PREMIER CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Perfect places 8 Places 15 Firing noise 20 Italian province or its capital 21 Mobile’s place 22 Goes the distance

23 “We were just talking about you!” 25 Roast’s host 26 Early 1900s cars

27 The Raptors, on sports tickers 28 Up to, for short 29 Actor Everett of “Stardust” 30 In accordance with 33 Really big 36 Low-value billfold fillers 37 Yet to happen 41 Regular way of walking 43 Slacked off 44 “Your Song” singer John 46 Acquire 47 Martini’s partner in winemaking 48 Exam for some jrs. 49 Acquire 52 Tally up 55 “The Ipcress File” novelist Deighton 56 Maiden-named 58 Bring items to someone as a server would 61 Italian province or its capital 63 Steeped quaff

65 Love god 66 Ouzo flavorer 67 Insist that formalities are observed 73 Extensive destruction 76 “Air kiss” sound 77 Crude 78 Greek god in a chariot 82 Make radical changes to the norm

87 Hi- — graphics 89 Long time 90 Beige 91 Father of Taoism

92 Talk to a deity 94 Novelist Nin 96 Shade trees 97 Acknowledge 99 Wading birds 100 Relax briefly 105 No matter the consequence 107 A long time 108 1988 NFL MVP Boomer 110 Bearings 111 Loosened, as a skate 113 From — Z 114 Assist 115 “That’s awful!” 119 Actor Feldman 120 Place to teach the eight commands featured in this puzzle 125 Rub away 126 Mopped, e.g. 127 Crouched 128 Relaxes

129 In a nervous

way

130 Woven fabric

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1 Khrushchev’s fed. 2 Sticky stuff 3 Butter substitute

4 Field laborers 5 Really bug 6 Year, in Rio 7 “Mister” of ice cream trucks 8 Bert of “The Wizard of Oz” 9 “Go, torero!” 10 Ill-bred dude 11 Assists in crime 12 Sumptuous 13 Actress de Ravin of “Lost” 14 Actor Mineo 15 — cheese dressing 16 Sendup 17 Liftoff follower 18 Hi-fi system 19 Feared fly 24 Swimmer Dara with 12 Olympic medals 29 Installed anew, as flooring 31 Beer vessel 32 Prof’s degree 33 Having a dull finish 34 Hurly-burly 35 Eschewer of animal products 37 “The Little Rascals” girl 38 Conical woodwinds

39 Had no life 40 Royal name of Norway 42 Soup holder 45 Mother-of-pearl 48 Hammer end 50 Norse god in a chariot 51 Nonlethal stunner 52 Jackie’s hubby #2 53 HMO participants 54 Henna, e.g. 57 SFO guess 59 PC support givers 60 Writer Seton 62 Merits a “so-so” 64 Acknowledge 68 Antigen disablers 69 Has

70 Actor Conrad of early films 71 Nanny Poppins 72 Have a debt 73 Pres. elected in ’48 74 “Caught you!” 75 Boxy vehicle 79 Weaponize again 80 “Traffic” actress Christensen 81 Full of lip 83 Packed firmly 84 Gas pump attachments 85 Novelist Sinclair 86 Grads’ dance 88 Lucifer 93 Lacking vitality 95 Medium to poor 96 Least difficult 98 Lead-in to chic or hazard

99 Sow or cow 100 Dish under a cup 101 Brush aside 102 “Neon” tank swimmers 103 Prone 104 Triangular sail 106 Least narrow 109 Coke and Pepsi 112 Peepers 114 Roddick of tennis 116 Pueblo people 117 Yuletide tune 118 Dated, quaintly 120 Mo. with the birthstone opal 121 Suffix with opal 122 Fish that can be shocking 123 — Jeanne d’Arc: Abbr. 124 “Friends” co-star Courteney