THE PREMIER
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1 Moves like a dog’s tail 5 Sicilian erupter 9 Not too swift 16 Slack-jawed feeling 19 Question to an unknown caller 21 Portable grill 22 See 38-Down 23 Start of a riddle 25 In favor of 26 Downhillers, e.g. 27 “— -haw!” (rodeo yell) 28 Magazine agent’s success 30 Total failure 32 Riddle, part 2 36 Run — (buy drinks on credit) 37 Title for Lancelot 39 Sleep study acronym 40 Big vases 41 Riddle, part 3 49 Cab Calloway catchphrase 50 Lovingly, to a musician 51 Common folks 55 Similar to 57 Actor Kilmer 58 Peppery 59 Boxer Clay, later 60 Riddle, part 4 69 PC combo key 70 Water, in Vichy 71 A, in Italy 72 “Zip- — -DooDah” 73 Riddle, part 5 81 Author Rand 82 Fall Classic mo. 83 12, on a sundial 84 Small kid 85 Clorox, e.g. 87 Having no 131Across 91 Sarajevo locale 96 Riddle, part 6 99 Some vipers 102 — -pah-pah 103 Gen. Lee’s side: Abbr. 104 Half-pint 105 End of the riddle 111 — Stone (hieroglyphic discovery) 114 Gretel’s brother 115 Metal source 116 Painter’s undercoat 117 A Gershwin brother 118 Riddle’s answer 125 Sci-fi author Stanislaw 126 Email, e.g. 127 Some overcrowded houses 128 Historic span 129 Smiled villainously 130 See 74-Down 131 Top of a car
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1 It follows “//” in a URL 2 “Feels so nice!” 3 Loses one’s hair 4 Not guaranteed only to float 5 Merman of song 6 British prime minister May 7 Small peeves 8 Enzyme-name suffix 9 Transparent 10 Dwells 11 Shikoku sash 12 Is no longer 13 Here, in Le Havre 14 Sandbar 15 Indian language 16 Public scandal 17 Like Afghans 18 Act of exiting 20 Clic — (Bic brand) 24 Drain-clearing stuff 29 Shocks 30 Quick race 31 Sewing case 32 Baby buggy, to Brits 33 Tolkien meanies 34 Fish in a Pixar title 35 Doctors’ gp. 38 With 22-Across, spaced out 42 “If — a Hammer” 43 Mouselike animal 44 1970s Chevy 45 “Curses!” 46 Shed skin or feathers 47 Doctors’ gps. 48 Curse 52 Resident of Riyadh 53 Page of “Juno” 54 Album’s first half 56 Make — in (begin working on) 58 “Grand” hotel 60 1983 comedy with Mr. T 61 Gasoline additive 62 Wading bird 63 Sickly 64 Label 65 Color shade 66 “Say again?” 67 Rock’s Brian 68 Boat mover 74 With 130Across, home of a Scottish “monster” 75 Say again 76 Old lovers 77 “Say it — so!” 78 — Field (Mets’ home) 79 Drifting sort 80 English prep school 86 Aides: Abbr. 87 “Hmm, I guess so” 88 Grandiosity 89 In the past 90 Magazine or book divs. 92 Wall — (financial district employee) 93 Nearly massless particle 94 Lacks entity 95 “— boy!” 97 Vie for the love of 98 Lurches from side to side 99 For a spell 100 Generous type 101 It’s west of Colombia 106 Bursts (with) 107 Of the past 108 Ski cottage 109 Like pop flies 110 Co.’s top dog 112 Hall’s pop partner 113 Slightly built 116 Admiral Graf — (German warship) 119 Mao — -tung 120 Sugar-name suffix 121 Big rabbit feature 122 Peak: Abbr. 123 Siouan tribe member 124 Abbr. on a bounced check