PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE
“It Takes Two”
ACROSS
1 Sighing word 5 Humiliate 10 Sugar-name suffix 13 Stretch (out) 19 Billiards item 20 Drive rudely (out) 21 Flanders of “The Simpsons” 22 Mambo music’s Tito 23 Bicycle add-ons for tykes 26 Make a new blueprint for 27 Cut and Paste setting 28 Give relief to 29 Protein formed during blood clotting 30 Sue Grafton’s “— for Ricochet” 31 Sterile hand wear 35 Three, in 6-Down 38 PIN-taking dispenser 39 “Hands off!” 40 Microwaves, e.g. 41 Stalled-car clipons 45 Metalliferous rock 47 “The Neverending Story” author Michael 48 Related to earthquakes 49 Hi- — monitor 50 A little wet 52 Edberg of tennis fame 54 Horse rider’s attachments 59 Dot in the sea, to José 63 Part of Gr. Britain 64 Entertainer Lollobrigida 66 The older Obama girl 67 Theme of this puzzle 73 Asocial sort 74 She had a show with Sonny 75 “It’s — -brainer” 76 Rogen of “Superbad” 77 They look like footless socks 81 Gymnast Olga 84 “Ghost” co-star Demi 85 Stylist’s goo 86 Coastal 91 In a crowd of 95 Pal, casually 96 Rink rentals 98 Ignited again 100 Commercial charge 102 Cozy lodging 103 Tacit assents 104 Part of some made-up faces 107 Teeny bit 109 Little leaves on flowers 110 Old jazz singer Anita 111 Collective software clients 116 Bela of old horror films 117 They often surround titles 119 Wiped from the board 120 A/C abbr. 121 Broadway prizes 122 Luau favors 123 Blank out 124 Jet to JFK, once 125 Garments for Gaius 126 Ineffectual
DOWN
1 Funny Johnson 2 Hog fat 3 Antioxidant-rich berry 4 Many Aspen outings 5 Sky ram 6 Old German capital 7 City of golf’s Masters 8 Albany-to-Baltimore dir. 9 Passé anesthetic 10 Toddlers’ bodysuits 11 Opt for 12 Mag VIPs 13 Parsley part 14 Adobe dwelling 15 Scold gently 16 Pep up 17 Done 18 Lion’s locale 24 Abbr. for people with only two names 25 Aerie nesters 29 Ornate 32 Dark area in an eclipse 33 Do — deed 34 Dir. 45 degrees from 8-Down 35 Dance club VIPs 36 Regret a lot 37 Big British record co. 38 Brogue 42 Middle of summer? 43 Solemn acts 44 Running times 46 Subj. for some immigrants 50 The “m” of “yes’m” 51 Office sub 53 E-I linkup 54 Skin diver’s tube 55 Flock noises 56 “It’s —!” (“Untrue!”) 57 Surrounded 58 Military band 59 “— turn up” 60 Brogue, e.g. 61 “What a ding-a- —!” 62 Freshly 65 Hard water 68 Mass unit 69 Realty unit 70 Corn unit 71 Congenital 72 Verb counterparts 78 Plunder, e.g. 79 Eel types 80 Rub down 82 North fired by Reagan 83 “Bad!” cluck 85 Charges 87 Off-the-wall sport? 88 An Amerind 89 Color of chili 90 Suffix with govern 91 Whelp yelp 92 Put a ruler to 93 Outlawed 94 Get rid (of) 96 Digital display 97 Subsequent 99 China shop ensemble 101 Defies openly 105 Skip, as a syllable 106 Hotel chain 107 Nail-biting 108 Ulna locale 112 Tofu bean, to Brits 113 Environs 114 Kind of milk 115 “To be,” in Latin 116 Fronted 117 NFL VIPs 118 Also