SUNDAY PREMIER CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Choco-coffee flavor
6 Low bow of respect 12 Global rivalry concerning weaponry 20 Customary
21 Last pope of the 1700s 22 Bishops’ jurisdictions 23 Iconic logo of Mcdonald’s [Utah]
25 Proceeds forward 26 Long, thin cut 27 Three, in Germany 28 Sgt., say
30 Poet’s “always” 31 Suffix with percent 32 “_ Holmes” (2020 Millie Bobby Brown film) 34 Biblical metaphor for Jerusalem [Utah]
38 Drs.’ org.
39 Slimy veggie 41 “Swell!”
42 Hush-hush U.S. org. 43 Original thing
45 Regal name of Norway 47 Erwin of old Hollywood 49 Dozes
53 Full-size SUV introduced in 2000 [California] 58 It’s between tau and phi
60 Curbside cry
61 Not given an assessment
63 Very, in slang 64 Scottish cap
67 “Star Wars” royal 69 Opaque quartz with banding [Alberta] 71 Nervous
74 Pol who was Johnjohn’s uncle
76 Coll. in Columbus 77 Big name in train travel 78 Mac computer platform released in 2014 [California]
81 Actor Neeson
83 _ 10 (acne medication) 84 Strong string 85 Actress Redgrave 87 “Ooh” or “tra” follower 90 British spy novelist John
92 Ice mass descending a mountain valley [British Columbia]
97 Love god
98 Magnate Onassis 100 High volcano in Sicily 101 Society for brainiacs 102 Bronze-hued 104 “Sheena” star Gena
Lee _
108 Action word
110 “ASAP!”
111 Full-size SUV introduced in 1998 [Alaska] 116 Natty necktie
118 OPEC supply
119 Type of 35 mm
camera
120 Part of USSR: Abbr. 121 Torah cabinets 123 Rd. crossers
125 Like Attu’s island
chain
128 What each of seven key words in this puzzle is the name of
131 Really rant at
132 “Beats me”
133 Shaw of jazz clarinet 134 Vaccine injectors 135 Abhor
136 Game token
DOWN
1 Coffee holders
2 Italian encore song, often
3 Concerning cooking 4 Couldn’t help but
5 Beer for a Brit
6 Box lightly
7 Terrier breed
8 Saint _ (island country) 9 Hearth waste
10 Get back at
11 Violinist Elman or actor
Auer
12 Computer pioneer
Lovelace
13 Person on a bus, e.g. 14 Classic soul song by
Curtis Mayfield
15 Wolfs (down) 16 Sidekick of Stimpy 17 PC character set
acronym
18 Singer Green formerly
on “The Voice”
19 Ruhr city
24 Its cap. is Bismarck 29 Ex-giant Mel
33 Ton of, casually
35 Not pleasurable, colloquially
36 Aurora, to the Greeks 37 Most wacky
38 Astern
40 TV’S O’donnell 44 Mayberry’s Otis, e.g. 46 Brand of bottled water 48 Sassy quality, for short 50 Elite NFLER 51 Medieval war weapon 52 Catty
54 Wheel bars
55 Singer Rita 56 “Othello” role 57 Sloping 59 Counterfeit
62 Needle case
64 Flute sound 65 Respond to
66 Toluca locale 68 Rombauer of cooking 70 Actor Malcolm_ Warner
72 Line of family rulers 73 Attendee
75 “Hooked on Classics” label
79 At any time
80 Seer’s skill
82 Pool growth 86 Tuscany city 88 Baby sheep
89 Top pilot
91 Irritating
93 Outskirts
94 Be a pioneer
95 Arcane
96 Uncooked
99 B&B, e.g.
103 Big Texas city
105 Has too much, with
“on”
106 Brezhnev of the USSR 107 Enter forcibly
109 Tabula _
111 Bleating beasts 112 Singer Cyrus
113 Not fuzzy
114 Talk formally
115 Singer Cleo
117 Italian isle
122 Make tangled
124 _ -Ball
126 Geller of the paranormal 127 Denials 129 “For shame!” 130 Indy circuit