San Francisco Chronicle - (Sunday)
PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE
END-OF-OCTOBER OPTIONS by Frank A. Longo
ACROSS
1 Messiah of
Christianity, in Italy 5 Broody music genre 8 Club wielders’ org. 11 Fire hydrant
attachment
15 Beast of burden 18 Tolkien monsters 19 Flight routes
21 Pizzazz
22 Simian beast 23 Search for hidden
objects
25 Owing no money
27 Old Greek region 28 In the past 29 Firearm safety
feature
31 Sam Spade’s coverup
34 Spot in la mer
35 See 109-Down 36 Pottery oven 37 Some milk
dispensers
40 Stork relative 43 Blue-eyed cat 47 Rolled the dice at a
casino, say 50 Loafing sorts
51 Sean of films 52 Dressed in
53 Singer Lana Del — 54 French composer
Édouard
55 Purview 57 1860s White House
nickname
60 Oprah of TV 62 Statement that might follow “Come on in”
66 1920s White House
nickname
67 Part of SST
68 Qatari capital 69 Qatari, e.g.
71 Spanish appetizers 75 Cpl., e.g.
77 2022 Tom Cruise
sequel
80 Poseidon and
Neptune
84 Stew sphere
85 Architect Saarinen 86 Italian money
87 Young lady
88 T. — Price
90 Young lady
92 Messes (up) 94 Procedure to evaluate heart health
98 Roughly shaped 99 K.P. veggie
100 La Forge of “Star Trek: The Next Generation”
101 Clock datum
102 Be rife (with)
105 Pro bono TV ad, for
short
106 Nauseous from
motion, to Brits 112 Look at yet again to
make sure
116 Barley brew
117 Steve of country
rock
118 “Clever plan!” 119 What is found divided at the starts and ends of nine answers in this puzzle
122 Former Fox
competitor
123 Pop diva Celine 124 Copying a pig 125 Regarding
126 Lean- — (crude
sheds)
127 Part of SSE
128 String after Q 129 Ia. neighbor
130 Plug tightly
DOWN
1 “Oh, I see”
2 Boo-boo
3 Act division 4 Sprinter Bolt
5 Water, in Lille 6 Wonderwork
7 It’s north of
Nevada
8 Basketball player
Gasol
9 “Peer —” (Ibsen play) 10 Situated on both
sides of
11 Borderline of bushes
12 Couturier Cassini 13 Duel sword 14 Admission
15 Dueler with
Alexander Hamilton 16 Project detail
17 Search out
20 “Easy there!”
24 One looting 26 Thrash about 30 Cole Porter’s “Where Is the Life That Late —?” 32 Warn like a snake or
cat
33 Go left, e.g. 38 Libyan cash 39 Skiing stuff
41 Frozen drink brand 42 Vodka brand 43 Sediments
44 It’s north of Nevada
45 — wrench 46 Copying a cat
47 Small British cafe 48 Actor Close 49 Capitol body
51 Politico Ross 56 Scarlet, say
58 Lover boy 59 Heartfelt
61 Suddenly worsen 63 Harmonious union 64 Look awed
65 Makes docile 70 Drinking site 72 Second-century
pope 73 Lot divisions
74 Teensy bit
76 Former Laker Lamar
78 Played Fortnite, e.g. 79 Loudness
80 Cpls.’ bosses 81 Frontier sheriff
Wyatt
82 Attu’s islands
83 Big drink
89 Tusked beast
91 “That so?”
93 Brunch staple
95 Proficient
96 Fail to win
97 Farm vehicle 98 Easily deceived sort 101 “That’s what I’m —
about!”
103 Skip over, as a
syllable
104 Newspapers, TV, etc. 107 Oven shelf
108 Indian wraps
109 With 35-Across, player of Granny on “The Beverly Hillbillies”
110 Actress Bow
111 — One (vodka
brand)
112 Certain bolt holder 113 Many a seized auto 114 Co. honchos
115 Reality TV’s Jenner 120 Acct. accrual
121 Abbr. of primary
colors