a computer 13 Candor
14 Whittled
15 Devious
16 Settle a score
17 “Let me say it again ...” 18 Southern Italian city 24 Very tall bird 25 Letters after pis
30 Flag holder
32 “... unless I’m wrong” 33 City in Texas
34 “Star Trek: The Next Generation” actor Jonathan 35 Cereal grass
36 Singer Ocasek
37 Swift pirate ships 40 Border
42 In a plane, e.g. 43 Gymnast Retton 44 Dyemaking compound 45 “-- So Shy”
46 Ear: Prefix
48 Like many ‘90s albums 51 Actor Penn
54 -- Tzu (dog)
55 See 75-Across
56 Dark bread
58 “-- done it!”
59 “Thelma” novelist Marie 60 Big speech
61 Matching up, as files 63 Vampire Lestat creator 64 “So --” (“Very well”) 65 NHL’s Bobby
66 When la lune shines 68 Actor Gerard
70 Orderly
71 Rams’ org.
74 “-- chic!”
76 Rent payer
80 Suet, e.g.
81 Roadie’s load
82 Suez, e.g.
84 Positions
85 Hi- -- picture
86 Steps onto a subway, say 88 “River” New Age artist 89 Coiffures
90 Drivers’ licenses, e.g. 91 TV show created by Barbara Walters
92 Rob of “The Stand” 93 Edition: Abbr.
94 -- -di-dah
97 Dissertations
98 Actress Garr
101 Digression
103 Author Rand
104 Relief sounds
105 Patella sites
106 Artist Max
107 “Midnight Cowboy” role 110 Bus. bosses
113 60 secs.
114 Letters after mus
115 Decay
116 Prefix with dermis
117 Nov. follower
118 Type