PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Despises
7 Tennis great Rafael 12 Loutish guy
15 Drop- — (declines) 19 Corned beef sandwich 20 Kind of daisy
21 Bullring shout 22 Perfume bottle 23 Baseball’s “Iron Man,” fully stated?
26 Western U.S. gas brand 27 Hit sketch show since ’75 28 Atop
29 Move, as a seedling 31 Stitch clothes
32 Statistic of a chemical element, fully stated? 39 Protein in egg white and milk
41 Panther
42 2010s dance move often done with the Whip 43 Tropical vines
44 —’s razor (“keep it simple” principle)
47 Fallon’s network 49 Singer Ora
50 Irritability, fully stated? 53 — Lingus
55 Some racing autos
56 Evil “Get Smart” group 57 Tyro, in gaming lingo 58 Actor Cage, informally 60 Sneeze noise
62 Prefix with tourism 63 “Aladdin” monkey 65 Auto-cleaning site, fully stated?
69 “I knew it all —!”
71 Once surnamed 72 “Thank you, Yvette!” 73 Lode of unrefined metal, fully stated?
78 — -di-dah
79 .001 inch
82 Singer Cherry
83 Hoppy drink
84 UConn women’s basketball coach Auriemma 86 Radiohead title track of 2000
87 Prone (to)
88 British islet
90 Biblical boat, fully stated? 95 Architect Ludwig Mies van der —
97 Fun, in brief
99 “The — Professor” 100 Tribe of the Southwest 101 Grads
103 Ear-busting
105 Mistaken
106 Annual beauty contest, fully stated?
111 Sorority letter
112 Motif
113 Solitary
114 Uproar
117 At the drop of —
119 “Mystic River” actor, fully stated?
125 Christ, in Italy
126 CPR expert
127 French ice cream 128 Focal point
129 Punta del —
130 Enzyme suffix
131 Useful thing
132 Believers in God, of sorts
DOWN
1 Circle bits
2 Coffee bit
3 Uproar
4 Kabuki sash
5 Sports official
6 — -Caps (candy brand) 7 Not for Windows 8 Truism
9 Country singer Carter 10 Scottish port
11 Luau gift
12 Certain cola container 13 Hebrew “A”
14 Rail against 15 Egg cells
16 Initial performance on Broadway, say
17 Inked cheek image, e.g. 18 Period when sales slump 24 Destroy
25 Baby buggy, in Britain 30 Airport agcy.
33 North African capital 34 Muscat’s land
35 Soup with tofu
36 Junk email
37 Kind of wrestling 38 Alway
39 Comparable
40 Pale purple
44 Bear, in Baja 45 Alternative to vanilla, informally
46 Native of Habana
48 Part of B.A. 51 Overwhelm
52 Stranded cellular stuff 54 Cattle locale
59 Dogma suffix
61 Some film FX
63 Hilo “Hello!”
64 “— voyage!”
66 Abode: Abbr.
67 Ounce, e.g.
68 Writer Levin 69 Birthday topic
70 Hair stiffener 73 Running riot
74 Buffs again
75 Devotee
76 Put in writing
77 Trial balloon 79 Criminals
80 Boise locale
81 Cutting beam
85 Anti’s vote
86 Tree knots
89 Body of water west of Liverpool
91 “Movin’ —” (“The Jeffersons” song)
92 German auto 93 “Citizen —” 94 Impressionist
96 “Mom” has two 98 Weather conditions 102 Tiny criticism
104 Uncork, e.g.
105 Judith with two Tonys 107 Looks as if
108 Arm bones
109 For the — (temporarily) 110 Map blowup
115 Cut calories
116 Boaters’ tools
118 Mon. follower
120 Links gp.
121 Letters before 96-Down 122 PC readout of a sort 123 Winning sign
124 Singer DiFranco