PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Average time of solution: 66 minutes #1,821
ACROSS
1 Goof (up) 5 Gland near a kidney 12 NASCAR units 16 ER skill 19 Vocal quality 20 On the dot 21 Jai — 22 “... boy — girl?” 23 “This shop sells every fruity frozen dessert flavor”? 26 Ryan of films 27 Hot peppers 28 Bank charge 29 In — (bored) 30 Three or four 31 Segway inventor Dean 32 Broncos’ gp. 33 “John Brown’s Body” poet’s wages? 36 Mexico Mrs. 37 Long cut 38 TV’s Swenson 39 Lofty nest 40 Flying disc that toy spaniels love to fetch? 44 Was a blowhard 46 Big name among cello virtuosos 47 Label for Elton John 48 Bric-a- — (trinkets) 49 Ship’s trail 51 Thorough search of an Apple computer? 59 Pierre’s “here” 62 Virile type 65 Inferior to 66 Mixed in with 67 Lots of sun-dried brick surrounding an empty space? 72 Former Navaho foes 73 Toy with 74 Massive mammal, for short 75 K’ung Fu- — (Confucius) 76 Political group turns against one of its own members? 80 This, in Argentina 82 Dinghy pair 83 — polloi (the masses) 86 Some electric cars 90 Early-flowering leguminous trees 94 Flemish painter being violent? 98 Love, in Paris 99 Slacken 100 Beard, e.g. 101 Ming of basketball 102 “The Zoo Story” playwright with red hair? 105 — Jima 106 “— de Lune” 108 Momentous time periods 109 Omanis, e.g. 110 D.C. ballplayer 111 Milano of “Charmed” 112 Was idle 113 Enter a sea between Siberia and Alaska? 117 Broke bread 118 Years on end 119 Put in place 120 Tony winner Adams 121 Danson of “Dad” 122 Player’s fee 123 Mutinied ship of 1839 124 Mems. of the upper house
DOWN
1 Is loyal to 2 Romeo type 3 Closeness 4 Norman Vincent — 5 Big goons 6 ER figures 7 Assert again 8 Drawing from many styles 9 Aswan Dam’s river 10 Obstinate animal 11 Astral feline 12 Noted locale of tar pits 13 Alaskan language 14 Singer LuPone 15 She’s part of the fam 16 Solace 17 Early baby, informally 18 Pollen-count plant 24 15-Down, e.g. 25 Scope 30 Tennis zingers 32 ’80s sitcom 33 Highchair neckwear 34 Atlanta-toCharlotte dir. 35 Racial rights gp. 37 Twisted and turned 41 “— goes it?” 42 Largest city of Nebraska 43 Walton of Wal-Mart 44 Chocolate treat 45 Sturdy wood 48 Kiosk, e.g. 50 Stage hams 52 Nuns’ home 53 Co. honcho 54 Hazy image 55 Rally yell 56 Skip over 57 Boxes for recycling 58 Ax feature 59 “It’s my turn” 60 — rug (dance) 61 Cake froster 63 Helps illicitly 64 Approaching 68 Pres. before DDE 69 White — ghost 70 GM security service 71 Clan symbol 77 “— one to talk!” 78 Severe 79 The lady 81 Nile slitherer 84 Away for an extended break 85 Cry after catching someone in the act 87 Save for later 88 “Little Birds” author 89 Warehouse charges 90 Directs fury toward 91 Dubai, e.g. 92 Gave away 93 Pesters 94 Shul head 95 Spend 96 Stinging flier 97 Brazilian port city, in brief 99 Pass by 103 Expose by blabbing 104 “— you clever!” 106 The Indians, on sports tickers 107 U-shaped instruments 110 Terse denial 111 Undercover? 113 Viking realm 114 Intel org. 115 Senator Kaine 116 Hellenic “H”