San Francisco Chronicle - (Sunday)
PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Stew morsels
5 G-man, e.g.
8 Bun-topping seeds
15 Razor brand
19 “That’s —!”
(“Untrue!”)
20 God, in Turin
21 Perk up
22 Picnic pests
23 “Secret Love” singer having two opposing personalities?
26 Performs like LL Cool
J
27 2007 documentary about the U.S. health care system
28 Pick-up-sticks math
game
29 Suffix with 110-Across
30 “Aquaman” star Jason
31 “Seven Year Ache” singer buying goods at wholesale?
37 — kwon do
39 Change habitats
40 Brigitte of
“Contempt”
41 Not smart
44 Height: Abbr.
45 Ghana’s capital
47 Biol. or geol.
49 Star of many silent Westerns creating an ensemble?
53 Butterfly food
55 Cineplex — (old
theater) 56 Alternatives to
coffees
57 Distinctive times
59 Wife of Zeus
60 Stimpy’s pal
61 Go — ride
63 Luau gift
64 “ER” co-star Anthony
67 “Sleuth” co-star portraying a policeman?
71 Boot parts
74 Silent “yes”
75 Network on the telly,
with “the”
76 Wall Street deg.,
often
79 Head, in Pau
80 Pare down
82 Speller’s clarification
84 Cute, cutesily
86 Scottish language
89 Frequent USO show performer wishing earnestly?
92 Raw rock
93 Interrupt dancers,
say
95 Coach Parseghian
96 The way things are
now
97 Swings about, as
one’s arms
99 Exercise goal
102 Has too much, briefly
103 “Mame” star weighing people down?
108 Turin locale 109 Kin of “equi-”
110 Inflated head
111 Beginning
114 Telly
115 “Oliver!” Oscar nominee being zany?
120 Writer — Stanley
Gardner
121 Iron or tin
122 Classic auto
123 Robert of “The
Sopranos”
124 In view
125 Got narrower
126 It’s opposite NNW
127 Other, in Spain
DOWN
1 Paw bottoms
2 “The Time Machine”
race
3 Guys staffing military
flights
4 Watch brand
5 Count up
6 Designer Versace
7 Playing (with)
8 — Diego
9 Conclusion
10 “Ransom” actor
Gary
11 Mennonite sect
12 Soft rock?
13 Archaic verb suffix
14 In position
15 Overseas
16 List of players, in
sports 17 It shows a pupil’s
grades
18 Analyze
24 “Rescue us!”
25 — Hess (former oil
giant)
30 Jazz singer Carmen
32 Visa rival, for short
33 Soothes
34 “— boy!”
35 “La Brea” network
36 “Nuts!”
37 One-on-one
instructor
38 Positive pole
42 “I believe,” to
texters
43 Iniquitous
45 Pungent
46 “— -ching!”
48 Tax-deferred svgs.
plans
50 Motionless
51 “Hud” actress
Patricia
52 Huck Finn, for one
54 Burn a bit
58 Williams of tennis
62 Lyric poem
63 Huck Finn, for one
65 Prez called “Ike”
66 Net pop-ups, e.g.
67 “Uptown Girl” singer
Billy
68 Oxide, e.g.
69 Fetus’ home
70 Play award
71 “Let —” (“Frozen”
song) 72 Time soon to come
73 Suspension bridge
part
76 Popular food
seasoning brand
77 Cornrow, e.g.
78 Vast chasm
81 Slugging stat
82 Crucial artery
83 Went across
85 Print quality stat
87 In a very cold
manner
88 Pick out
90 Welcome
91 Poet Ogden
94 China’s Mao — -tung
98 Actress Quinn
99 Blossom
100 Mystery awards
101 English biscuits
103 Some Miller beers
104 Arm muscle,
informally
105 Words on a help
desk
106 NYC rep starting in
‘19
107 Rock — (Brazilian
music festival)
112 Weizman of Israel
113 Novice
115 Fast plane
116 In the style of
117 Suffix with alp
118 “Inc.” relative
119 Female deer