The Columbus Dispatch

SUNDAY PREMIER CROSSWORD

- | JOINED FOR A PURPOSE BY FRANK A. LONGO

Across

1 Wish-granting spirits 7 Greek vowel

12 Records file

20 Punch combo 21 Splotchy GI garb

22 He played Al Bundy on TV

23 Planners of campus events

25 Often-pickled red vegetable

26 Atop, in poems

27 Lena of “The Reader” 28 Latin “I love”

30 Patron saint of sailors 31 Brotherhoo­d

39 Capital of a Mexico state

40 Hard to find 41 Burdened

42 Travail

44 Political campaigner­s for a particular issue 50 Wonderment 53 Dragon in “The Hobbit” 57 Suffix with racket 58 Not at all tight 59 Medieval protectors of trade

63 Icebox

65 Boise’s state

66 Gel in a lab

67 By means of 68 Claimed psychic gift 69 Regulators of a moral code

76 Bath fixture

79 Printer fluid

80 Years on end

81 More devious

85 Surfs the internet, e.g. 88 Fighters of animal cruelty

92 Madison Ave. contact 93 Sea, in Paris 94 Corrective eye surgery 95 Pitching star

96 It consists of 13-player football teams

100 Aspirin target

103 Japanese alternativ­e to massage

104 “Carpe _!”

108 Newspaper of the USSR

112 Managers of houses in a subdivisio­n

118 Spacex founder Musk 119 Formed a lap

120 “Leave _ the pros” 121 Anna of fashion 122 It has Cut and Copy commands

126 Apt playing card for this puzzle’s theme? 131 Company VIP

132 Barrymore or Waters of “Pinky”

133 Consignmen­t shop deal

134 “I have no idea!” 135 _ Dame

136 A whole lot

Down

1 Become lenient 2 Intestine: Prefix

3 Of axons and dendrites 4 “_ be my honor”

5 Ram’s mate

6 Prince, e.g. 7 Eye-related

8 Philippine capital 9 One-sharp musical key 10 Sticky gunk

11 Hit _ (run into some trouble)

12 Urbane

13 Fruity drink

14 Foot part

15 Busy crawler

16 Artsy cap

17 Garlicky mayonnaise 18 Replay speed, briefly 19 “Your Song” singer John

24 Whole lot

29 Ice cream drink 32 “Tsk!”

33 _ -friendly

34 She was Mrs. Gorbachev

35 Stephen of “Still Crazy” 36 Nuptial oath 37 Buddhism branch 38 Point of view

43 K-O linkup

45 Toon frame

46 Fish eggs

47 Seep out

48 Wields

49 Crime doer

50 French bud

51 Join nuptially 52 Pitching stat

54 Sharp as _

55 Popular Aussie boots 56 Avocado dip, for short 60 Fidel’s cohort 61 Sweltering

62 “… sad and dreary everywhere _”: Stephen Foster

63 Suitable 64 Disloyal sort

67 Ivy and kudzu

70 Go in haste 71 Electees, e.g.

72 Diner offering

73 “_ Lisa”

74 PC key

75 Gin inventor Whitney 76 Ski lift type 77 Pakistani language 78 Tennis’ Bjšrn 82 Positive vote

83 And so on: Abbr. 84 Dark loaf

86 Fly trapper

87 Jazz’s _ Gyra 88 Mecca-to-medina flight

89 Country east of Arg. 90 Little drink 91 Giraffe’s kin

93 Be certain

97 Actor Ayres

98 A, in Berlin 99 Self-help author Leshan

101 Lyric-penning

Gershwin

102 Ballplayer of D.C., in brief

105 Apple computer camera

106 Bible book before Job 107 Mark with multicolor­ed spots 109 Optical

110 Exact look-alike 111 Licoriceli­ke seeds 112 Listens to

113 Classic song

114 Actress Shearer 115 PC key

116 Dutch painter Jan 117 Dove’s call

123 Roman 1,200

124 Biblical verb suffix 125 _ de plume

127 Figure skater Midori 128 To’s partner

129 Company VIP

130 Timothy Leary’s drug

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