PREMIER CROSSWORD PuzzlE
“Up To The Ch-Challenge” by Frank A. Longo
ACROSS 1 Plane takeoff guess, briefly 4 Tries to nip 11 Figurative language 16 Excessively 19 Hawaiian yellowfin tuna 20 Running wild 21 Braga or Sotomayor 22 Eye, in verse 23 New drugs being studied, say 26 Coll. dorm overseers 27 Pedi offerers 28 That, in Peru 29 G.P.s’ gp. 30 Strong-arm 32 Altar locale 34 Put on a different station 39 In serenity 42 City in Oklahoma 43 Coop female 44 People 45 Many soufflé makers 47 Shuffle 48 Protrude 49 Carrere of film 50 “Great joke!” 51 Israel’s Abba 53 “—, ergo sum” 56 2014 British Open winner McIlroy 58 Pop singer from Oahu 61 Sunbathing furniture 63 See 104-Down 65 Taboo acts 67 Water, in Oise 68 Film director Spike or Ang 69 Nauseating 75 “Angie Tribeca” network 78 Refrain bit 79 Expiate 80 Pagan priest 84 Securer of a pocket timepiece 88 Papal crown 91 Relative of -ette 92 Native Americans of Nebraska 93 Young fellas 95 “Othello” villain 97 Suffragist — B. Wells 98 Sun — -sen 99 “Platoon” war zone 100 Robed group in a loft 104 Wise — owl 106 24/7 source of 20s 107 Irishman, e.g. 108 Honchos 109 Product of alkalized cocoa powder 113 Little cut 114 Warm up again 115 Bit of a giggle
116 Regulation 119 Old Russian ruler 121 Groom’s vow 122 Some Toll House morsels 128 Masc. counterpart 129 Grub, e.g. 130 Game to try something 131 After taxes 132 Taoism’s Lao- — 133 Top-tier invitees 134 Parts of the solar system 135 Main character in “Despicable Me”
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1 Aural pair 2 Mel Gibson war film of 2000 3 Goes poof 4 Large snake 5 About 6 Tic — (some mints) 7 Moral climate 8 See 13-Down 9 Hot tub sigh 10 Discourse 11 Hall-of-Fame cager — Thomas 12 ENT or OB 13 With 8-Down, very shortly 14 Auto garage squirter 15 Brick dresser 16 Like deluges 17 Seer’s shrine 18 Fixate (on) 24 German city 25 Cato’s 2,400 31 Plenty 33 Per unit 35 Very little 36 Having one flat, musically 37 Beijing site 38 Witch’s work 39 SAG- — (performers’ labor gp.) 40 Neighbor of Nigeria 41 Amp effect 46 Barbera’s collaborator 47 West with one-liners 48 Cheerful 52 Pellets for air rifles 53 Latte option 54 Sports draw 55 Raw metal 57 “Definitely!” 59 Ad add-on? 60 Available 62 100 yrs. 64 To boot 66 Mo. in fall 70 Tolkien menaces 71 — -jongg 72 Prefix with brow 73 Broadcast anew 74 Test for college srs. 75 A pair of 76 “Whap!” 77 Not inclined to travel 81 Forming a labor group 82 Very thin material for book pages 83 Loved ones 85 Opportunity 86 Old Texas siege site 87 The “sum” of Descartes 89 Antler pair 90 Turkish VIP 94 Increases 96 Folkie Phil 99 — degree 101 Jimmy Buffett’s “Ain’t — Genius” 102 Final: Abbr. 103 Intuitive inkling 104 With 63-Across, floating freely on the ocean 105 Soft leathers 106 Real 107 Word after party or film 110 “No — español” 111 Swindle 112 “Levon” singer John 117 Lot unit 118 Very little bit 120 Post-Q string 123 Bi- plus one 124 Idiot boxes 125 Certain NCO 126 Out — job 127 Dollar divs.