San Francisco Chronicle - (Sunday)

PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- PEOPLE WITH CONNECTION­S by Frank A. Longo

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

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