THE PREMIER
ACROSS
1 Simulates, as an event 9 Employ anew 15 Barely visible 20 Dirigible pilot 21 Cuts into 22 The “O” of TV’s OWN 23 Changing from one form of matter to another 25 Unrestrained 26 Hollywood’s Harper 27 2006 Supreme Court appointee 28 Ballerina Alicia 29 “Tapestry” singer King 32 Eons ago 35 Son on “Family Ties” 36 — -fi movie 38 Fund held in trust 39 Cow’s mouthful 40 Kindled anew 42 Linda of “Dynasty” 46 Bongos, e.g. 48 Of the study of the hair and scalp 52 Mine transports 56 Abbr. at the end of a list 57 Road groove 58 North Carolinian, informally 60 Puts to work 61 “Reward” for awful service 63 French for “eye” 64 Road 66 Annual movie event in Lower Manhattan 71 U.S. pres. George (#41 as opposed to #43) 72 Lounge lazily 73 Agatha Christie’s “There Is —” 74 Voting no 75 Loss of recollections 78 Home for mil. planes 79 Machines next to mice 82 Actress Sarah of “American Crime Story” 85 Starter or finish judge at a meet, e.g. 88 “Woo-hoo!” 90 Docking site 91 Spanish wavy mark 92 27-Across’ first name, for short 95 Kind of tire 98 Pack animal 100 Cooking fat 101 Having depth as well as length and width 106 Is abrasive 108 Kiddie-lit “pest” 109 Observed secretly 110 Minnesota’s state bird 111 On top of 112 Action short of a divorce ... or what occurs in six long answers in this puzzle? 118 More sage 119 Red-brown 120 Nullified 121 Wound vestiges 122 Sets foot in 123 Exonerated
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1 Traitor 2 Suffix with cannon 3 Piece of the past 4 Not poisonous 5 Actor Elgort 6 Produces 7 Bath locales 8 Holy figures: Abbr. 9 Sphere 10 Bud of Bert 11 Real goodlooker 12 Turns of phrase 13 “Stuck” actor Stephen 14 Class for U.S. aliens 15 “Go where I go” 16 “What — excuse for ...” 17 Paradoxical 18 Capital of the Bahamas 19 It’s rung out on New Year’s Eve 24 Mai — 28 Love, in Nice 29 — blanche 30 Advisory 31 Piece of the past 32 DVR brand 33 Livy’s 1,400 34 Flynn of old movies 37 Welsh, e.g. 41 Is pounding 43 Actor’s rep. 44 Hollywood’s Vardalos 45 Tool for cutting decorative spiral lines 47 Snaky shape 49 Not inner 50 “Excuse me” 51 Ericson of exploration 53 On a cruise 54 Line winder 55 Old JFK jet 59 Zeno of — (philosopher) 61 Ex — (from nothing) 62 Date tree 64 Inflexible 65 Morsel 66 Fish that’s a sushi staple 67 Q-V link 68 It might have serifs 69 Robert of “The Sopranos” 70 Groups of employees 71 Protestant denom. 75 Battery end 76 I, in German 77 Alias lead-in 79 Rice-and-broth dish 80 Training unit 81 Luges, e.g. 83 Group associated with red fezzes 84 McCain’s 2008 rival 86 Spoken 87 Salsa herb 89 — and yang 92 Drink inserts 93 Language of the Koran 94 Brunch drink 96 Help 97 Fat-breakdown enzyme 99 Goal getter 102 Delaware’s capital 103 Ship of the Middle East 104 Jays’ homes 105 Suffix with cannon 107 Stockpile 110 Liquid rock 112 Two plus one, in Turin 113 Trot quickly 114 Mom’s mate 115 Ca++ or Cl116 Lyrical verse 117 Beatty of “Network”