SUNDAY PREMIER CROSSWORD
SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2024
ACROSS
1 Stew morsels
5 G-man, e.g. 8 Bun-topping seeds 15 Razor brand
19 “That’s __!” (“Untrue!”) 20 God, in Turin
21 Perk up
22 Picnic pests
23 “Secret Love” singer having two opposing personalities?
26 Performs like LL Cool J 27 2007 documentary about the U.S. health care system 28 Pick-up-sticks math game
29 Suffix with 110-Across 30 “Aquaman” star Jason 31 “Seven Year Ache” singer buying goods at wholesale?
37 __ kwon do
39 Change habitats 40 Brigitte of “Contempt” 41 Not smart
44 Height: Abbr. 45 Ghana’s capital
47 Biol. or geol.
49 Star of many silent Westerns creating an ensemble?
53 Butterfly food 55 Cineplex __ (old theater)
56 Alternatives to coffees 57 Distinctive times 59 Wife of Zeus 60 Stimpy’s pal
61 Go __ ride
63 Luau gift
64 “ER” co-star Anthony 67 “Sleuth” co-star portraying a policeman? 71 Boot parts
74 Silent “yes”
75 Network on the telly, with “the”
76 Wall Street deg., often 79 Head, in Pau
80 Pare down
82 Speller’s clarification 84 Cute, cutesily 86 Scottish language 89 Frequent USO show performer wishing earnestly?
92 Raw rock
93 Interrupt dancers, say 95 Coach Parseghian 96 The way things are now 97 Swings about, as one’s arms
99 Exercise goal
102 Has too much, briefly 103 “Mame” star weighing people down? 108 Turin locale
109 Kin of “equi-”
110 Inflated head
111 Beginning
114 Telly
115 “Oliver!” Oscar nominee being zany?
120 Writer __ Stanley Gardner
121 Iron or tin
122 Classic auto
123 Robert of “The Sopranos”
124 In view
125 Got narrower
126 It’s opposite NNW 127 Other, in Spain
DOWN
1 Paw bottoms
2 “The Time Machine” race
3 Guys staffing military flights
4 Watch brand
5 Count up
6 Designer Versace 7 Playing (with)
8 __ Diego
9 Conclusion
10 “Ransom” actor Gary 11 Mennonite sect
12 Soft rock?
13 Archaic verb suffix
14 In position
15 Overseas
16 List of players, in sports
17 It shows a pupil’s grades
18 Analyze
24 “Rescue us!”
25 __ Hess (former oil giant)
30 Jazz singer Carmen 32 Visa rival, for short 33 Soothes
34 “__ boy!”
35 “La Brea” network 36 “Nuts!”
37 One-on-one instructor 38 Positive pole
42 “I believe,” to texters 43 Iniquitous
45 Pungent
46 “__ -ching!” 48 Tax-deferred svgs. plans
50 Motionless
51 “Hud” actress Patricia 52 Huck Finn, for one 54 Burn a bit
58 Williams of tennis 62 Lyric poem
63 Huck Finn, for one 65 Prez called “Ike”
66 Net pop-ups, e.g. 67 “Uptown Girl” singer Billy
68 Oxide, e.g.
69 Fetus’ home
70 Play award
71 “Let __” (“Frozen” song) 72 Time soon to come 73 Suspension bridge part 76 Popular food seasoning brand 77 Cornrow, e.g.
78 Vast chasm
81 Slugging stat
82 Crucial artery
83 Went across
DIRECTIONS: Make a 2- to 7-letter word from the letters in each row. Add points of each word, using scoring directions at right. Finally, 7-letter words get 50-point bonus. “Blanks” used as any letter have no point value. All the words are in the Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary, 5th Edition.
LAST SUNDAY’S ANSWER 85 Print quality stat
87 In a very cold manner 88 Pick out
90 Welcome
91 Poet Ogden
94 China’s Mao __ -tung 98 Actress Quinn 99 Blossom
100 Mystery awards
101 English biscuits
103 Some Miller beers 104 Arm muscle, informally
105 Words on a help desk 106 NYC rep starting in ’19 107 Rock __ (Brazilian music festival)
112 Weizman of Israel
113 Novice
115 Fast plane
116 In the style of
117 Suffix with alp
118 “Inc.” relative
119 Female deer