San Francisco Chronicle - (Sunday)
PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Holds inside
9 Scrams
16 Many millennia
20 Chart of the Pacific, e.g. Eeyore’s creator “Blue Jasmine” Oscar winner Blanchett Start of a riddle Cawing bird Collate, e.g. Couch potatoes stare at them Maple stuff Thin coins Prayerful plea starter designer Saarinen Sparks’ state Riddle, part 2 Subject for dr. Ruth
“Zip- — -doo-dah” “... Mac — PC?” Hostess snack cake Onetime senator Trent
Hiccup or charley horse Convents and abbeys Colored rings of irises
About 4.2 millimeters, in typography Footed vase 21 22
23 25 26 27
28 29 30
34 37 39 45
46 47 48 49
Agnus — (Mass prayer) Riddle, part 3 “This is SO frustrating!” Beelzebub Tools used in fixing flats
Huge fad
To date Riddle, part 4 Ship’s swerve Brow’s curve Bygone Russ. states Most speedy She won eight Oscars for Best Costume design “Oops, I messed up” Comic-strip light bulb Sliding-open car option
95 Like below-zero nos.
98 “... — it just me?”
100 Highway goo
101 End of the riddle
106 “Perhaps ... ask me about it later” Band with the hit “Whip It”
— date (plan for marriage) Exuding testosterone Catch sight of Hobbit hunter Tide type Exhort 63 66
69 70
72 76 78 80 83 85 86 87
91 93 111 113 115 119 120 126 127 128
129 130 131
DOWN
1 Milked beasts
2 dos cubed
3 Close by
4 Body image?
5 Moreover
6 Texting shorthand for “I think” Anti’s call Catch sight of “Goldfinger” singer Shirley French thirst quencher Electric guitar connection Pointers Actor Everett Customs worker Golf bag item Fender bender, e.g. Tagged for a particular use Plains tribe Bulletin fodder Iris’ layer Miles of jazz Student transcript no. Long-used adage 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 24 29 31
Riddle’s answer Aspersion Carry in the uterus They could use a welcome sight quick flights Most bohemian Tilting 33 35
36 38 39 40 41 42
43 44 45 50 52 53 55
57 59 60
64 65 67
68 71
73 74 77 79
Least shallow P-shaped Greek letter Sculler’s tool Promising solemnly Illinois city
Size
“— culpa” Oreck product, for short
St. Pat’s land Lucy’s Arnaz BBq sides In present times Church topper Bishops’ toppers Greg Evans’ long-running comic strip Isolated
Poker IOus Fliers’ military branch Neopagan practice Full of racket Autos such as Ramblers and Pacers
Half of Hispaniola Tanzanian tourist treks
Must Pant-length measure Perfume from petals
Chevy SuVs Chuck Berry title woman 84 88
89 90 92 96 97 99 102 104 105 109 114 116
117 118 120
121 122 123 124 125
Rural assent to a woman Together, in music scores Bringing to a conclusion Bracing drink Singers executing quavers
With vehemence Genetic Id
— choy Conclusion “Goodness!” Mil. officer Share, as a blog entry Web-footed wading bird “Me neither” Pioneer Boone Maudlin sentimentality Guthrie of folk singing Legendary snow beast Hacienda house “Orinoco Flow” singer Yemeni port “Hey, over here ...” Org. for club swingers
No, in Paisley Part of TGIF “Just joking!” Lingerie item The, in Arles