THE PREMIER
PRIZEWORTHY
ACROSS
1 Classic Pabst beer brand 7 Place for hay or a choir 11 Facial mask offerers 15 Barter 19 Retort to “Am so!” 20 “La Traviata” solo, say 21 Many a smartphone message 22 By way of, for short 23 He played V in “V for Vendetta” [sci-fi writing] 25 Domain 26 German “a” 27 The, in Tours 28 Tarnish 29 Galahad’s title 30 Tina of pop 32 Mogadishu resident 33 “Rags to Riches” singer [Broadway] 35 Capital of Italy, in Italy 38 Golfers’ positions 40 Built on 41 Jungian inner self 43 Stallion, e.g. 44 Yellow shade 46 “Little Birds” actress [Canadian music] 49 Longtime member of the Four Tops [offBroadway] 54 Fred dancing in films 55 Tile locale 57 Fly of Africa 58 Rice dish 61 Walton who wrote “The Compleat Angler”
63 Leaves port 64 Rub roughly 68 Ventriloquist with the dummy Charlie McCarthy [mystery writing] 71 Horse pace 72 “Incredible!” 74 Delight in 75 Bus stop 77 She’s asked to “peel me a grape” in film 79 Call to a pig 81 1982 Dustin Hoffman film 86 “Shameless” actress [television] 88 “The Picture of Dorian Gray” novelist [film] 91 Panache 92 La — Tar Pits 93 “The Piano” actor Sam 94 Remits in advance 98 Kids’ racers on tracks 101 Lyric verses 102 American labor leader [French film] 105 Verbalized 107 Go- — (no slouch) 108 Cager’s hoop 109 Went flat 110 Be in arrears 113 Blind as — 114 Uncork, e.g. 116 What any of the eight people featured in this puzzle should be? 118 Dust particle 119 Blu-ray Disc producer 120 Work benefit 121 Puts into law 122 Squeezed (out) 123 Circus barker 124 Actress Harper 125 Least refined
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1 Witty Mort 2 Like facts 3 Rules, for short 4 1969 Beatle bride Yoko 5 “— I love thee?” 6 Cooks, as asparagus 7 Kitschy 1960s light 8 First 9 High-quality 10 Gift label 11 Tarnish 12 “Firework” singer Katy 13 Tree toppler 14 Governor’s fiscal concern 15 “Tristram Shandy” author Laurence 16 Complained childishly 17 Actor Will of “30 Rock” 18 — Rico 24 Amo, amas, — 29 Distress call 31 Strip down 32 Island group near Fiji 33 Summer shirt 34 Tiny toddler 35 Indian royal 36 Big burden 37 Breath freshener 39 Treble — 42 “Take — from me” 44 On the train, e.g. 45 Illusion on a hot road 47 Sandusky’s lake 48 Merges 49 Seep out 50 In good order 51 Move a bit 52 Capital of Norway 53 Sticky home? 56 Cuba — (rum cocktail) 59 Tennis champ Andre 60 Courteous act, to a Brit
62 — secret (didn’t blab) 64 Judge’s wear 65 “Pardon me” 66 Done the backstroke, e.g. 67 Prefix with 104-Down 69 House unit 70 Jordanian queen dowager 73 Major combat 76 Word before hall or crier 78 Jesuit college in Worcester 80 Part of NYSE 82 Attach with laces, say 83 Lost traction on the ice 84 Waste time 85 Bioelectric fishes 87 Tiara go-with 89 Five-armed echinoderms 90 Lots to leave autos in, to Brits 92 “Lowdown” singer Scaggs 94 World of Warcraft, e.g. 95 Nike rival 96 Grand home 97 Touched comfortingly 98 Jewel 99 Blabbed 100 Meat sticker 103 Boxing venue 104 Plastic for a waterbed 106 Suburb of Minneapolis 109 —’Pea 110 In time past 111 Makes moist 112 Word before while 115 “The Raven” poet 116 Inclined 117 Rustic denial