PREMIER CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Soprano’s last
note, perhaps 6 Jordanians, e.g. 11 Oscar winner
Rockwell 14 Mazda model 19 NBA Hall of Famer — Thomas 20 Tanzanian
national park 22 “Burnt” or
“raw” color 23 Bird from Richmond? 25 Trident, e.g. 26 Winter D.C. hrs. 27 Fermented
honey drink 28 Fashion’s Oscar
dela— 29 Patron associated with a “fire”
30 A handful of 31 Bird partially composed of element #56? 33 In less peril 36 Seek the affection of 38 Archery asset 39 Solo of sci-fi 40 Bird that always
keeps to itself? 43 Mob member 48 Adept 49 “Entertaining Mr. Sloane” playwright Joe 50 “Atlantic City”
director Louis 52 Prefix with 33Down
53 Fellow soldier 55 Bird that travels to and from work? 58 Notable time 59 Potentially offensive, in brief
ODD BIRDS
62 El — (certain
current)
63 Stand for art 64 Bird wearing a
hard hat?
69 Far — eye can
see
71 Ending for
switch
72 Groove for a letter-shaped bolt
73 Cell material 76 Bird nesting in winter precipitation?
80 Causes to be
ashamed 82 Finnish coin 83 Not worth — of
beans
84 Not one’s best effort, in sports lingo
87 Some small batteries
88 In — (while not present at the event)
90 Bird performing under the big top?
92 Abbr. of fair
hiring
93 Store clerk on
“The Simpsons” 95 Business agt. 96 Peels the skin
off of
97 Bird that plays
bebop?
103 Real admirer 104 German subs 105 Absorb a loss 106 “Sure, sign me
up!”
108 The Gem State:
Abbr.
111 Mournful song 112 Bird living in the Sistine Chapel? 115 Being tried, as a
case
116 Movies’ main
stories
117 Rub down 118 Chairs, e.g. 119 Waco-to-Austin
dir.
120 Cary of “Saw” 121 Alternative to
Valium
DOWN
1 Bees’ place 2 Horned Egyptian goddess 3 Surrounded with
a belt
4 Witch 5 Mythological
fire-breather 6 Korea’s place 7 Peruse
8 Brow’s shape 9 Catcher Yogi 10 Be disdainful of 11 Nose partition 12 Elite squad 13 1986-2001 Earth
orbiter
14 Feral horse 15 Drive along 16 “That rings —” 17 “I love you,” in
Mexico 18 Symbol on a
one-way sign 21 Wish-fulfilling
spirits 24 Innovative 29 River in a Foster
tune
30 Flu symptom 31 — -chic (fashion
style)
32 Will, biblically 33 Part of NASA 34 Shady shelter 35 Movie cast
members 36 Failed to be 37 Mo. in fall 41 Commotions 42 Extremely old:
Abbr.
43 Particles believed to bind quarks together 44 Kitchen wrap 45 Result of backcombing 46 Toledo’s lake 47 Pack of coins 50 2,002, in Roman
numerals 51 Comeback to “Are
too!”
54 Two wives of
Henry VIII 56 En pointe, in ballet
57 Ranch in Ferber’s
“Giant” 60 1990-2019 Toyota
minivan 61 Moisturizer brand 65 Melodramatic cry
of sorrow 66 Relative of a univ. 67 Refuse to talk 68 Kimonos, e.g. 69 Out of port 70 Rebuff rudely 74 Writer Zora —
Hurston
75 Aides: Abbr. 77 Spiteful types 78 Buckeye State sch. 79 Slugging stat 81 The Evil One 85 Mutt’s threat 86 Pitching star 89 Fishers with
seines, say
90 Dead skin at the base of a fingernail
91 Lycra, e.g. 93 “Trainwreck”
director Judd 94 Word before jury
or larceny 97 Betrayer of Jesus 98 “Take — out of
crime!”
99 “— the Greek” 100 Big name in
restaurant guides 101 Repasts
102 Web vending 103 Pine’s cousin 106 Frozen drink treat 107 Widespread 108 Privy to
109 Arp’s art
110 Author Haley 112 #2 execs
113 Dir. 135 degrees
from 119-Across 114 Author Levin