THE PREMIER
ACROSS
1 Like Rambo 6 Reporters’ tablets 14 Gets into some 1940s jazz 20 Sidestep 21 Professors’ milieu 22 Quarter-mile, for many tracks 23 Compound of elements #29 and #17 25 Deceived with a fib 26 Lamb raisers 27 Irish Gaelic language 28 Hosp. ward 29 Extend as far as 30 Flamenco dance shout 31 Bedroom furniture with a low seat and a high back 33 Large shrimp 37 Kissing pair 39 “I see what you’re up to!” 40 Some NFL blockers 41 Effort toward a law degree, informally 43 Irish whiskey brand 47 Coliseum 48 “First Take” channel 49 Watson of “Colonia” 50 French version of an Oscar 54 Photos 56 Freshening up of a baby 59 — -Cola 62 Go well with 64 AL-to-OH dir. 65 Big name in taco kits 66 Bobby of the NHL 67 Cessna Skyhawk competitor 71 Give relief to 72 Long past 74 Conjurer Geller 75 Pale tan hue 76 Fruit-flavored drinks 77 Spicy dairy product 81 Large asteroid 83 Funny-woman Fields 84 Red-ink entry 85 Grad 87 Colt bearers 91 Joins up 93 Mag for some auto enthusiasts 95 Donkey 98 Crackerjack 99 Quail group 100 Juvenile cow 101 Smaller house in a legislature 106 Pesci of film 107 “Sorry, you missed it” 108 Bar brew 109 Ponied up 111 Lane of song 115 “I found it!” 116 What to go through when following protocol 119 Online newsgroup system 120 Burn balm 121 Gnawed on persistently 122 Dwell 123 Five-star 124 Fish “caught” nine times in this puzzle
DOWN
1 Old war club 2 Assert 3 Make do 4 They’re below waists 5 Pindar poem 6 Abalone shell lining 7 Protest singer Phil 8 Bit of lore 9 Tokyo, formerly 10 Dangers 11 Friends, in Italian 12 Prepared fancily 13 RSVP encl. 14 Triple-time Spanish dances 15 Pioneering ’40s computer 16 Tree with prickly burs 17 Out of date 18 Peppermint — (York product) 19 Wild animal tracks 24 Old object 29 Try again, as a case 30 Celebrity with a book club 31 Use up 32 — de terre (potato, in Paris) 33 Scrub offerer 34 Road vehicle 35 Simian beast 36 High-IQ crew 37 TV collie 38 AOL or MSN 42 All excited 43 Dixon of astrology 44 Unit of current 45 Earthy colour 46 In tidy order 51 Golfer Sam 52 Texas A&M athlete 53 Interprets 55 Willow used in basketry 57 “He’s Got the Whole World — Hands” 58 — d’Alene, Idaho 59 Use as one’s own 60 “— ed Euridice” (1762 opera) 61 Burial place 63 Least false 67 Fuss over feathers 68 Pungent green 69 Dwell in 70 Krispy — 73 Andy Taylor’s kid 76 Japanese brand of 112-Down 78 Tired saying 79 Biblical book after Daniel 80 Mitigator 82 Intro offerer 86 Adore, on candy hearts 88 NHL official 89 Just-prior time 90 Med. nation 92 Secrete milk 94 1974-78 sitcom 95 Distinctive filmmaker 96 Wife, e.g. 97 Pollen bits 99 Paging device 102 1985 title film role for Kate Nelligan 103 Did a leafgathering job 104 “That Girl” star Thomas 105 Short, arcing baseball hit 106 Fierce crusade 109 — -à-porter 110 Lot measure 111 Cost to play 112 Bar brew 113 — Chyna (model with the makeup line Lashed) 114 Bible bk. after Nehemiah 116 Bit of butter 117 Actress Green 118 Forty winks