THE PREMIER
ACROSS
1 Spot’s threat 4 Bacteriagrowing gel 8 Crevices 13 Having the most wisdom 19 Glasgow refusal 20 “Space Ghost” cartoonist Alex 21 Actress Kemper of “The Office” 22 Swollen and distended 23 Central North Carolina city 25 747, say 26 Often-used expressions 27 Start of a riddle 30 “Three Times —” (1978 hit song) 31 Hay unit 32 Be in great anguish 36 Trainee, e.g. 37 Riddle, part 2 42 Diplomat’s skill 44 Former NBAer Ming 45 Gets wrinkles out of 46 See 71-Down 49 1930s-’40s prez 50 Church vestibule 53 Classical intro? 54 Riddle, part 3 59 It may take the cake 61 “— Sexy” (1992 #1 hit song) 62 Clapton of rock 63 Bernstein’s “Candide,” for one 67 Early Oscar winner Jannings 68 Riddle, part 4 72 Fought (for) 73 Look for a therapist, say 75 Poi base
76 River mouth deposit 77 Go via boat 78 Riddle, part 5 82 “— culpa!” 85 How a winding path proceeds 87 Part of RBI or ERA 88 Dir. from Ariz. to Ky. 89 Dazzling success 91 Despot Amin 92 Gives a hand 96 End of the riddle 100 “Woe is me!” 104 “The Mummers’ Dance” singer McKennitt 105 No longer relevant 106 Classic arcade name 107 Riddle’s answer 113 All-terrain military vehicle 116 Clipped, as a sheep 117 Many a magic trick 118 Give support 119 Sizable 120 Sulky state 121 Malt product 122 Some online greetings 123 Possessed 124 GI’s “lullaby” 125 Longest river of Scotland
DOWN
1 Chew on persistently 2 In an overly hasty way 3 Hold a new trial for 4 Up a tree 5 Silly mistake 6 Razor option 7 Certain parallelogram
8 Drive back 9 “Maybe” 10 Shortcoming 11 Ex-Yankee Martinez 12 Appear 13 Miserly 14 Sound engineer’s console 15 Smiling one 16 Swelled head 17 Resident of a gaming “City” 18 NFL scores 24 “It’s the — an era” 28 Rowboat pair 29 Satisfied sigh 33 Victor’s gloat 34 “Titanic” actor Billy 35 Petro-Canada rival 37 Time — half 38 Square type 39 Meg of “I.Q.” 40 Three feet 41 “Poppycock!” 43 “Should that be true ...” 46 Brown, Penn and Harvard 47 “The Silence of the Lambs” director Jonathan 48 Shaw of swing 50 “Valiant attempt!” 51 Aspiration 52 Just-prior periods 55 Egg middles 56 Work fill-in 57 Goya’s gold 58 Cedar cousin 60 “Fat chance!” 63 — about (close to) 64 Mark in “piñata” 65 “Grand” Rockies peak 66 Wise saying
68 Herr’s “no” 69 Pot for arroz con pollo 70 “Poppycock!” 71 With 46-Across, brand of frozen fries 74 Is in first place 76 “— be shy” 78 Bona — (real) 79 Lena of “Havana” 80 Grand — (auto race) 81 Drive out 82 Whine like a baby 83 Yodeling comeback 84 Banned orchard spray 86 Currency of Laos 90 Dined at someone else’s place 92 Embellished 93 Haughty sort 94 Band’s lineup of gig songs 95 Fills up 97 “Gas Food Lodging” director Allison 98 Tennis player Shriver 99 Appear 101 Lasso 102 Colorful ring of anatomy 103 Writer Sheldon 106 Lies against 108 Port of Norway 109 Turn to liquid 110 Trumpet, e.g. 111 Forearm part 112 Radar image 113 Color tone 114 Scanned market ID 115 Deg. for many an exec