THE PREMIER
ACROSS
1 Plates, e.g. 6 “Star Wars” villain — the Hutt 11 Longtime fashion mag 16 “Got it!” 19 Muslim god 20 Has left the office, say 21 Bilbao locale 22 “Whether — nobler ...” 23 Sudden-death extra in a golf tournament 25 Supermodel Klum 26 Hi-fi platters 27 Cook gently 28 Behave obsequiously 31 Secretive U.S. org. 32 Redding of song 36 Opp. of horizontal 37 Film preview 38 Sort who’s at hand whenever needed 42 Part of a hunting outfit 43 Lucy of “Kung Fu Panda” 44 French painter Rosa 45 Narcissists 48 Bone: Prefix 50 Insult, informally 51 YWCA part 54 Yule, briefly 57 Small Vlasic offering 63 Domestic 67 Explorer Ericson 68 Glossy surface 69 “As above,” in a footnote 70 Morning joe, maybe 75 Tear to bits 76 Gambols 78 Inventory 79 Board, as a ship 81 One who’s distraught with feelings 86 1/16 ounce 87 Perfectly 88 “— aboard!” 90 Baker’s unit 94 Pec-building exercises 98 Tilling tools, to Brits 101 King, in Caen 102 Old Peruvian 103 Connections making people feel close 108 Big name in hygiene products 111 “QED” part 112 Beneficiary 113 Certain PC readout 114 Purplish fruit spread 117 Male ducks 120 — Lingus 121 Rivulet 122 What the last word of 23-, 28-, 38-, 57-, 70-, 81-, 103- or 114-Across is a synonym of 126 Hang behind 127 Giant in life insurance 128 Televised 129 “... and vice —” 130 Hip-hop “Dr.” 131 Hide, as loot 132 Old Russian dynasts 133 German city
DOWN
1 Does a fist bump, colloquially 2 Chicago’s home 3 Close loudly 4 The Caribbean’s — Islands 5 Slipper, e.g. 6 Peanut butter brand 7 Volcano stuff 8 Startling cry 9 Light source in a socket 10 Had dinner at a friend’s house, e.g. 11 Note equivalent to 66-Down 12 Not necessarily against 13 Spoke 14 In the — of (during) 15 In readiness 16 Map-filled references 17 Most with it 18 Alleges 24 Ice-cream alternative, for short 29 “Scream” director Craven 30 Sitarist Shankar 33 Weight unit 34 With a sharp picture, briefly 35 Shrek creator William 38 “Gigli” co-star, familiarly 39 Certain nuclear weapon, for short 40 “Be silent!” 41 Adolescent 46 Country’s econ. measure 47 Suffix of medical conditions 49 Free (from) 51 Plump bird 52 “— From Muskogee” (1969 hit) 53 Annoys 55 Circle part 56 Ionian, e.g. 58 Upper crust 59 Purity of a color 60 Razor-sharp 61 Advanced 62 Lead-in to skeleton 63 Give a job to 64 Former Laker Lamar 65 Office letter 66 Note equivalent to 11-Down 71 Do a tax task 72 J.D. Salinger title girl 73 “— be my pleasure” 74 Baby of a boomer 77 In — (as first found) 80 Big name in beer brewing 82 “Alley —!” 83 Condé — 84 Mall lure 85 Spill clumsily 89 Guitar’s kin 91 Con artists 92 Abridge 93 Took cover 94 Patchy horse 95 Vague 96 Plague 97 Fit as a fiddle 98 Sound of falling hail 99 F-J link 100 One of two in “crocodile” 104 Wading birds 105 R&B singer — Badu 106 — Mahal 107 Accuses 109 PLO head Mahmoud 110 Brimless cap 115 “The Godfather” score composer Nino 116 Some med. scans 118 All-night bash 119 Comic Laurel 123 Eon subunit 124 Bonn article 125 TSA requests