Premier Crossword: Unspoiled Expanses

ACROSS

1 Choco-coffee flavor 6 Low bow of respect 12 Global rivalry concerning weaponry 20 Customary

21 Last pope of the 1700s 22 Bishops’ jurisdictions 23 Iconic logo of Mcdonald’s [Utah] 25 Proceeds forward 26 Long, thin cut 27 Three, in Germany 28 Sgt., say 30 Poet’s “always” 31 Suffix with percent 32 “— Holmes” (2020 Millie Bobby Brown film)

34 Biblical metaphor for Jerusalem [Utah]

38 Drs.’ org.

39 Slimy veggie 41 “Swell!” 42 Hush-hush U.S. org.

43 Original thing 45 Regal name of Norway

47 Erwin of old Hollywood 49 Dozes 53 Full-size SUV introduced in 2000 [California]

58 It’s between tau and phi 60 Curbside cry

61 Not given an assessment 63 Very, in slang 64 Scottish cap 67 “Star Wars” royal 69 Opaque quartz with banding [Alberta] 71 Nervous

74 Pol who was Johnjohn’s uncle 76 Coll. in Columbus 77 Big name in train travel

78 Mac computer platform released in 2014 [California] 81 Actor Neeson

83 — 10 (acne medication) 84 Strong string 85 Actress Redgrave 87 “Ooh” or “tra” follower 90 British spy novelist John

92 Ice mass descending a mountain valley [British Columbia] 97 Love god

98 Magnate Onassis 100 High volcano in Sicily 101 Society for brainiacs 102 Bronze-hued 104 “Sheena” star Gena Lee —

108 Action word 110 “ASAP!” 111 Full-size SUV introduced in 1998 [Alaska]

116 Natty necktie 118 OPEC supply 119 Type of 35 mm camera

120 Part of USSR: Abbr. 121 Torah cabinets 123 Rd. crossers 125 Like Attu’s island chain

128 What each of seven key words in this puzzle is the name of

131 Really rant at 132 “Beats me” 133 Shaw of jazz clarinet 134 Vaccine injectors 135 Abhor

136 Game token

DOWN

1 Coffee holders 2 Italian encore song, often 3 Concerning cooking 4 Couldn’t help but 5 Beer for a Brit 6 Box lightly 7 Terrier breed 8 Saint — (island country) 9 Hearth waste 10 Get back at 11 Violinist Elman or actor Auer 12 Computer pioneer Lovelace 13 Person on a bus, e.g. 14 Classic soul song by Curtis Mayfield 15 Wolfs (down) 16 Sidekick of Stimpy 17 PC character set acronym 18 Singer Green formerly on “The Voice”

19 Ruhr city

24 Its cap. is Bismarck 29 Ex-giant Mel

33 Ton of, casually 35 Not pleasurable, colloquially

36 Aurora, to the Greeks

37 Most wacky 38 Astern

40 TV’S O’donnell 44 Mayberry’s Otis, e.g.

46 Brand of bottled water

48 Sassy quality, for short

50 Elite NFLER 51 Medieval war weapon

52 Catty

54 Wheel bars 55 Singer Rita 56 “Othello” role 57 Sloping 59 Counterfeit 62 Needle case 64 Flute sound 65 Respond to 66 Toluca locale 68 Rombauer of cooking

70 Actor Malcolm- — Warner

72 Line of family rulers 73 Attendee 75 “Hooked on Classics” label 79 At any time

80 Seer’s skill 82 Pool growth 86 Tuscany city 88 Baby sheep 89 Top pilot 91 Irritating 93 Outskirts

94 Be a pioneer 95 Arcane 96 Uncooked 99 B&B, e.g.

103 Big Texas city 105 Has too much, with “on” 106 Brezhnev of the USSR 107 Enter forcibly 109 Tabula — 111 Bleating beasts 112 Singer Cyrus 113 Not fuzzy 114 Talk formally 115 Singer Cleo 117 Italian isle 122 Make tangled 124 — -Ball 126 Geller of the paranormal 127 Denials

129 “For shame!” 130 Indy circuit