PREMIER CROSSWORD / SHADES OF HISTORY
ACROSS
1 Holds inside
9 Scrams
16 Many millennia
20 Chart of the Pacific,
e.g.
21 Eeyore’s creator
22 “Blue Jasmine” Oscar
winner Blanchett
23 Start of a riddle
25 Cawing bird
26 Collate, e.g.
27 Couch potatoes stare
at them
28 Maple stuff
29 Thin coins
30 Prayerful plea starter 34 Designer Saarinen
37 Sparks’ state
39 Riddle, part 2
45 Subject for Dr. Ruth
46 “Zip- — -Doo-dah”
47 “... Mac — PC?”
48 Hostess snack cake
49 Onetime senator Trent 51 Hiccup or charley horse 54 Convents and abbeys 56 Colored rings of irises 58 About 4.2 millimeters,
in typography
61 Footed vase
62 Agnus — (Mass prayer) 63 Riddle, part 3
66 “This is SO frustrating!” 69 Beelzebub
70 Tools used in fixing
flats
72 Huge fad
76 To date
78 Riddle, part 4
80 Ship’s swerve
83 Brow’s curve
85 Bygone Russ. states
86 Most speedy
87 She won eight Oscars for Best Costume Design
91 “Oops, I messed up”
93 Comic-strip light bulb 94 Sliding-open car option 95 Like below-zero nos.
98 “... — it just me?”
100 Highway goo
101 End of the riddle
106 “Perhaps ... ask me
about it later”
107 Band with the hit
“Whip It” 108 — date (plan for marriage)
109 Exuding
testosterone 111 Catch sight of 113 Hobbit hunter 115 Tide type
119 Exhort
120 Riddle’s answer 126 Aspersion
127 Carry in the
uterus
128 They could use
a welcome sight 129 Quick flights 130 Most bohemian 131 Tilting
DOWN 1 Milked beasts 2 Dos cubed 3 Close by 4 Body image? 5 Moreover 6 Texting shorthand for “I think” 7 Anti’s call 8 Catch sight of 9 “Goldfinger”
singer Shirley
10 French thirst
quencher
11 Electric guitar
connection 12 Pointers 13 Actor Everett 14 Customs worker 15 Golf bag item 16 Fender bender, e.g. 17 Tagged for a particular
use 18 Plains tribe 19 Bulletin fodder 24 Iris’ layer 29 Miles of jazz 31 Student transcript no. 32 Long-used adage
33 Least shallow
35 P-shaped Greek letter 36 Sculler’s tool 38 Promising solemnly 39 Illinois city 40 Size 41 “— culpa” 42 Oreck product, for
short 43 St. Pat’s land
44 Lucy’s Arnaz
45 BBQ sides
50 In present times
52 Church topper
53 Bishops’ toppers
55 Greg Evans’ longrunning comic strip
57 Isolated
59 Poker IOUS
60 Fliers’ military branch 64 Neopagan practice
65 Full of racket
67 Autos such as Ramblers
and Pacers
68 Half of Hispaniola
71 Tanzanian tourist treks 73 Must
74 Pant-length measure 75 Perfume from petals 77 Chevy SUVS
79 Chuck Berry title
woman
80 Rural assent to a
woman
81 Together, in music
scores
82 Bringing to a
conclusion
84 Bracing drink
88 Singers executing
quavers
89 With vehemence
90 Genetic ID
92 — choy
96 Conclusion
97 “Goodness!”
99 Mil. officer 102 Share, as a blog entry 103 Web-footed wading bird 104 “Me neither” 105 Pioneer Boone 109 Maudlin sentimentality 110 Guthrie of folk singing 112 Legendary snow beast 114 Hacienda house 116 “Orinoco Flow” singer 117 Yemeni port 118 “Hey, over here ...” 120 Org. for club swingers 121 No, in Paisley 122 Part of TGIF 123 “Just joking!” 124 Lingerie item 125 The, in Arles