SUNDAY PREMIER CROSSWORD
Across
1 Messiah of Christianity, in Italy
5 Broody music genre 8 Club wielders’ org. 11 Fire hydrant
attachment
15 Beast of burden 18 Tolkien monsters 19 Flight routes
21 Pizzazz
22 Simian beast
23 Search for hidden objects
25 Owing no money 27 Old Greek region
28 In the past
29 Firearm safety feature 31 Sam Spade’s cover-up 34 Spot in la mer
35 See 109-Down 36 Pottery oven
37 Some milk dispensers 40 Stork relative 43 Blue-eyed cat 47 Rolled the dice at a casino, say
50 Loafing sorts
51 Sean of films 52 Dressed in
53 Singer Lana Del _ 54 French composer Édouard
55 Purview
57 1860s White House nickname
60 Oprah of TV 62 Statement that might follow “Come on in” 66 1920s White House nickname
67 Part of SST
68 Qatari capital 69 Qatari, e.g.
71 Spanish appetizers 75 Cpl., e.g.
77 2022 Tom Cruise sequel
80 Poseidon and Neptune 84 Stew sphere 85 Architect Saarinen 86 Italian money
87 Young lady
88 T. _ Price
90 Young lady
92 Messes (up) 94 Procedure to evaluate heart health
98 Roughly shaped
99 K.P. veggie
100 La Forge of “Star Trek:
The Next Generation”
101 Clock datum 102 Be rife (with)
105 Pro bono TV ad, for
short
106 Nauseous from
motion, to Brits
112 Look at yet again to
make sure
116 Barley brew
117 Steve of country rock 118 “Clever plan!”
119 What is found divided at the starts and ends of nine answers in this puzzle
122 Former Fox
competitor
123 Pop diva Celine
124 Copying a pig
125 Regarding
126 Lean- _ (crude sheds) 127 Part of SSE
128 String after Q
129 Ia. neighbor
130 Plug tightly
Down
1 “Oh, I see”
2 Boo-boo
3 Act division
4 Sprinter Bolt
5 Water, in Lille 6 Wonderwork
7 It’s north of Nevada 8 Basketball player Gasol 9 “Peer _” (Ibsen play) 10 Situated on both sides
of
11 Borderline of bushes 12 Couturier Cassini 13 Duel sword 14 Admission
15 Dueler with Alexander
Hamilton
16 Project detail
17 Search out
20 “Easy there!”
24 One looting
26 Thrash about
30 Cole Porter’s “Where Is the Life That Late _?” 32 Warn like a snake or cat 33 Go left, e.g.
38 Libyan cash
39 Skiing stuff
41 Frozen drink brand 42 Vodka brand 43 Sediments
44 It’s north of Nevada 45 _ wrench
46 Copying a cat
47 Small British cafe 48 Actor Close
49 Capitol body 51 Politico Ross 56 Scarlet, say
58 Lover boy
59 Heartfelt
61 Suddenly worsen 63 Harmonious union 64 Look awed
65 Makes docile 70 Drinking site 72 Second-century pope 73 Lot divisions 74 Teensy bit
76 Former Laker Lamar 78 Played Fortnite, e.g. 79 Loudness
80 Cpls.’ bosses 81 Frontier sheriff Wyatt 82 Attu’s islands
83 Big drink
89 Tusked beast
91 “That so?”
93 Brunch staple 95 Proficient
96 Fail to win
97 Farm vehicle
98 Easily deceived sort 101 “That’s what I’m _
about!”
103 Skip over, as a syllable 104 Newspapers, TV, etc. 107 Oven shelf
108 Indian wraps
109 With 35-Across, player of Granny on
“The Beverly Hillbillies” 110 Actress Bow
111 _ One (vodka brand) 112 Certain bolt holder 113 Many a seized auto 114 Co. honchos
115 Reality TV’S Jenner 120 Acct. accrual
121 Abbr. of primary
colors