PREMIER CROSSWORD

WILLIAM’S WAIF

ACROSS

1 Fuel dispenser 8 Beat, as wings 12 Pairs 16 Boohoo 19 Waldorf — (hotel) 20 Instantly 22 Stan of comics 23 Start of a riddle 25 Eggs in a lab 26 Lock insert 27 AAA request 28 — Aviv 29 Entryways 31 Riddle, part 2 39 Said aloud 41 Zebra’s kin 42 Very gloomy 43 “Electric” fish 44 One of the 12 apostles 45 Post-Q string 46 Alternative to Zoloft or Paxil 48 Riddle, part 3 55 Olive of comics 56 2004-10 nickname on the Houston Rockets 57 Actor Mineo 58 Biting comedy 59 Boozed up 61 Slangy assents 65 Arcade coin 66 Not firm 69 Riddle, part 4 72 Allows to 73 Less diluted 75 Opening for a letter-shaped bolt 76 Like part of the heart 78 “The Simpsons” voice actor Hank 80 Disk in a 1990s fad game 82 “Milk” Oscar winner Sean 83 OR figure 86 Riddle, part 5 92 Crystal-lined stones 93 Scepter 94 Mobster’s code of silence 95 Fair-minded 99 Take — (sample the drink) 100 The “E” of PEI: Abbr. 101 Having as a foundation 102 End of the riddle 106 Persona non — (outcast) 107 Quadrennial games org. 108 Brain wave test, in brief 109 Chest bone 112 Address for a knight 113 Riddle’s answer 121 Koko or Kong 122 Most itty-bitty 123 Decorated pilots 124 Get married 125 Hedge shrubs 126 Lofty works 127 Least slobby

DOWN

1 Rubberneck 2 Court great Arthur 3 “Don’t move” 4 Lobster trap 5 Geller with a psychic act 6 Prefix with represent 7 Gave a gentle touch 8 Whizzed by 9 Ignited 10 Some spitzes 11 Actor Finch 12 Lao- — 13 “Says —?” 14 Gut-punch sound 15 Exaggerated 16 Dress 17 Let slip 18 Leavenings 21 Quickly, musically 24 Santa’s laugh sounds 30 Swallowed 32 Utter agony 33 Noble Brit 34 Said nothing 35 “Cómo —?” (Juan’s greeting) 36 Univ. lecturer 37 Minnelli of “Arthur” 38 Garner 39 As many as 40 “So — say” 45 School break 46 Volcano that destroyed St. Pierre 47 Small talk 49 Knows the answer 50 Be really flattering 51 Ringlike isle 52 Tandem, e.g. 53 Pitcher Saberhagen 54 Hankers 59 Far from lax 60 650, in old Rome 62 Gardner of old films 63 Table protector under a warm dish 64 Not as iffy 66 Fix, as a dog or cat 67 Liqueur akin to Sambuca 68 Herr’s wife 70 Pueblo dwellers 71 Vocalize loudly 74 Actress Diana 77 Absence of vigor 79 “Save me —” 81 Avant- — (totally new) 83 Cajun dish 84 Painter Dix 85 Bluish green 87 “Baloney!,” to Brits 88 Falco or Adams 89 Patches 90 Costs for cheap apartments 91 Jail unit 95 Many-pieced puzzle 96 Still green 97 Roped in 98 Trike rider 100 Cut in glass 101 Enthusiast 103 Run-down 104 Lead-in to economic or political 105 Lead-in to colonial 110 Glazes, e.g. 111 Unequaled 114 “— -haw!” 115 “Gross!” 116 Little — (tykes) 117 British verb ending 118 Be in the running (for) 119 Noted time 120 Actor Faxon