Chicago Sun-Times

PREMIER CROSSWORD

- By Frank A. Longo

ACROSS

1 Pres. Lincoln 4 Bar mitzvah officiant 9 Placed a burden on 14 Broke, as a horse 19 Fake signatures 21 Billy Joel’s“— Extremes” 22 Rock’s Cooper 23 “The Golden Girls” co-star being a rascal? 25 Bit of gossip 26 Conical-bore woodwinds 27 Winslet and Middleton 28 Source of great wealth 30 Make juice of 33 Mean beasts wearing disguises? 35 Burg 38 Life story, for short 40 Suffix with cloth or cash 41 With 45-Down, place for paternity testing 42 “Sad to say ...” 43 Record of the years 47 Serpentine fish 49 Unearthly 53 Stared creepily at a group of wolves? 56 Long deli sandwiches 58 Pretend to be 59 Mythical manhorse 60 Red chapter heading, e.g. 62 Ancient French region 64 In re 67 Minerva, to the Greeks 69 Comes out on top 70 “Make no edits to those script lines!”? 76 Sleek, informally 77 How some freelancer­s work 78 Bellyache 79 Iditarod Trail animal 81 Very spirited 84 Swiftly 89 Brand of fruit drinks 90 Notion, to Luc 92 Heavy work shoe filled with currants? 95 Comedian Smirnoff 97 Apr. clock setting 99 Countdown expression 100 Manila money 101 Lively spirit 103 Smidge 105 Phys ed class 106 Epochs 107 Airport area that’s only an illusion? 114 Stair unit 116 Mexican revolution­ary Zapata 117 Oasis beast 119 Capital of the Beaver State 123 Poe’s bird 124 Evil poet Nash? 128 Belgian port 129 Wise up 130 Aggressive­ly defiant 131 — Domingo 132 Unable to relax 133 Composer Erik 134 “Prob’ly not”

DOWN

1 “Hair” style 2 — tube ( TV) 3 Therefore 4 Actress Wither-spoon 5 Equip for war 6 Razor brand 7 Radio host Glenn 8 Koran’s faith 9 Tablecloth material 10 Tennis great Andre 11 Shout on“The Simpsons” 12 Curio display stands 13 Giving type 14 Late state 15 Female grads 16 Copy closely 17 Low-cost, in product names 18 Freedom from govt. control 20 Brown-andwhite cow 24 Get from— B 29 ’60s drug 31 Blind as— 32 Ho Chi— 34 Golf peg 35 New Mexico ski spot 36 Bond girl Kurylenko 37 Drawer Disney 39 Burdensome 44 Storekeepe­r on “The Simpsons” 45 See 41-Across 46 Try to harm with claws 48 Angola’s capital 50 Cosine, e.g. 51 Cake topper 52 JFK guesses 54 “Blast!” 55 Kin’s partner 57 Linda of “The Exorcist” 61 “— -ching!” 63 Hole tool 65 Stomached 66 Used a tool to grab, as an ice block 68 Engraved work of art 70 Screenwrit­er Ephron 71 Big name in vacuums 72 “Yes” signal 73 EMS skill 74 Tune in to 75 On— with (similar to) 76 Pasty 80 Enters headfirst, as a pool 82 Cup edge 83 “So far— know ...” 85 Any of six pontiffs 86 Wine ripener, e.g. 87 House, south of the border 88 Son of Seth 91 Female hormone 93 Van—, Calif. 94 Cellar, in apt. ads 96 Luxurious 98 Piper’s cap 102 School gp. 104 Kitchen choppers 107 Arctic floaters 108 Large city in Nebraska 109 Establishe­d fact 110 — Gay (warplane) 111 Tot watcher 112 Latin “I love” 113 Some jabs 115 Suffix similar to -like 118 Pre-euro Italian money 120 Security claim 121 Italian peak 122 Tall tale 125 “Gimme —!” (rude demand) 126 Granola bit 127 Here, in Lyon

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