PREMIER CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Airplane walkway 6 Gentle pat
9 River delta deposit 13 Pixie or elf
19 Unhesitating
and fast
21 Low-quality
22 Binds with
string
23 Grew older with contentment and dignity
25 Very ardent
26 Fluffy scarf
27 Wiggly fishes
28 Perennially
popular hymn
30 Makes a leg
warmer, e.g.
32 Plow beasts
33 — -Pan (James
Clavell novel)
34 Shouts of
discovery
35 Is wearing
37 Kept posted
39 Hair salon job
41 Growth theory
subj.
42 Accumulate
44 Hdqrs. where
officers work
46 Red-carpetwalking type
50 Liquid filling la mer 51 Fend off
52 Title detective of
1970s TV
55 Give the boot
56 Prepared to do
some grilling
58 Tier
59 “I’m not that
impressed”
60 Egg-shaped
61 Musical ornaments 64 Place to play pool
or table tennis
66 Do the task
flawlessly
69 Alternative to
a 401(k)
71 Hogs’ home 72 Eye-irritating
cleanser
74 1963 Johnny Cash
smash
76 Gush forth
77 Be in arrears
79 U.S. med.
research agcy.
80 Final toast of
a meal
84 In the style of
85 Law-of-motion
subject
87 Glistened
88 Historic span
89 Slowly, to a
maestro
91 Island setting
92 “I love you,”
in Spanish
93 Course of action 94 Hip about
96 Enter quickly
99 Film spools
100 Pupil’s place
103 Very big bird
105 Domino spots
106 Unsullied
places
108 Complete disaster,
in slang
111 Spinner in a
compass
112 Spinner in a
kid’s room
115 Surround with
a nimbus
116 1990s sitcom ... and what literally appears six times in this puzzle
119 Add to the mix,
maybe
120 British noble
121 Prayed before
partaking
122 Pole carvings
123 Eye irritation
124 Ovine female
125 Sun-related
DOWN
1 Part of UAE 2 Othello foe 3 Makes one’s
views known
4 Jar cover
5 Enter by sidling
6 Watch faces
7 Missile paths
8 97-down insect
9 Foamed up
10 Honolulu palace
name
11 Amusement,
to texters
12 “Give this a whirl” 13 Low-end cigar
14 Radar sound
15 Put a new border
around
16 Basketball great
— Thomas
17 Mozart’s Rondo
Alla —
18 Fencing blades
20 Get in a stew
24 Sends via
phone line
29 Streaming music
service
31 Prefix with
disclosure
32 Give the boot
35 Boot part
36 Brazilian palm berry 37 Line of work
38 Morning Edition
airer
40 HDTV maker
42 Pilot’s skill
43 Old Cougar
carmaker, in brief 45 FDR and HST’s
party
47 Volcanic outflows 48 Praise heavily
49 Stomach
51 Decongestant
brand
52 Gulf of — (arm
of the Baltic)
53 Just free of the bottom, as an anchor
54 Film for which Holly Hunter won an Oscar 57 Luminous
58 Spiral-shaped
pasta
60 “Well, golly!”
62 Hide-hair link
63 “No seats left”
abbr.
65 Odyssey
temptress
66 Like twangy voices 67 Adequate
68 “That is ...”
