San Francisco Chronicle

PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- “California Incorporat­ed” by Frank A. Longo

ACROSS

1 Freeway entry lanes 8 Words With Friends, e.g. 15 Boba — (“Star Wars” role) 19 Gloating cry from a bamboozler 21 Vandal, often 22 Rhine feeder 23 Head of the Department of Paving Material? 25 — -deucy (game with dice) 26 “Tammy” has two 27 — fide (true) 28 Legal claim on property 30 “The Eagle — landed” 31 Prediction that lots of pines and firs will grow? 38 Snuff stuff 41 Biochem material 42 E flat soundalike­s 43 Ruining a “Key Largo” co-star? 48 25% of XII 49 Help illicitly 50 Blade metal 51 Grain type 54 Abbr. in an auto ad 57 Soap, e.g. 59 The Lone Ranger’s horse appeases? 64 In history 66 Curve part 67 Rutabaga relatives 68 More stark 72 Moniker for a praline nut? 76 Chichi scarf 77 Retired female professor 79 Unlock, to a poet 80 Eyes, to a poet 82 100% pure white wine? 86 Glycerides, e.g. 91 Lite, maybe 92 Cot or bunk 93 African scavenger 95 “Garfield” pooch 96 Shoot (for) 98 Beach, in summer? 103 Scavenger’s food source 107 Luau food 108 Most cozy 109 Coverage for people renouncing their beliefs? 114 Granite State sch. 115 — -Coburg (old German duchy) 116 Rat hunters 117 — tai 120 Six, in Spain 122 Activity for a mountainee­r in an Asian island country? 129 Hog sound 130 Peekaboo phrase 131 Ram 132 Touchy 133 Pilot 134 Less full

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1 See 46-Down 2 Chomsky of linguistic­s 3 Monstrous birds of myth 4 Pie — mode 5 Dr.’s area 6 Hi-tech helper 7 Organism living with another in mutualism 8 Ferrari FF, e.g. 9 SFO landing 10 Risqué West 11 D.C. hrs. 12 “Two and — Men” 13 Sentence-ending dot 14 Nosy types 15 Italian clerical title 16 Of Holy Communion 17 Daddy Warbucks’ henchman 18 Covert gettogethe­rs 20 Starting on 24 Ethyl ending 29 Classic pop brand 31 Prickly plants 32 Suffix with bull 33 CBS spinoff starting in ’09 34 Tolkien brute 35 Italian “a” 36 Mineo of “Exodus” 37 Crocodilia­n reptiles 38 “— not to be” 39 “... there — square” 40 Brewski 44 Beau — (noble act) 45 “— Mir Bist Du Schön” (1938 #1 hit) 46 With 1-Down, 1932 jazz hit 47 Chop (off) 52 Tweak, e.g. 53 Fraternity “T” 55 Seized sedan, say 56 Low “Yo!” 58 Vernal month 60 Windmill sails 61 Suffix with Midwest 62 Sanyo rival 63 Ill-bred 65 Sudden influx 68 Sweat bit 69 Both, to begin with? 70 Looking into carefully 71 Racy art 73 URL closer 74 “The Simpsons” store clerk 75 Interstate inn 78 Bathing site 81 Guiding light 83 Zine staffers 84 “— -ching!” 85 Rand of objectivis­m 87 Funny lady Fields 88 Tony-winning Adams 89 Spanish waterways 90 Fedexed, e.g. 94 Trouble-free 97 Supplies with a crew 99 — and downs 100 “— can’t” 101 Bronze metal 102 “Mad Men” channel 103 Robinson of literature 104 Virgil work 105 Equilibriu­m 106 Gender offender 110 Zellweger or Fleming 111 Scrub 112 Nasser’s nation: Abbr. 113 Roads with nos. 117 Prefix with 126-Down 118 Pot payment 119 Sikorsky of plane design 121 Plane’s place 123 “Fancy that!” 124 Firth of Clyde port 125 “To Helen” poet 126 Filmer, briefly 127 Hi-fi part 128 On fire

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