San Francisco Chronicle

PREMIER CROSSWORD PuzzlE

- “Falling Rain” by Frank A. Longo

ACROSS 1 Runs in 8 Swiss skyline sight 11 Open a tad 15 Since 19 Pork in a pastry case, perhaps 20 Copa’s city 21 McEntire of Nashville 22 Sorvino of “WiseGirls” 23 Rod used by a bartender 24 Meted out 26 Apple line 27 Itchy skin problem 28 Ski resort near L.A. 30 Set fire to 32 Suffix with Mideast 33 Horror-film lab assistant 35 Runner-turned-lord Sebastian 36 Swab brand 38 Hack off 39 Treasury secretary Jack 40 Pops’ moms 42 Give credit where credit — 44 Growl like a mad dog 46 Unlucky day for Caesar 48 “Mass — Minor” (Bach work) 50 Dirties 52 Opera piece 53 Did very little 55 Growl like a mad dog 56 “Speed up,” in mus. 57 Oceans 58 Puccini title role 59 San José, Costa — 60 Show people to seats, informally 61 Approach boldly 63 Sing softly 64 Straighten, as a twisted hose 66 Prevent, in court 68 — Solo (sci-fi role) 69 Simian “King” 71 Oslo loc. 72 — guilt trip on 73 — -cone (cold treat) 76 Heelless shoes 77 12-step support group 79 Detox center 81 Skier’s hut 84 C times III 86 Modest response to praise 87 Skier’s locale 88 “Whatever — Wants” 89 Cymbal pair in a drum kit 91 Cruel Roman emperor 92 Broncos great John 93 Tell- — (exposés) 94 Vodka brand, briefly 95 That, to Juanita 96 “A Death in the Family” novelist James 97 Hunts for 99 Decode 101 East — (country of Asia) 103 LP letters 106 “Dear” man 107 Girasol, e.g. 109 Lyricist Gershwin 111 “The Lion King” lioness 112 Female hare 113 Metal bars 115 More hammy 117 Actor Elba 119 Like both-sex colleges 120 Examinatio­n 123 Early Greeks 125 Writer Brontë 126 Sultry singer Horne 127 Actor Wallach 128 Recluse 129 Not including 130 Castle trench 131 Notes before mis 132 Placed a burden on DOWN 1 Lager brand 2 Go to sleep 3 “The Office” actor 4 To be, to Brigitte 5 Often-iced injury 6 Rail holder 7 Message from a pulpit 8 Meccan, e.g. 9 Spring bloom 10 Hoi — 11 Chichi 12 767, e.g. 13 ’60s prez 14 Pizza cut edges, e.g. 15 Exiled Idi 16 Much like 17 Many Handel works 18 Fall right onto one’s mug 25 Port on the Black Sea 29 Vocational college 31 Driver’s rte. displayer 34 Propane, e.g. 36 Pielike cheese-and-bacon dish 37 Prefix with conference 41 Light meal 43 Scrip writers 45 Racial equality org. 47 1920s-’30s art style 49 An EEG records it 51 Bluish gray 53 Craving 54 “Explorer” of kiddie TV 55 Hog’s sound 62 Rough in texture 65 Old Cambodian leader Lon — 67 Zenith rival 70 Swearwords 73 Bathroom stall outlet 74 California wine area 75 Do as bid 76 Cruet cousin 78 A-bomb trial 80 Fashion mag since 1945 81 Like Mozart music 82 Golfer’s ace 83 Dander and dust, often 85 Dial up 90 “— shame” 96 ISP choice 98 Bar fixture? 100 Pencil topper 102 Actress Hemingway 104 Grosse —, Michigan 105 Bollixed (up) 108 Chapel song 110 Like acrobats 114 Extolling poems 115 Louver strip 116 Osiris’ wife 118 Light coin 121 Prefix with 81-Down 122 California’s Santa — River 124 “... good witch — bad witch?”

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