San Francisco Chronicle - (Sunday)
PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Human rights org.
5 Costa —
9 Scored two under
par
15 Apparel
19 Stars and Stripes,
e.g.
20 Big whoops
21 Louisiana cuisine
style
22 French girlfriend
23 Places to buy salmon
fillets and such
25 Everyday routine
26 Metal beam with
two flanges
27 Brainpower stats
28 Actor Bana
29 Overnight delivery,
say
31 Regret deeply
32 Nothin’ at all
33 Lauder of perfumery
34 Shutter strip
35 Breathable gym
bottoms
38 Actor Alan
40 Vaping devices
43 Some tech. inst.
grads
44 Trio after G
46 They’re like lay-ups, but farther from the basket
48 Father, to a tiny tot
51 Like some artificial
body parts 54 A snake injecting
venom, e.g.
55 Become too warm
58 Like a bass voice
60 Napoleonic marshal
Michel
61 Coin that was worth
12 pence
65 Purvey
69 Often-flexed arm
muscles
70 Paint coat applied to
rough plaster
71 Brand of
snowmobiles
73 Snow glider
74 Informal name for a
herding breed
76 Congregated
78 Concealed
79 City development
area
80 Dangler on a
garment in a store
85 Most modern
88 Harper of “Far
North”
89 Top worn on a safari
91 Snooze
92 Epoch
94 Opera solos
95 Tomb-raiding Croft
97 Resembling a plate
103 Turner of the Washington Nationals
105 Check recipient
107 Tubular snack cake
108 Flat-fixing org. 109 Guard to keep
something dry
112 Novelist Kingsley or
Martin
113 “Despicable Me”
villain
114 Very dry
115 Tiki bar drink
116 What nine answers in this puzzle suggest that you do twice?
118 Donate
119 Peeves
120 Les — (French for
“some”)
121 Emend
122 Tomahawks
123 Level
124 Indiana-to-Ohio
direction
125 Witty types
DOWN
1 Validate
2 In-group
3 Maidens
4 “Yuck!”
5 Pep rally cheers
6 Excited response to “Who wants dessert?”
7 Police ride
8 Horse cousin
9 Beige shades
10 Sony record label
11 Be assisted
12 Bungled 13 “In the Valley of —”
(2007 drama film)
14 Slaw sources
15 Cold Spanish soup
16 Eager desire
17 “Knives Out”
director Johnson
18 Arctic hazard
24 Gut feeling
29 Pine product
30 — v. Ferguson (landmark court case)
36 Word after big, cold
or soft
37 Albeit, in brief
39 For — (very cheaply)
41 Former rival of AT&T
42 Former Russ. state
45 First lady after
Melania Trump
47 Move hastily
48 Lou formerly of CNN
49 Pop rocker Lavigne
50 Rid of frost
51 Crank’s cry
52 “Challenge
accepted!”
53 Rum mixers
56 Clued in
57 Lion chaser?
59 Hope (for)
62 Opposite of
58-Across
63 “You Be —” (1986
Run-D.M.C. hit)
64 Avian abodes
65 Savors Earl Grey, say
66 Funny Murphy
67 Sacks in war
68 Balcony sections
71 Use stitches
72 Mattel man
74 Online biz
75 Torrid
76 Untidy states
77 Afr. country
80 Keglers’ org.
81 Karel Capek sci-fi
play
82 Question starter in
old Memorex ads
83 Total shams
84 Plotting in math
class
86 Walked in water
87 Dermis or Pen leadin
90 Turncoat
92 Most pasty
93 Phantom
96 “Yes, cap’n!”
98 Reporter on “Parks
and Recreation”
99 Buds from the hood
100Multi-roof temple
101 Winged bug with
pincers
102 Intimidates
104 Sportscaster Rashad
106 “Für —” (piano
piece)
109 Chronicle
110 Grand — (annual
race)
111 Clearheaded
116 “— pasa?”
117 Dawn drops