PREMIER CROSSWORD PuzzlE
“Entering Connecticut” by Frank A. Longo
ACROSS 1 Greek letters after rhos 7 French country house 14 Classic game consoles 20 Vain type 21 Loud warning gizmo 22 With 71-Across, pre-talkies time 23 Valuable desert plants? 25 Graf of tennis 26 “Leave it in” 27 PC-to-PC hookup 28 Shuttle org. 30 Chalk out 31 Pine cousin 32 Test of one’s holiness? 37 Most gross 41 Twistable cookie 42 Legal title 43 Dollar or euro divs. 44 Really bad-mouth a physician? 47 Good (at) 49 Tool in a wood shop 50 Walk- — (tiny parts) 51 Iowa’s tree 53 Slim, slithery fishes 56 Voting “no” 57 Really small 59 Tennis’ Korda 61 Jet boat model 63 Rehearse with great enthusiasm in Britain? 67 Poker prize 70 401(k) cousins 71 See 22-Across 72 Itsy-bitsy bit 73 Suns’ org. 74 Scandal over legal agreements in Tehran? 79 Tea varieties 80 Trial pledge 81 Huck’s craft 82 Acclaim 86 Give out 87 James Bond, e.g. 88 Mom’s skill, for short 89 Suit material 90 Far Eastern mercenary 93 Oil-anointing rite in old Russia? 98 Chillax 100 Without, in Paris 102 Bank holding 103 Ballet garb 104 Draw out feta or Brie? 107 “Uh-uh,” rural-style 108 Elisabeth of “Molly” 109 Boxing wallop 110 Kit — bar 111 Re 115 Ones giving GIs orders 117 “That bee just ingested poisoned plant fluid!”? 123 Warming current 124 Hastened 125 Cornell’s city 126 Abate 127 May’s gem 128 Enthusiastic about
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1 Stitches up 2 “— it!” (sandlot cry) 3 Ex-veep Al 4 Pol Romney 5 Bat wood 6 Fashionable 7 “Elf” actor James 8 Big name in fruit drinks 9 Actor Carney 10 Fri. preceder 11 Goddess of the dawn 12 Lack life 13 Not voiced 14 Evaluated 15 Little bird 16 First Hebrew letter 17 Outwardly shown by 18 Actually 19 Is lousy 24 — blanche 29 Surf and turf’s “turf” 31 Big bash 32 Woody Allen’s wife Previn 33 Curved lines 34 Post-taxes 35 Talk lovingly 36 F preceders 37 Mallorca, por ejemplo 38 Tribal bunch 39 Actor William or Nicky 40 “Gotcha,” to a jazz cat 45 “Keep it up” 46 Pictorial paper part 48 Highest point 52 Excavation discovery 54 Lisa of pop music 55 Sammy of the diamond 57 Poi plants 58 Confident cry 59 Roost 60 Floride, par exemple 61 Tuned to, as a dial 62 Hollywood’s Morales 64 Basmati, e.g. 65 Usher in 66 “The Tao of Pooh” author Benjamin 67 Organ part 68 Provo’s neighbor 69 Alternating 75 Curt denial 76 Light shafts 77 Dahl of film 78 Butler played by Gable 83 “Eri tu,” e.g. 84 Monster-film lab assistant 85 — -lease 87 Christmas Eve visitor 88 Bonds 89 Garbage-hauling boat 91 Covert org. 92 “Bad” singer Michael 94 Bullring call 95 Contend 96 Lower arm bones 97 Clean freak 98 Artery, e.g. 99 Breathe out 101 Reaper’s tool 105 Former TV host Philbin 106 Boring 110 NBA’s Jason 111 Dull pain 112 Getz of jazz 113 Fiesta snack 114 Algerian city 116 Compass dir. 118 Before 119 Fumble 120 Vardalos of the screen 121 Playa — Rey 122 Summer, to Yves