PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Sports events played by visiting teams
10 Obeys reluctantly 16 Boho-chic Aussie boots 20 Arched shoe part
21 Part of U.K.
22 She talks on iPhones 23 Parasites plaguing the Cheshire cat?
25 A party to
26 Everlasting, poetically 27 Above ground 28 Bedazzled
29 Worked to get a different reward?
35 Pizza base
38 Tic-tac-toe win 39 Geometry assignments 40 “Dr.” who raps
41 Above, poetically
42 Yard separators
45 Prefix with cyclist 46 Combat vet’s affliction, for short
47 One giving technical advice to wizards?
52 Bull in a ring
54 Structure near a tonsil 55 “Othello” adversary 56 Relatives of alpacas 59 Adversary
60 City area where lots of radiators are produced? 63 Sword variety
66 Medic
67 Hiking aid
68 Disgusting
69 Untwisting threads overseas?
75 “I think —!”
77 Mobile’s state
78 Smell horrible
79 Big ape
83 Hoofbeat
84 Math student doing sums correctly?
87 Mötley —
89 — hub (tech device) 91 Widely known
92 “Nope”
93 Narrow estuary 94 Guinea pig’s cousin 97 Ring legend Muhammad 98 Speechify
100 Clock setting at the rear of a ship?
105 Makes grimy
106 Eye color, e.g.
107 Non-Spanish spelling of an Arizona tribe’s name
111 Pack neatly
112 Trim request ... or what this puzzle takes, based on what its missing letters spell?
117 Sicilian peak
118 Use a hammer to fix, perhaps
119 Angry cry to a captor 120 Promising
121 Lacey’s partner on TV 122 Hugh Jackman film about robot boxing
DOWN
1 Vex
2 Doing the job
3 Suffix with clear or vigil 4 Certain plows and tractors 5 Give a smile
6 Ed of “Gus”
7 Trim grass
8 “Do Ya” rock gp.
9 Wash. bigwig
10 Good, in Spain 11 Freeway access point 12 More shrewd
13 Begin
14 “X” number
15 Eccentric
16 Consuming
17 Popular highball 18 Gardeners, farmers, etc. 19 Well-muscled
24 Affront, in rap 28 GEICO’s bus. 30 Incessantly
31 Geologic spans
32 Lead-in to drama 33 Sweetie pie
34 Should that be the case 35 Super-deep sleep
36 Skim, say
37 Spur (on)
42 Pâté de — gras 43 Hollywood’s Kazan
44 Eye color, e.g.
46 Itchy, medically
48 Make weak
49 Pigeon sound
50 Geologic span
51 Shearer of “A Free Soul” 53 Sept. follower
56 Bigwig
57 Comic strip cry of dismay 58 Sloppy farm area 60 Animal in a 58-Down 61 Greeting with a GIF, maybe
62 June honoree
63 Geologic span
64 Chum
65 Pre-hurricane orders 66 Stuff in the gene pool 70 Thai language
71 Oppose as false 72 Snoozing site
73 Atoll feature
74 Sticky pod in Cajun cuisine
75 Entre — (between us) 76 Tolkien beast 79 Astronaut’s wear 80 “Girls” creator Dunham 81 Legal exam, for short 82 Former court king Arthur
84 Lying adjacent to
85 Epps of “Scream 2” 86 Give up a poker hand 87 More boorish
88 Trattoria rice dish 90 Distress call 94 — Antiqua
95 Plaid design 96 Even-scored 98 Nebraskan Native Americans
99 Reinstate in an office
101 1999 Super Bowl MVP John
102 Humdinger
103 Wolfed down
104 Spying info
108 To — (perfectly)
109 Living space
110 German car company 112 Circle part
113 Rural stretch
114 Rink legend Bobby
115 Stipend or toll
116 St. Pete loc.