San Diego Union-Tribune (Sunday)

Premier Crossword: On A Mission

- BY FRANK A. LONGO #2,026

ACROSS

1 Doorway part 5 Mix for a deli sandwich 13 Snooty sort 20 River in Europe and Asia 21 Long, bitter speech

22 Popular hot

sauce brand 23 Calf-length skirt 24 Navigable sea route in southern Chile 26 Hayloft sites 28 Home to Boise: Abbr.

29 Extra game periods, for short 30 Distrustfu­l 31 Designer for Jackie Kennedy 35 1958 Leslie Caron film

38 Head dog

39 — tai (drink) 42 Really must 47 Tag again

51 One mapping terrain

53 In excess of 54 “Woe —!” 57 Prefix with sense 58 — Melodies (old cartoon series) 59 Stand-up comedy TV series 64 Ending for form 65 Wince 66 Pakistani’s language

67 Like circles 71 Daniel Boone or Johnny Appleseed 76 Lustrous gem 79 Pushpin’s kin 80 Jewel box for music

84 Color

85 Kia Sedona competitor 90 Mystery’s Christie

94 Org. offering tows

95 Actor Morales 96 Sundae toppings 97 Florence institute near the Uffizi Gallery

100 New York Giants’ div. 103 Gussied up 104 MGM’S lion 105 Tree yielding chocolate 107 “QED” center 109 Eric the Red, for one

115 Alvin of choreograp­hy 119 Klutz 122 Pumped stuff 123 Flood stopper 124 All through the dark hours 130 Show sleepiness 131 Most promising 132 “Been there myself, man” 133 Really liking 134 Combinatio­n punches 135 Sends along 136 Org. associated with the nine missions featured in this puzzle

DOWN

1 Very big 2 Common typeface 3 “The Treasure of the Sierra —” 4 Flashy jewelry, informally 5 Mag staffers 6 “Skedaddle!” 7 Tastelessl­y showy 8 Sports venues 9 Suffix with sect 10 Illuminate­d 11 “Peek- —!” 12 Skillful and clever 13 JFK datum

14 Fall behind 15 Religious convert’s cry 16 Anecdote 17 Atoll part 18 Wound result 19 Actor Danza 25 Soup additive, for short 27 Strikebrea­ker 32 Bar drink 33 Skedaddle

34 “— little teapot ...” 36 Shiba — (Japanese dog breed) 37 Virus, e.g.

40 A.D. part 41 False god 43 German “the” 44 Sundae topping 45 Sheer linen fabric 46 Greek mountain nymph

47 Use deep massage on 48 Blackheart­ed 49 Strauss of jeans 50 Sports venues 51 — double life 52 TV show since fall ’75

55 Feng —

56 Old Ford make, in brief 60 Pinnacle 61 Those people 62 Kicks on football fields

63 Suffix with ball or bass 68 Spanish for “dry” 69 Lamarr of “Boom Town” 70 Esoteric 72 Camcorder button abbr. 73 Primitive kind of diet 74 Freezes 75 Creole veggie 76 Winner, informally 77 Foretell

78 Razz

81 Water, to Juanita 82 Mounts, as a gemstone 83 Formerly, formerly 86 “2001” computer 87 Train support 88 Harvard rival

89 Singer Gill 91 Golf peg 92 Melon variety 93 Golden — (senior) 98 Cavity fillers’ org.

99 Mega years 101 Most preferred: Abbr. 102 Corkscrew 105 Baby bed 106 Analyzes in a lab

108 “TIK —” (#1 Kesha hit) 110 Stares at creepily 111 Enter, as to a database 112 An ex-trump 113 Lizardlike amphibians 114 Port of Italy 115 “Hair” hairdo 116 Pumped stuff 117 Suffer defeat 118 Discharge 120 Leave — (reward the server) 121 World Cup gp.

125 GI tour gp. 126 Intersecto­rs of aves. 127 French “the” 128 Vie for the affection of 129 “Sister Act” figure

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