PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE
NOT A SINGLE SPOT
ACROSS
1 Hoover, e.g.
7 Hertz rival
12 Military vehicle for recon
20 Roma’s place
21 Go into a major tizzy 22 Worth of a security at its face
23 Rare musical gift 25 Being filmed
26 Aug. follower
27 Feel awful
28 Tree’s anchor 30 Sandbox toy
31 Elicitor of a rave review 39 Newton and Asimov 41 Beats of life
42 Klutzy sorts
43 Naiad or dryad
44 Plant swelling
46 Ben of “Zoolander” 49 Mint quality
54 “13th” director DuVernay
55 Styne of song
56 TV spots
57 Vaper’s item
58 How-to unit
59 Catch sight of 60 Ostrich’s kin
61 Big name in cosmetics 64 Big bees
66 Rainforests and such 69 Round one of the corners in Monopoly
72 Mets’ div.
73 Vast span
74 Awful review 77 First-aid plant 78 Purplish berry
79 Derby, e.g.
80 Buffalo’s county 81 Aladdin’s monkey pal 82 Excellent etiquette 88 Wasn’t penned up 90 Levi’s, e.g.
91 Start 92 Singer Celine
93 Green sushi condiment 96 “M*A*S*H” actor David Ogden —
97 Famed Steelers play of 1972
102 Cole Porter’s “— Love” 103 “I got — in Kalamazoo” 104 Toothpaste tube inits. 105 — kwon do
108 O.J. Simpson trial judge
111 Activity that will be unsuccessful when applied to this puzzle’s theme?
117 Hans Christian —
118 JFK Library architect 119 The Beach Boys’ “Help Me, —”
120 People giving rubdowns
121 Printer brand
122 Motto
DOWN
1 Big cheeses
2 Suited to —
3 Goldfish and minnows are members of it 4 Samuelsson who got the winning goal in the 1991 Stanley Cup
5 Driver’s 180
6 Large parrots
7 Cider fruit
8 Chou En- —
9 Picnic pest
10 Emceeing aid
11 Earthy hues, to Brits 12 Satirizes
13 Division of a long poem 14 Tolkien brute
15 Coll. in the Old Dominion State
16 Home of the NFL’s Bucs 17 Symbol of a fresh start 18 Gold-related
19 “Royal,” in 20-Across 24 Up to, in brief
29 Metal in rocks 32 Small error
33 German for “eight” 34 Design detail
35 — wrestling
36 Strategy
37 Quaint newspaper section
38 Primary
39 Dressed for nightynight
40 IHOP topping
44 Result
45 — Moines
46 Autograph: Abbr.
47 All tied up
48 Sharp knocks
50 “You are not!” retort 51 Noble acts
52 “All booked up, sorry” 53 Model Tequila
58 Catch sight of 60 Liverpool loc.
61 Purple flower
62 — acid (fat substance) 63 Irish actor Stephen 64 Allowance
65 Sizable vase
66 Put to work
67 A single time
68 Sports sides
69 Early TV host Jack 70 “Dark Angel” star Jessica 71 Healthy intellects 74 Introducing 75 Broadcaster
76 Aeries, e.g.
78 Big primate
79 Clutch sitter
80 Film scorer Morricone 82 — -Z (old Camaro) 83 List of options
84 Partly open
85 Neuwirth of “Cheers” 86 Nonclerical
87 “Me? Never!” 89 Husbands-to-be
93 Tots’ haulers 94 — discount 95 Smartphone pic, often 96 Railing sites
97 Sunni’s faith 98 Animated 2016 Disney film
99 After a time
100 Sup at home
101 Adobe Acrobat file
106 Forever — day
107 “Manhattan Beach” novelist Jennifer
109 Sooner than, poetically 110 Sch. in Terre Haute 112 Gig hookup
113 FedEx rival
114 Zodiac lion
115 Dallas Stars’ org.
116 “Yabba dabba —!”