SUNDAY PREMIER CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Illuminated like quaint old streets
7 “Taxi” mechanic Gravas 12 Shut noisily
16 “If u ask me … ”
19 Full of mischief
20 Dam on the Nile 21 Very angry
23 What you may feel after doing something very bad
25 In a messy way
26 Be worthy of
27 Feudal sovereign 29 Big name in car rental 30 Bad-mouth 31 Currency in 60-Down 32 Hosp. zones
33 James of “Gunsmoke” 35 Sly plan
38 Somewhat
42 Shed for watercrafts 44 In __ terms (not using technical jargon) 46 “Fernando” group 48 Ballet bend
49 Settle the bill
50 Bi- x four
51 Top 40 DJ Casey
53 “My life __ open book” 55 Clothing supporter 59 Smidgens
61 Wild West’s Wyatt 65 North of Iran-Contra 66 Decks in a boxing ring 67 Mediocre
68 Loan shark
70 New York Giants legend
72 Certain cereal bran 74 In a macabre manner 75 Down East dweller 76 “Night” writer Wiesel 77 PE place
79 Allayed
80 Wintour of fashion 81 Thus far
83 Major leaguer, e.g. 85 Endure
87 Fossil rock
89 Debt security
90 Biceps locale
93 Spiced tea
95 Dueling tool
96 Close enough to touch 100 People tending butting beasts
103 Hunger sign
105 Et __ (and others)
106 Banked (on)
107 Diner bill 109 Gallery stuff
111 Get decayed
112 Terse confession
113 “Hold on just a minute!”
117 Planted “pet”
119 Nutty holiday dessert 122 Commit perjury … or what literally can be found eight times in this puzzle
125 Unsticks, as a sticker 126 Fifth wheel?
127 Caron of “Lili”
128 Letters before esses 129 Doing the job
130 1941 Oscar winner Mary
131 Park board
DOWN
1 They may be AWOL 2 Old Glory’s home
3 Very eye-catching 4 Pick-me-up
5 Atoll part
6 E’en if
7 Se–ora, say
8 Court great Arthur 9 Little branch 10 “Citizen” of film
11 Trig measure 12 Cousin of a custard apple
13 “Casablanca” character Ilsa
14 ABA mem.
15 Med. scan
16 “Uncle!”
17 Actress McCarthy 18 Homeric epic
22 “A Bell for __” (1944 novel)
24 Hoppy brew
28 Sky sphere 30 Broadband inits. 31 Gossipy sort
33 Up for debate 34 Emu’s cousin
36 Full of feeling
37 Bush knife 39 Fundraisers with food 40 Bridge beam 41 “Wipeout” channel 43 Et __ (and others) 45 Descended
47 Vowel string
52 Color of a forest “carpet”
54 Computer system modeled on the human brain 55 Punctuation causing pausing
56 Fake fat brand 57 Wagering everything 58 Viscid
60 Japan’s capital 62 Come about
63 Find new tenants for 64 Marvel superhero Kitty __
67 That gal
69 “Listen, pal!” 71 Threw away 73 Donate 10% 78 African land 82 Galaxy unit 83 Supplication
84 Hint of color
86 Dull hurt
88 Tablet extra 90 Great-grandfather of Nero
91 Certain stag or doe 92 Intentions to do evil 94 Phishing crime
97 TV antennas 98 Zagreb locale 99 Fedora or fez
101 __ wave
102 __ Paulo
104 Accumulate
108 Raft wood
110 Ruby-hued
113 Hotel room service, often
114 Helpful hints
115 Oven output
116 Irish money
117 Ontario tribe
118 Nylons, e.g.
120 Intel org.
121 Chili holder
123 Urban trains
124 Whack down
KING FEATURES