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