70 Warm blanket
73 Jaw-dropping
75 As of
78 Prior to, in verse
81 Heavenly
82 River of Russia
83 Cooking vessels
85 Tiny particle
86 Road gunk
87 Six, in Seville
90 As surplus
92 Plains tent
93 Hogs’ home
95 Wyoming
mountains
97 Collection of hives 98 Round shape
99 Corp. shuffles
100 “That is ...,” to
Caesar
101 Head for hurriedly 102 Cry to a battlefield
medic
104 Impulses
106 Grammy winner
Gorme
107 Scott in an 1857
court case
109 Slender
110 Brothers’ group,
in brief
111 Chew like a beaver 113 Kind of whale
114 British noble
117 Operate
118 Bushy hairdo,
for short
ACROSS
1. Voting day
5. Excellent!
8. Thin pancake
11. Home
14. Misfortune
23. Flower part
24. Esteem
25. Tennis term
26. Imposing building
27. Actress, Rene ___
28. Speak
29. Russian crepes
30. Pungent vegetable
31. Greek letter
33. Display
38. Zeus’ wife
39. Artless
40. Part of pay
43. Doctor (abbrev.)
44. New (pref.)
45. Fetch
48. Encounter
50. US celebrity,
___ Kardashian
51. Animated
52. Large vase
54. Tidings
55. Triumph
56. Recede
57. Pessimistic
58. Heron relative
59. French capital
60. Uplift
61. Italian almond liqueur
62. Place of education
67. Arm covering
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68. Astronaut, “Buzz” ___
71. Photographic device
75. Nimble
76. Go in
78. Elsewhere excuse
79. Western Australia (abbrev.)
80. Former (pref.)
81. Warehouse
82. Sorrow
83. Stein
84. Friend (Sp.)
87. Concur
88. Usually
91. Burial ground
96. Musical composition
99. Rehearsal
105. Hocus-___
106. Depart
107. Parcel
109. Taiwan’s former
name
110. Seat
111. Gold (chem.)
112. Regarding
113. Wall coating
114. Scent
115. Blundered
116. Orison
119. Reptile
124. Vehicle fuel
127. Appear
136. Regal
137. Blood-sucking worm 138. Actor, Kevin ___
139. Composure
140. Synthetic substance 141. Affirmative vote 142. Self
143. Lose colour
145. Hatchet
146. Mexican dish
147. Sprite
148. Loch ___ Monster 150. Repulse
153. Revolution (abbrev.) 154. Tavern
155. Divide
158. Venomous snake 159. Enthralled
161. Fundamental
166. Close
168. Up to
169. Float aimlessly
172. Loft
173. Yoghurt drink
174. Hug
175. Scold constantly
176. Storm
177. Shoulder movement 178. US National Park 179. Not fresh
180. Clear soup
181. Australian/NZ soldier 182. Medieval glove
DOWN
1. Job
2. Weave
3. Claws
4. Eight-note set (mus.)
6. Perturb
7. Pitcher
9. Memento
10. Ancient Arabian city
12. Lure
13. Operate car
15. St Francis of ___
16. Bold
17. Palliative care centre
18. Career
19. Water bird
20. Cease
21. Prison room
22. Skewered dish
32. Navy commander
33. Ceremonial staff
34. Oval shape
35. Greek restaurant
36. Card game
37. Withstood
38. Magician, Harry ___
41. Cotton fabric
42. More recent
46. Moroccan capital
47. US state
49. Educate
50. Leg joint
53. Want
54. Sibling’s daughter
63. Emergency
64. Prayer
65. Portable steps
66. Movie theatre
67. Makes clothes
69. Subsequent
70. Viewpoint
71. Fold
72. Noon
73. Account
74. Panama ___
77. Alternative
85. Steel tower
86. Range
68 ACROSS
89. Rowing implement 151. Clergyman
90. Lower (abbrev.) 152. Rubber ingredient
92. Extinct NZ bird 155. Condition
93. Legendary bird 156. Riga is its capital
94. Room 157. Arizona city
95. Cream-filled pastry
96. Fish hawk
97. Ship’s mooring device
98. Speaker
100. Arrow poison
101. Tristan and ___
102. Pass by
103. Fence post
104. WA capital
108. British nobleman
109. Touch
117. Sharp ridge
118. Fit to be eaten
120. Lettuce variety
121. Accomplish
122. Fiasco
123. Accept
124. Necklace
125. Schooner sail
126. Beginnings
128. Breakfast cereal
129. Rule
130. Hardship
131. Location
132. Jumping insect
133. Retain
134. News exclusive
135. Torch
144. Degrades
149. Captivate
150. Ra (chem.) 160. Planet’s path 162. Ogle
163. Mansion 164. Evening
165. Poker stake 167. “Laughing” animal 170. Auditorium
171. Portent