PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE
“What Singers Do”
ACROSS 1 “All seats sold” abbr. 4 Wound coverer 8 Course outlines 15 Jessica of “The Veil” 19 Really revealing 21 At some future time 22 Appear as though 23 “Take Me Home Tonight” singer picks from the menu? 25 Drawn-out drama 26 Tiny parasite 27 Pucksters’ org. 28 Parasite egg 29 Big stirs 30 “Hot Stuff” singer takes a pleasure trip? 38 God of love 39 Cultural credo 40 1967 Dionne Warwick hit 41 Small vise 45 A Great Lake 46 Sahara viper 48 Vogue thing 49 “Walk on the Wild Side” singer plays a droning instrument? 52 Get a laugh out of 54 War unit 55 Wet blanket 56 Fast-running birds 57 Trapped like — 61 Choir garb 63 “I Walk the Line” singer trims a photo? 68 Follower of Benedict? 69 Galoot 71 Art stand 72 Aunt, to Juan 73 IRS hiree 74 “It’s Too Late” singer grumbles? 78 Hog lover 80 Canadian oil company 81 Group of two 82 Slushy drink brand 84 “—, vidi, vici” 85 Choir song 87 “Let’s Stay Together” singer checks IDs at the door? 91 Day, to Juan 94 Entirely 95 Writer Nin 96 Queen, e.g. 97 Go inside 99 Nonviolent protest 100 Novelist Oz 102 “Them There Eyes” singer has fun at a bash? 109 Just slightly 110 Brooklyn loc. 111 Assoc. 112 La — Tar Pits 114 Rake prong 115 “Song Sung Blue” singer telephones someone? 122 Snacks on 123 Serving to help 124 Matter of little interest 125 Crate piece 126 Noteworthy 127 Attack like a turtle 128 Tisane, e.g.
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1 Cherry part 2 Fixed up 3 “You’re never too — learn” 4 Beatified Fr. woman 5 Engine part 6 Ballet great Alicia 7 Lew Wallace novel 8 Like a sneak 9 NBAer Ming 10 P.O. piece 11 Was a guide 12 Sporting spots 13 Of element #5 14 Popular photosharing app, for short 15 Lay into 16 Make the first play 17 Petalless showy flower 18 Racked up 20 Bank claim 24 Tall tree 31 Designate 32 Excited,informally 33 “You crack —!” 34 To be, in French 35 Fraternity letters 36 Wernher — Braun 37 Bugle tune 41 Jodie’s role in “The Silence of the Lambs” 42 Sun or moon circlers 43 Moves heavily 44 “Ellen” actor Gross 45 Upscale 46 Something not to be missed 47 Fish-on-rice food 50 Mr. Hyde’s other half 51 Kung — chicken 52 Drs.’ gp. 53 Corn serving 56 Custard-filled treats 58 Musical period that began in the 1950s 59 Tacks on 60 Like Russia, once 62 “Dino” star Mineo 64 Persist, as an injury 65 Gp. advising the president 66 “— out!” (ballpark cry) 67 Fleet vehicle 70 Piano part 75 Alley- — (court play) 76 What “je suis” means 77 Abbr. after old dates 79 Author Turgenev 83 Forest moon where Ewoks live 86 Hindu dress 87 Prefix with 99-Down 88 Installed, as carpet 89 Gershon of “Cocktail” 90 Sac in anatomy 91 Wars of words 92 First 93 Georgia State locale 95 Feel awful 98 Like firstborn children 99 Extroverted 100 Wear for grill masters 101 Cro- — 103 1930s-’50s bandleader Skinnay — 104 “Laughing” carnivore 105 Lead-in to Kippur or tov 106 Stork cousin 107 Dadaist Max 108 Smooth shift 113 Out of port 116 Caesar’s 52 117 1950s prez 118 Little charged bit 119 Rearward 120 Cellular stuff 121 Fabric flaw