PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Persistent dull pain 5 Bohr studied them 10 Really toil 15 Mule or flat 19 Stubble spot 20 Thieving sort 21 Evita of “Evita” 22 Bigwig’s benefit 23 Units of absorbed dose 24 Ending theme for Roy Rogers’ show 26 Mata — (famous spy) 27 Ultimately occupy 29 Fencing implements 30 Added to the database 32 Unsaturated solid alcohols 33 “Cybill” actress Pfeiffer 34 Dozing audibly 35 Sam of “Sirens” 36 Rouse 37 Kind of PC terminal 39 Stephen of “Roadkill” 40 Conscious 45 Summertime drink 46 Whale herd 49 Most uncanny 51 Expand 52 Ancient region in Asia Minor 54 Perfume 55 Forest clearing, e.g. 58 Under oath 59 Smell — (be leery) 60 Rub away 61 Kitchen appliance producer 63 Piled up debt 64 Fix as a cobbler might 66 Old-time actor/ singer Paul 68 Tea brand 70 French water 71 Tim Tebow’s 2007 award 74 Turn sour 75 Sunlit courts 77 Noble-women 78 Provide (with) 80 Really must 82 Picks up and hauls in 84 Herring’s kin 88 Solitary sort 91 Navy inits. 94 Actor Ed 95 “... lion, out like —” 96 Parked it 99 Famous 102 Parts of dols. 103 NBC show since ’75 104 Company maxim 106 Churchill Downs, e.g. 109 Impish kid 112 Forming a single entity 113 OPEC vessel 115 Troublesome critter 116 Part of IRS 117 Pig’s sound 118 Person flying the coop 119 Plaits of hair 120 Present perfect, e.g. 121 Fishers using nets
DOWN
1 Plot units 2 Monastery song 3 “X marks the spot” stash 4 Guarantee 5 “Iliad” hero 6 Bilingual person, at times 7 Alley- — (hoops play) 8 Bike with a small engine 9 Big name in voice chat 10 Lively outing 11 Sublet, say 12 Shapiro of NPR 13 Beetle producer 14 Port in Lower California 15 Marble, e.g. 16 Going in the direction of 17 Hatch on the Senate floor 18 Struggling to earn, with “out” 25 “Life” director Demme 28 French fashion designer Paul 31 Rustic types 37 The “C” of C-section 38 Enact again 40 “Super!” 41 Place to order a Chianti, say 42 They may be classified 43 Buffets, e.g. 44 Inflames with love 47 Supplied with ventilation 48 Official charges 50 Turned on by 53 Missing, militarily 56 Analyze in grammar school 57 Birchbark craft 60 Extra-wide, as footwear goes 62 Gray color 65 City in Tibet 67 Ethyl or propyl ending 69 — Rock (central Australian landmark) 72 Nano and others 73 Sacred hymn 76 Driver’s lic. and such 79 Maiden-named 81 Nonsense song syllable 83 Back stroke? 85 Cuzco native 86 Buyer’s bottom line 87 Author Caldwell 88 Thin slices of bacon 89 The U.S., to Mexicans 90 Phone up 91 Not injured 92 Oklahoman, informally 93 Try very hard 96 Gnu or okapi marking 97 Expiating person 98 Calorific cakes 100 Eleanor of kid-lit 101 College officials 104 French kin of “danke” 105 TV financial adviser Suze 107 Not made up 108 Deli loaves 110 Fashion’s Saint Laurent 111 Stun, as with a police gun 114 Silent film star Chaney