PREMIER CROSSWORD

MISS SOUTH CAROLINA

ACROSS

1 Quartz, e.g. 7 Take — of faith 12 Imbiber’s hwy.

crime

15 Gown designer

Vera

19 Brood pouch 20 Baseball Hall of

Famer Edd 21 German “a” 22 Smell

23 Sports contest between two disorderly crowds?

26 Give relief 27 Trapped 28 Negative battery

pole

29 Fitting snugly 30 Telly network 31 Perform a hip-hop song about a military operation? 34 Periodic table creator Mendeleev

38 Singer Cooke 39 Mined matter 40 Kid-lit “pest” 41 Cry from a toddler who’s dropped a Dairy Queen cone? 44 Present

45 Port in Japan 46 Leaving

47 Oz creator L.

Frank — 49 Female rat 52 Things docs

prescribe 53 Daybreak 54 Search for a Marvel superhero?

58 eBay action 59 Flip (out) 60 Rodent-catching cat 61 Rubdown given in a mountain chalet? 67 Winged insect native to Iraq or Oman? 69 Setting for petri

dishes

70 List of jurors 72 Lower limb 73 Talked on and on about chicken products? 75 Fan noise

77 Use Lyft, e.g. 81 Dadaist Jean 82 Defeat 83 Pale-looking 85 H. Ross — 86 Genesis brother 88 Official account

of an excursion? 90 Bagel seed 93 Towing org. 95 Entry points 96 2017 film about

skater Harding 97 Supreme Court members’ favorite beers? 100 Royal Navy

letters

101 Sword parts 102 Some sports rounds, for short

103 Lover of beauty 108 Skating jump 109 Yelled while

using a juicer? 112 Pilaf base 113 Singer Grande,

to her fans 114 The “A” of A/V 115 Actress Julia 116 The “A” of

A&E

117 Vermont hrs. 118 Tire problems 119 Itty-bitty

DOWN

1 Very annoyed 2 “Terrible” Russian 3 Ad- — (wings

it) 4 13-digit ID in

publishing 5 Region of

Italy’s “toe”

6 Sour in taste 7 Longtime Yankee nickname 8 Singer Rawls 9 Ger.’s continent 10 Very simple 11 Ghostly figure 12 Myers once of

CNBC 13 “You can’t —

all!” 14 Savings acct.

buildup 15 “Alas!” 16 Slowly, on

music scores 17 Have as a snack 18 — Green (old

eloping mecca) 24 Sleuth, slangily 25 Jay of “Gary

Unmarried” 29 Despot of old 31 — to go (eager) 32 Church cry 33 “It just came

back to me” 34 Tragic destiny 35 Allison of jazz 36 Apple debut of

2010 37 Clucks of

shame 38 Clumsy boat 42 “Zounds!” 43 Gelatin in a

petri dish 44 See 47-Down 47 With 44-Down,

big embrace 48 “Diana” singer

Paul 49 Attic buildup 50 Like Ogden

Nash’s “lama” 51 To be, to Gigi 53 More than mere

doubt

55 Osso buco meat 56 Film director Nicolas 57 Color shade 58 Jezebel’s god 59 — shui 61 “— -Ca-Dabra” (1974 hit) 62 Untruth teller 63 Pageantry 64 Mets’ gp. 65 Big simians 66 Comics’ bits 68 Glittery jewelry,

informally 71 Brother in Genesis

74 Put on

75 Cry feebly 76 Mother chickens 77 Seized auto, say 78 De-wrinkle 79 “Finding —”

(2016 film) 80 “Tell Mama”

singer James 84 Clic — (Bic pen

brand) 85 Place to buy a

leash

86 Queens’ homes 87 Novelist Oz 88 Hot cereal, often 89 Punchline drum

hit

90 Big desert 91 Miracle drink 92 Choose

93 With milk, in

French

94 “— sure you

know ...” 98 Heckles

99 Give credit where

credit — 100 “— So Shy” 103 Uproars

104 Newsman Brit 105 Boys’ school in

Britain

106 Some till bills 107 Jacuzzi effect 109 Actress Issa 110 Org. for cavity

repairers 111 Suffix with beat

or neat