Gala Premiere
It’s a packed house at our theater, but those with connections can probably still squeeze in.
(This diagramless puzzle has standard crossword symmetry.)
Across 1 Iconic Chaplin role The ____ 6 Memphis or Toledo Zoo ungulate installation 14 Second-ball bowling challenge, often 19 Japanese menu item 20 Cute as a button 21 Something or someone gorgeous 22 Thespian 23 Moth genus of family Erebidae 24 Alternatives to windows 25 Hollywood Golden Age studio estd. in 1928 26 Comic Patton or pitcher Roy 28 ___ Jeshurun, oldest Conservative congregation west of Chicago 30 Total 31 Widely cloned combo text/display card from the early PC days 32 Steven Bochco legal drama 36 Prevent by law 38 MIT Challenger astronaut Ronald 41 Like Satrapi, Nafisi, or Khomeini 42 Historical region now divided between Estonia and Latvia 46 Subcontinent market 47 "CrazySexyCool" trio 49 Chirp, trill, or yodel 51 Those subject to dying eventually 52 Moroccan poet and revolutionary Saïda 54 Olympus and Rushmore (abbrev.) 55 Appraise, esteem, or consider the merits of 58 Not trans 59 Dyson or Hoover, casually 60 Almaden Minerals TSE ticker sym. 61 Mr. Lincoln, to friends 62 In the manner of 63 Dies ____ 64 Resident or member suffix 65 Nicotine-containing plant 67 Cornish pejorative for tourist and Lego Movie protagonist Brickowski, for two 69 Nebbiolos or malbecs 70 Steve honored by both Peter Gabriel and A Tribe Called Quest 71 Knighted one 72 Greek goddess of the night 73 Shrek, for one 75 Hoax 78 Manufactured fiber made from cellulose 80 Three miles, commonly 82 Alt. label for Mind-Machine Interface or Direct Neural Interface 85 Measure between pint and gallon 86 Stokely Carmichael org. 87 MB or GB holder with redundant contacts 88 Palindromic Narita carrier 89 Austrian city with famed torte 90 Friend of Esc or Ctrl 91 Shrink from something unpleasant |
92 Gangnam Style-r 93 Author Burroughs 95 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers single; one who flees upheaval 98 S of TSE, A of EAP, or S of HST 100 Chortle syllable 101 Westerosi First Man usurper 102 Increase in extent 104 Canada fliers 106 Young woman in clichéd distress 108 Quivering or shaky 110 Gap nautical clothing brand 111 USN O-1 112 One-liner 114 Central Tai ethnic group 116 Primate native to Indonesia and Malaysia, familiarly 118 Exchange explicit selfies, say 121 Irving's Crane 123 Alaskan crustacean often featured on "Deadliest Catch" 127 Throws out of a rental 129 Distinct component; computer program section 130 "I Sing the Body ____" 131 Song prelim 132 Have life and being 133 Enough to make the NFL playoffs, sometimes 134 Chevrolets and astronomical transients Down 1 Russian emperor 2 Rugby formation often following from a tackle 3 Concerning, apropos 4 Electrical unit sometimes shown as an upside-down omega 5 Filled dumpling of Central and East European origin 6 Nelson's catchphrase 7 Charmingly simple or rustic 8 Regular Top 40 charter 9 In favor of 10 Skiff propeller 11 Fed agency scoring econ. impact of legislation 12 Beta preceder 13 Maryland cryptography Fort 14 "Gott ____ dank!" 15 Citizenship travel document 16 Doozy 17 Celebrity couple 18 Cobb, Pennington, and Dolla Sign 21 Toddler clean-up ritual 27 ____ Hall, founding location of Quakerism 29 US Deaf culture inits 31 Actor Ethan or fictional helicopter pilot Stringfellow 33 Runt of the litter, often 34 Spice similar to licorice 35 Arcade Fire's Butler 37 ____-lacto vegetarianism |
38 Many cornerstone markings for San Francisco's rebuild 39 Konami Code, for example 40 Arbitrary cryptographic input 43 Mother-of-pearl 44 Homer's Trojan War epic 45 Donkeys and onagers 48 Arm or leg 50 EGOT collection half 53 Wax-resist dyeing technique originally from Indonesia 54 Italian radical politician Maria Antonietta 56 Amazon virtual assistant 57 Skin ink 63 Intense anger or wrath 66 Clockless comms style 67 Volunteered for service 68 "Black Hole Sun" band 70 Subway fave 74 MIT 150 Exhibition graphic designer Malcolm 75 Carpenter's tool 76 "Diver Down" band Van ____ 77 Slyly crafty or cunning 79 First amino acid to be isolated (abbrev.) 81 Greek personification of the Earth 82 Structures where hunters hang out 83 Art-cinema lobbying grp. founded in 1956 84 Bavarian municipality renowned for its speed skating rink 87 High-falutin' pitch 91 "Der ____ Holländer" 94 St. Louis or Los Angeles football players 96 Cakes 97 Go astray 99 Oxfam or UNICEF 100 Torrential downpour 103 Flightless bird 105 Icelandic author, historian, poet, and politician Sturluson 107 Plantagenet in England 109 Nighttime shoe sailor with Wynken and Nod 112 UK MP murdered in 2016 113 Hardwick Field abbrev. 115 Indonesian island archipelago near Lombok 117 Building blocks to literacy 118 Where Candy, Levy, and Short got their starts 119 Uncredited movie role 120 General ____ Chicken 121 Two favorite words of an egotist, perhaps 122 Usain or lightning 124 Former Giants All-Star closer Robb 125 Commonwealth O or A Level qual. 126 Erstwhile Sesame Workshop org. 128 Guilty Gear character who wields an electric guitar |