PREMIER CROSSWORD
WHY A JAY?
ACROSS
1 Conga cousin 6 “Ho-hum” feeling
13 Old Toyota coupes
20 “Tosca” tunes, e.g.
21 Dodgy
22 Hat with the brim turned up on three sides 23 The choosing of cosmonaut Gagarin?
25 Its capital is Tallinn
26 Border of Utah and Idaho, e.g.
27 Primo pitcher
29 Of higher rank
30 Cooks in fat
31 Sign that an egg may have gone bad?
35 Listed from memory
38 Felt sorry for
39 King-size tub
40 Santa — (hot desert winds)
41 Distributed,with “out”
42 Pamper
46 That guy over there with the famous signature?
50 Indian dress
51 Round figure
52 High trains
53 Real stunner
54 Writer known for twist endings
57 Chimney duct 58 Possible result of a computer crash
60 Key with no sharps or flats 61 Side street
62 Given “four years at a New Haven university” as punishment for a crime?
65 Painter Max
68 Frigid epoch
69 University near Fort Worth
73 Water, in Cuba
74 “Ars — artis” (MGM motto)
75 “I’ll do it,” in radiospeak
76 ’16 Olympics city
77 Major conflict
78 Dirt in a 57-Across
79 Lemon-hued growth on old bread?
81 Suspend, as a meeting
83 Certain British noble’s domain
86 Kind of sword
87 “Notorious” Supreme Court inits.
88 Vintage Ford
89 People using swearwords
92 A typical casual greeting?
96 Bagel centers
97 Lena of song
98 Angry feeling
99 Food-packingplants
103 “Tail cone,” for “Lance Ito”
105 Shaggy ox that’s a baseball mascot?
109 Floral decoration
110 Satan, with “the” 111 Philosopher
Kierkegaard 112 Printing machines
113 Loathes
114 Telling signs
DOWN
1 Articulates
2 In — (mired)
3 Hollywood’s Sorvino
4 Angler’s chum
5 Put forward
6 Proved false
7 Kilns, e.g.
8 Go really fast
9 Winter hrs. in Fla.
10 Twice CCLI 11 Lacto- — diet
12 Threatened hostilely
13 Sword metal
14 Surgery sites, in brief
15 Scholarly group
16 Devoted attendant
17 Many a sonata finale
18 Disney mermaid
19 Sarcasm, informally
24 Writer Wiesel
28 North Atlantic catch
31 Pig’s grunt
32 Bouquets-toorder co.
33 “Pshaw!”
34 Egg producer
35 Having light beams
36 — Gay (WWII plane)
37 Have the capacity to, to Shakespeare
38 Treaty 41 Indoor tabby
42 Tote bag
43 See 93-Down
44 Correct
45 Comply with
47 More skilled
48 Gas in lights
49 Strong alloy
50 In a snobbish way
54 Psi follower
55 Camouflage
56 Doc treating apnea
57 Hightail it away
59 Perplexed
60 Certain palm berry 61 Give the OK
63 Take-home
64 Former BP gas brand
65 H2O, to a tot
66 “Yipes!”
67 — Khalifa (Dubai skyscraper)
70 Overused theme
71 OPEC ship
72 Center points
74 Big ravine
75 Traveled
78 Undermines the power of
79 “Seize the day” acronym 80 Ship dining place
82 “Navel” fruits
83 Just missed parring
84 Suffix with fruit names
85 California’s Marina del —
88 Do injury to
89 Rabbits
90 Elbow-to-wrist bone
91 Appear to be the case
92 Twyla of choreography 93 With 43-Down, list of superb students
94 Expunge
95 Singer LeAnn
96 “In case you — noticed ...”
99 Corp. money honchos
100 As to
101 Idyllic garden
102 IRS form IDs
104 Enjoyed food
106 St. crosser
107 First-aid —
108 Bullring cry