PREMIER CROSSWORD
“MM, GOOD!”
ACROSS
1 Kiddie-lit elephant 6 Seder bread 11 Warren in the Pro Football Hall of Fame 15 Numbered work of a composer 19 “I’d love to help” 20 Fictional town in an Edgar Lee Masters title 22 Intensify, with “up” 23 Aged female horse that has won lots of singing awards? 25 Dog food brand 26 Flimsy 27 Hive swarm 28 “Lie Down With Lions” novelist Ken 30 Romanov royal 31 — -fi film 33 Michael of “Superbad” 34 Stephen of the screen 35 Time when everybody turned down their radios all at once? 41 — v. Wade 42 Aussie critter 43 Soporific drug 44 Electrolysis particles 45 Reading quickly in the Scandinavian manner? 50 Novelist Stout 52 Hammer or Spade 53 History topic 54 Hot tub sigh 56 Tranquility 60 Brainchild 62 Big meeting to discuss protective metal gear? 66 Foot the bill 69 A-bomb, e.g. 71 “— dare?” 72 — Lilly 73 “Tamerlane” poet 74 Cold, damp park birds? 79 Declare 82 Apia locale 83 Elton John’s 1970s label 84 Figure skater Midori — 86 Bet to win and place 90 Cloning stuff 92 Was an overly aggressive barber? 96 Cato’s “to be” 99 — alla Scala 101 Intensify, with “up” 102 Antique auto 103 Trouncing in a number-adding contest? 109 Bullring call 110 Balcony box 111 “Send help!” 112 Netflix rival 113 Medium for burning data 115 Pork serving 118 Of sentence units 121 Cork’s land 122 Decreed to be the most prudish? 126 Observes 127 Computer programming output 128 More skillful 129 Chances 130 Covered with bathroom rolls, slangily 131 Outback food 132 Fliers’ homes
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1 Strike with the horns 2 Court champ Arthur 3 Lead-in to “done that” 4 “Eek!” 5 Add ammo to 6 Emails or texts: Abbr. 7 Wet mo. 8 Come — halt 9 Body not staying at rest? 10 “My treat!” 11 Family in computer games 12 DuVernay of “Queen Sugar” 13 Flawless 14 Request in advance, in a way 15 Spoken exam 16 Sicily’s capital 17 A gazillion 18 Brief plugs for political candidates 21 Bread variety 24 — Lube (STP alternative) 29 Chou En- — 31 Add fuel to 32 Groups on church risers 33 The Plame affair, informally 35 Hammer or spade 36 52-wk. units 37 Dad’s partner 38 Longtime wire svc. 39 Moses’ peak 40 Seltzer, e.g. 41 ICU VIPs 46 Imbiber’s hwy. offense 47 “— be nice if ...” 48 Like taffy 49 Bea Arthur sitcom 51 Air-testing gp. 55 Hispanic “hello” 57 Intensify, with “up” 58 Loving sound 59 Previous to, poetically 61 12-hour clock toggle 63 Lowing sound 64 Fluid dram fraction 65 “Hawaii —” (Jack Lord series) 66 Acer offerings 67 Styled after 68 Orange tuber 70 Say aloud for transcription 75 Net access provider 76 Groom, e.g. 77 “The Dance” singer Brooks 78 Canned heat 80 Good Grips brand 81 Nursery cry 85 Dramatist Clifford 87 Merry-go-rounds 88 Not kosher 89 Hurry-scurry 91 For free 93 Furious state 94 Spill cleaner 95 Sony products 96 1962 Paul Anka hit 97 Tarnished 98 Tarnished 100 Chinese soup 104 Sort 105 Facet 106 “Surprised to run into you!” 107 University in Greenville, South Carolina 108 In a blazing brandy sauce 114 Fed Eliot 115 Ace or queen 116 Fruit drink brand 117 Tip jar bills 118 Nursery school, briefly 119 Play — (perform some songs) 120 Env. items 123 Receivable 124 John in court cases 125 High-tech organiser