PREMIER CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Most minuscule 8 “The lady — protest ...” 12 Subjective newspaper section 20 Slightly 21 Opera part 22 Scrams 23 Spicy stew that’s so thick it takes more than two people to stir it? 25 Commits in confidence 26 Mon. follower 27 With 75-Down, light-colored pub drinks 28 Sticky sealer 30 Very mad 31 Create the wax figure of the Police’s frontman?

38 “— be an honor” 39 Dinero dispenser 40 Glass plate 41 Cause of a stuffy nose 46 Speed at which a Roman emperor walks? 53 Diner dispenser 54 Bucolic 57 Many ’90s music sales 58 Auditoriums 59 Mailed item containing a bill from a nail salon? 63 Replies to irritably 65 Imprint

66 On the safe side, at sea 67 — B’rith 69 Skywalker’s mentor 70 Attach a certain package covering to a corkboard? 75 Chorus voice 78 A.J. of auto racing 79 “Psst” cousin 80 Navigate

84 In a lax way 86 Taking a long time to grow, just like some velvety plants do?

89 Born earlier 90 Sci-fi craft 92 Daisy’s kin 93 — Palmas 94 Wound protector that causes sorrow?

98 Hot pepper variety

101 Folk tales 102 MPG org. 105 Suffix with salt 106 Hairless inmates in an old English prison? 116 Related to the

kidneys

117 GI tour gp. 118 Tyke, in Baja 119 Sis, e.g.

121 Restricted-access computer linkup

124 Product for scrubbing your noggin?

129 Wash lightly in

advance

130 Beige-like 131 Painter Watteau 132 Mountains between France and Spain 133 River of myth 134 Most orderly

DOWN

1 William Howard — 2 Pelvic bone 3 Big name in skin care 4 Suffix with Tokyo

5 SFO guess 6 Camera type, in brief

7 Work fill-ins 8 Mexican flower 9 Get aligned 10 Up to, in brief 11 Port-au-Prince’s land 12 Highway bridge 13 Skillet, say 14 Trauma-trained pro 15 Singer Day 16 Rains heavily 17 Verdi’s “very” 18 Reach 19 Ruhr city 24 Bill the — (comics character)

29 All fired up 32 Billy the — (outlaw)

33 & so forth 34 Gussy up 35 SUV biggie 36 Gene stuff 37 Alway 41 Motor noises 42 QED part 43 Paquin of “True Blood” 44 Sweetums 45 Dismal 47 Hotshot 48 “— -La-La” (Al Green hit) 49 Old writing scroll 50 And 51 Dressed (in) 52 Juan’s “this” 55 Dole out 56 Theater mogul Marcus 60 Interloped 61 Center or Pen lead-in

62 Like prisons 63 Weaken

64 Bit of a chill 67 Beer and tea 68 Quarterback great Joe

71 Org. for 68-Down 72 Lad 73 “Easy there!” 74 Big head

75 See 27-Across 76 1970 hit by the Kinks 77 Chuck of NBC News 81 Tahiti, e.g. 82 Sweetums 83 Fuel brand up north 85 Be incorrect 86 Many an heir 87 Salty waters 88 Hotshot 90 American hwys. 91 Feudal lords’ estates 95 Kay-em link 96 Lawn turf 97 “Golly!” 99 “Life of Pi” director Lee

100 Teachers’ gp. 103 Larder

104 Farewells, in

French

106 Linda in 1998

news

107 Actor Fonda 108 Step into

109 Dancer’s handrail 110 Actor Delon 111 Riatas, e.g. 112 Kin of Ltd. 113 Film director

Christopher 114 Actor Davis 115 Claims on homes,

say

120 Writer Harte 122 Ark.-to-Ill. dir. 123 Suffix with Nepal 125 Opera part 126 Hydrocarbon

ending

127 — glance

128 NSFW part Answers on Page 47