PREMIER CROSSWORD PuzzlE
ACROSS 1 Tightrope-walking need 8 Stymied 15 Blurts out 20 Onto 21 Rhine temptress 22 “Fear Factor” host Joe 23 Job for someone sorting digging tools? 25 One of Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” 26 Barely-there beachwear 27 Is ill with 28 Meet in a session 29 “Men in Black” role 30 Satirist Freberg 31 Redhead at Mel’s Diner 33 Title of a how-to book on delivering a tirade? 35 “Give — call sometime” 36 Prefix with athlete 38 City WNW of Tulsa 39 Worker making barrels for a farm storehouse? 46 Near 51 Cello bow application 52 Heroic story 53 Bit of trickery 55 Edmonton hockey pro 56 Wanted felon 58 Including even the arrest documents? 61 Old GM make 62 Yaks it up 64 Keenly smart 65 1960s TV’s — May Clampett 66 Heaven’s opposite 67 Heavens 69 Prayer starter 71 “Ghost Hunters” channel 74 Beach headwear 76 “Exodus” author Leon 77 Farming tool 80 What a scientific computer program might do? 84 Sugary food 86 Mitchell’s Scarlett 87 Rube played by Red Skelton 88 Put — in one’s ear 90 Let come in 91 Alternative to a street address: Abbr. 93 Arbitrarily chosen family member of the star of “Fatso”? 96 “Fame” singer Irene 98 GI R&R center 99 Tiny trail follower 100 Fuel that always works perfectly? 106 Where MoMA is 107 “For pity’s —!” 111 Evil child in “The Omen” 112 Spying tool 113 The same: Prefix 115 Off course 117 Revise, as a manuscript 118 Reply to a query about a small raisin variety? 121 Two-time French Open winner Bruguera 122 Tiny neighbor of Spain 123 More tired 124 Secret rendezvous 125 Go in again 126 Values
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1 Verbal digs 2 Lie ahead 3 Sri — 4 Actor Alan 5 No, in Ulm 6 Fir or pine 7 D followers 8 — Romeo 9 Easy throw 10 Dada painter 11 Rover’s rope 12 Retro record 13 Feel irate 14 Bro’s sib 15 1954 Gene Kelly musical 16 Sophia of the screen
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70 71 72 Getting older Zulu or Hutu Pit viper, e.g. “Well well!” Seed cover Deposits Helpful hint Forebear Oversee Roman robe Zoo bellow Sailor’s drink Rakish man Concerning Not a thing Raven cries Wipe clean Littlest pups Allied (with) Israeli airline Snitch Paris hub Actor Erwin Baseball’s “Big Ed” Singer Bonnie Protection Hopi maize Prefix with electric Horse-hoof equipper Cosmic payb ack Comic actor Patton Retail outlet Pirate chant opener 73 “Spare tire” 75 Ravens’ org. 76 “E pluribus —” 77 Half: Prefix 78 Elevator innovator 79 Tivoli’s Villa d’— 81 Offsetting IRS amount 82 X-ray units 83 “Peek- —” 85 Campus email ending 89 Aussie “Hi!” 92 Indian bread 94 Greek letters 95 Boxes up 97 Get in sync 100 That is, to Tacitus 101 One dubbing 102 Nail-file stuff 103 Boxing spots 104 Avant- — 105 Chef’s wear 106 Neither’s go-with 107 Retail outlet 108 Palmer of golf, to pals 109 D.J. Casey 110 Ones staring 113 Concerning 114 Sirius, e.g. 116 Light fight 118 Driven thing 119 MoMA part 120 She baas