THE PREMIER
THE END IS IN SIGHT
ACROSS
1 Rum brand 8 River of D.C. 15 Winger of Hollywood 20 Qom native 21 Great Plains tribe 22 “Sk8er Boi” singer Lavigne 23 Method of making customers’ mixed drinks? 25 Surrender 26 Dairy farm machine 27 Mai — 28 Slithery creature 29 Metal deposit 31 Added a coward as a Facebook connection? 37 “Unto the Sons” author Gay 41 Apple center 42 Arles article 43 Prosecuting attorney’s statement about his last-ever client? 51 Bewildered 52 Dentist’s filler 53 On the — (in hiding) 55 Gift add-ons 58 Nice smell 62 “A mouse!” 63 Popular pain reliever 65 Golf rarity 66 Noted U.S. lithographer holding some salad greens? 70 One nosing around 72 R&B singer with the 2003 hit “4Ever” 73 Exemplars 74 Forebode the spilling of Chablis and Chianti? 79 Golf ball holder 80 Black — cattle 81 Wide foot spec 82 Yule tunes 83 Bunks, e.g. 84 TV “Science Guy” 85 Garb 87 Bellybutton variety 90 Email a large image file in error? 99 Color tone 100 Vivacity 101 Nasty type 102 Funds given to a certain soccer player? 110 IM giggle 111 Lift up 112 Teeny-tiny 113 Seer’s site 117 Estate in the country 118 Trumpeting beast wins someone’s affection? 125 Ashley or Mary-Kate 126 Monte Carlo locale 127 Vail, for one 128 Must have 129 Get more precipitous 130 Climbed monkey-style
DOWN
1 Baby’s tie-on 2 Football coach Parseghian 3 Tony’s wife on “The Sopranos” 4 Voting “nay” 5 Cambodian money unit 6 Like a cold, damp cellar 7 Like the article “a” or “an”: Abbr. 8 Golf average 9 Hosp. scrubs sites 10 Longest river in Scotland 11 Photo finish? 12 Photo finish 13 In advance 14 Waggish sort 15 Hotel chain with a sun logo 16 Showed plainly 17 Rest period 18 Poet Rainer Maria — 19 Mayflower man John 24 Make a gaffe 29 Giant Mel 30 Yell of cheer 32 Here, in Haiti 33 Long period 34 Gun org. 35 Salami seller 36 Rock’s Lewis 38 JFK data 39 JFK jet, once 40 Lifesaving team, in brief 44 2018 is one 45 TV’s Jamie 46 Lacking in variety 47 Absconded 48 Counterfeit 49 Lift up 50 Untangled 54 Untidy states 55 New York’s — Zee Bridge 56 “AWOL” or “FAQ,” e.g. 57 1714-27 king of England 59 Most unctuous 60 Lo — (Chinese dish) 61 Songwriter Harold 63 Totals (up) 64 Falsification 66 Middle marks 67 Large vase 68 Retort to “Are not!” 69 Author Anaïs 71 Letters on an AC 75 Actor Bruce 76 Yard intruder 77 Bump on — 78 “The jig —!” 83 Test version 85 Action 86 Old New York ballpark 88 Robbins of “Short Cuts” 89 Hard water 91 Forked (out) 92 Many beach mementos 93 TV Tarzan player Ron 94 “Thwack!” 95 Ending for serpent 96 Get rid of, as a bad habit 97 — de Oro 98 Slithery creature 102 — Rex (cat variety) 103 Force out of the country 104 Counterfeit 105 Water jugs 106 Ignited anew 107 Irk 108 “Just joking!” 109 Hair lock 114 Egyptian sacred cross 115 Twice CCI 116 Slant 119 Bakery buy 120 With it, man 121 Exist 122 “The Mugger” actress Martin 123 R&B singer Des’— 124 Bummed out