PREMIER CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 One- sixth of a fl. oz. 4 Fess ( up) 7 Hikers’ trails 12 — Lankan 15 Suffix with 83Down 18 Alternative to a barrette 20 Moral code 21 One getting toasted, e. g. 23 Waldorf — ( New York hotel) 24 1970s TV

spinoff 25 Clingy mollusk 26 Start of a riddle 29 RSVP card

encl. 30 Saudi export 31 Sup in style 32 Farrow of

“Alice” 34 Indian kings 38 Buy and sell 41 Nonstandard

contraction 42 Riddle, part 2 47 Casino stake 48 Claimed psy

chic gift 49 Engraving tool 50 Germany’s Merkel 51 Clothing 53 Skylights? 55 Vigor, muscially 56 Riddle, part 3 60 Tachometer inits. 63 Cuts down with an ax 64 Furiousness 65 Stein quaff 66 Giga- times 1,000 67 Eon division 68 Riddle, part 4 75 Rationalist

Descartes 76 Render blank 77 Japanese condi

ment 78 Eye in awe 81 Comic actress

Oteri 83 Devour 84 Grassy tract 85 End of the

riddle 90 Ever so slightly 91 Directed ( at) 92 Pasta tube 93 Yang go- with 94 White bird 96 Really good

bud, in brief 97 Zeus’ mother 101 Riddle’s answer 109 Like the Dalai

Lama 110 Filch 111 Babka nuts 112 Shoulder bone 113 Bitterly pun

gent 114 Rider not in a

seat 115 Always, in

verse 116 Submitted

texts: Abbr. 117 Rotor noises 118 Chicken —

( varicella) 119 Carders’

requests

DOWN

1 Becomes liquid 2 Younger Obama daughter 3 “For — sake ...” ( start of an urgent appeal) 4 Other, in Zaragoza 5 Nintendo console released in 2012 6 Patricia of “Hud” 7 Not let up 8 Playwright — Fugard 9 — McAn shoes 10 Camouflage 11 Healing sign 12 Blocking more sunlight 13 Actress Lively or musician Hitchcock 14 Dumbstruck 15 Nickname for

boxer Tyson 16 Watchman 17 Golf ball prop 19 Regatta athletes 22 Ending for Motor or Rock 27 Capital of Qatar 28 More quirky 33 “— girl!” 35 “No man is —

to his valet” 36 Composer Franz — Haydn 37 Extra for an iPhone 38 Pre- 1917 despots 39 Word after bal

let or charlotte 40 Big primate 41 2012 film set in Iran 42 Canine chain 43 Canada’s capital 44 “What a shame” 45 Actress Kate or Rooney 46 Blue dye from a plant 47 Wash oneself 52 “— in there!” 53 Vassal of old 54 Beech, e. g. 55 Certain sib, in

dialect 57 Marcher’s flute 58 Big tanks 59 River in Germany 60 Junk dealer’s

transaction 61 Takes a close look at 62 Group in “Good

Fellas” 66 QBs’ stats 68 Numb 69 Misfires from QBs: Abbr. 70 Actor Christopher 71 Made a misplay,

say 72 Hammering target 73 Pulitzer, e. g. 74 Related to birth 75 Marsh stalk 78 Aussie “Hi” 79 Clever trick 80 Lounge featuring ivory- ticklers 81 “Hear ye!” shouter 82 That dude 83 Swelled head 86 Cigars from Cuba 87 Wraps around 88 Tip, as a cap 89 Human being 94 Piece of information 95 Flattened circles 96 Via a flight 98 Language akin to

Urdu 99 Finished up 100 Obstinate equines 102 Agent, informally 103 “— Mommy

kissing ...” 104 Cut with acid 105 Garr of “Tootsie” 106 Scraping tool 107 Choir part 108 Big- screen film

format 109 China’s Mao —

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