PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Give a right to

8 Eye narrowly

14 Choir songs

20 Dog collar attachments 21 Ends of bridal paths 22 See 1-Down 23 Refrigerator, stove or dryer

25 Warship fleet

26 Over yonder

27 Designer Gucci

28 Lhasa -- (little dogs) 29 Mega Stuf cookies

33 This second

35 Legendary figure in a 1999 horror film

39 Azaleas are members of it 43 Not quite

44 Dutch beer

45 -- the line (obeyed) 47 Sturdy tree

48 Slimy gunk

51 Shaft of light

52 Common allergy trigger 55 Condiment spicier than its yellow cousin

59 On -- with (similar to) 61 Big name in dog food 63 Born

64 TV announcer Don 65 Riddle

68 Strep-treating doc 69 Person giving out prizes 71 Eight of their last names are featured in this puzzle 76 Egg-hiding holidays 77 Gridiron stats

78 Punctual

79 Sominex or Unisom rival 80 Passing vote

81 As many as

82 Big lamb cut

86 Common weed of North America

90 Universal donor blood type, in brief 93 Shark feature

94 Ending for alp or salt 95 Architect I.M. -

96 Red Sea canal

98 Get there

100 Hive house

103 Suburb of Minneapolis 106 June bugs, by another name

110 Poetic “always”

111 Yule songs

112 Post-teen

113 Squeaks (out)

116 Ticked (off)

118 Spring back

120 Kentucky Derby venue 126 “Little Women” author 12 Wanness

128 Cry upon getting there 129 Joined (up)

130 Baby hooters

131 Vain person’s lack

DOWN

1 With 22-Across, film “nightmare” locale 2 Teachers’ gp.

3 -- Mahal

4 Equal: Prefix

5 Walloped

6 Foliage bit

7 Barcelona’s land, to natives 8 Bud

9 Director Kazan

10 Plus others: Abbr. 11 Music genre for TLC 12 Chachi’s last name on “Happy Days”

13 Mao -- -tung

14 Free TV ad, for short 15 Drink inserts

16 Target of antiperspirant 17 Minimal

18 Bordeaux wine

19 Secret store

24 Grads’ event 29 Fictional Scarlett

30 Plan a new route for 31 Cushy class

32 Mel the Giant

34 Jokester

36 Solo

37 Mosque officiant 38 Streaming set-top box 40 Viral misery

41 Soft throws

42 “-- out!” (ump’s call) 46 “Death Be Not Proud” poet

48 Avant- -

49 Mandate

50 Smells

53 Exhales wistfully

54 Pack firmly

56 Cleaning tool in a bucket 57 Muscle jerk

58 More citrusy, say 60 Mary Lou of gymnastics 62 One suffering for a belief 66 Atom studier Bohr 67 Leb. neighbor

68 911 gp.

69 Susan of “Spring Fever” 70 Nintendo console 71 1974 dog film 72 Artificial silk

73 “Orange -- New Black” 74 Thoughts

75 Taken with

80 “Two Guys and --” 81 Operated

83 In flames

84 Courteous

85 Midleg joints

87 Sheriff Taylor’s tyke 88 Mess-free

89 Take to court

91 Jug handle

92 Pa’s pa

97 Last letter

99 ‘16 Olympics site

100 Flowering

101 Small dress size 102 Cowboy’s whoop 104 -- pot (sinus cleaner) 105 Early tourney round 106 Safin who won tennis’ 2000 U.S. Open

107 She sang the hit “Hello” 108 New Mexico’s state flower

109 Brain protector

114 -- Stanley Gardner 115 “Nae” sayer

117 Red Muppet

119 Inc., abroad

120 U.S. Navy noncom 121 Divs. of days

122 Lyric verse

123 Film director Craven 124 Little peeve

125 Hog hangout