THE PREMIER

ACROSS

1 Hero-worship 8 Not — (fair to middling) 13 Gave a prize to 20 Big name in cassette tapes, once 21 Bad booze 22 “Wouldn’t It Be —” (“My Fair Lady” song) 23 Start of a riddle 26 Came after that 27 Violin master Mischa 28 Library no-no 29 Aflame 32 “Every day — new day” 33 ETs’ craft 34 Brief tussle 36 Riddle, part 2 44 Not wholly 45 “Cool” moola amount 46 Bottom 47 Pro-school gp. 48 “Hi, Don Ho!” 49 Tease in fun 51 Store window info: Abbr. 52 Smear all over 55 Riddle, part 3 57 __-bah (big wheel: Var.) 58 Reach as far as 59 “On the Beach” novelist Shute 60 Jimmy Dorsey hit 62 More furtive 63 “Uncle Moses” novelist Sholem 66 Riddle, part 4 69 Gen — (millennials) 70 Rental for relocation 72 Flip out 73 Feudal toilers 75 Novelty 77 Miniver’s title

78 Riddle, part 5 82 Moon of Neptune 83 Be the victor 84 Sci-fi sage 85 Lasso part 86 Suffix with east 87 “Oh, really?” 89 Country singer Tillis 90 Charge to run a promo 91 End of the riddle 97 Firebug’s crime 98 Possible reply to “Are you sure?” 99 “That’s the guy!” 100 Calendar spans: Abbr. 101 Tehran native 104 Candle parts 106 Dominion 109 Riddle’s answer 115 Barbuda’s partner island 116 — two (a few) 117 Books filled with maps 118 Most sharp 119 Spacek of “3 Women” 120 Pedicure target

DOWN

1 Pal, to Pierre 2 Dict. lookup 3 Thurman of “Kill Bill” 4 Ear feature 5 Make — for it (take off) 6 Tautness 7 Alibi, e.g. 8 Like many horse hooves 9 Reaction to a punch 10 Optimistic 11 Leopardlike animal 12 — McAn (big name in footwear)

13 Format of AP Radio Network 14 “Alas!” 15 Lemmon/ Wilder comedy 16 Take hold again, as a plant 17 Three, in Munich 18 Yale alumni 19 Bit of force 24 Try, as a case 25 Turkish VIPs of old 29 Wash gently against, as the shore 30 Novelist Calvino 31 Dice toss 33 Infantry division 35 1990s fitness fad 37 Tom Cruise’s role in “Mission: Impossible” 38 Get — start (not begin on time) 39 “Sure, put me down for it” 40 Not in the country 41 Neck and neck, scorewise 42 Fix at the vet’s 43 Eva, Magda and Zsa Zsa 49 Objects 50 Middle name of Emerson 51 Rhino’s pair 53 Canon camera series 54 Under oath legally 56 Roman 106 57 Odists, e.g. 58 Swiss canton or its capital 60 Reject rudely 61 Lay new turf on 63 Her niece is Dorothy Gale

64 Shepherd once of “The View” 65 Sounding like a crow 67 Bad blood 68 Prefix with cuspid 71 Zodiac feline 74 Italian handbag brand 76 Pouty states 78 Shed feathers 79 Composer Carmichael 80 On the move 81 Many minors 83 Hot dog, informally 84 Rural assent to a woman 88 Feline in competitions 89 Ailment with red spots 90 Confess about 92 Submit, as homework 93 Emergency room sorting 94 Waikiki wear 95 “Alas!” 96 Bites lightly 101 “Out of Africa” writer Dinesen 102 Bit of Viking writing 103 Poker post 105 Corp. money handlers 106 “Climb — Mountain” 107 Make mad 108 Israeli statesman Abba 110 Frat letters 111 Calendar spans: Abbr. 112 Onetime foe of the USSR 113 Waikiki wear 114 Immigrants’ class, in brief