THE PREMIER
ACROSS
1 James of “Alien Nation”
5 Lead-in to
hazard
8 “My opinion is ...”
13 Tried very hard 19 Tumblers, e.g. 21 Actress Hunt 22 Fatal
23 Start of a riddle 26 Strong metal 27 Vertical line on a graph
28 Attack like an
alligator
29 Land north of
Mex.
30 — -country
(music genre)
32 Peruvian of yore
34 Toronto
Maple —
37 Riddle, part 2
44 Wild party
47 Battle (for)
48 See 60-Down
49 Triumphed
50 “Right now!”
51 First class for
painters
53 City law: Abbr.
54 Sea predator
56 Actor Mickey
57 Paint crudely
58 Riddle, part 3
61 Borgnine of
Hollywood
63 Gulf country
64 Sandler of
“Spanglish”
65 Refine, as metal
66 What a hot rod
may race on
70 Words on an apartment rental sign
74 Strong metal
76 City near
Provo
77 Purple Hearts,
e.g.
78 Riddle, part 4 85 Composer Satie
86 Apple app for
importing video
87 “I suffer so!”
88 Pan coverer
89 Gave for a while
90 Sole servings
91 Buddhism
branch
92 Just kills time
94 Two, in Spain
95 Occupied
96 End of the riddle
100 For the — (temporarily) 102 Blow a horn 103 Stephen of “Blackthorn”
104 Flower holder
106 Kailua Bay
locale
109 Creator of Tom Sawyer 112 Gave a monetary penalty 116 Riddle’s answer 121 Nogales nap 122 How figure skaters skate 123 Of financial matters 124 Rich, eggy cakes 125 Entertained lavishly 126 Boxing ref’s ruling 127 Court dividers
DOWN
1 Cornfield cries 2 Eight, in Berlin 3 Actor Gross of “Ellen”
4 “The negotiation is off!”
5 Severe
6 — -bitty
7 Org. that inspects factories
8 Fighting —
(NCAA team)
9 Utter failure 10 Sever 11 Competitor of Ben & Jerry’s 12 Yard feature 13 Place to ski 14 Vietnamese holiday 15 Road sign no. 16 “Banjo on my knee” song 17 Winery tubs 18 “Frozen” snow queen
20 “— Hollywood Screen Kiss” (1998 film) 24 Be alive
25 Fifty percent 31 Talk show emcee, e.g.
33 Egypt’s Sadat
35 Formally abolish
36 Displayed example of a product
37 Gives the slip to
38 Aviation military
branch
39 Fix the pitch of
again
40 Architect Saarinen 41 Sierra Nevada evergreen
42 Blister, e.g.
43 Like GIs peeling
potatoes
45 Flower holder
46 Santa’s bagful
50 Egg on
52 “Yes, if memory
serves”
54 Benefit bagful
55 Chewbacca’s
companion
59 — -la-la
60 With 48-Across, record of arrests, slangily
62 Put in financial
distress
66 Gene-splicing
stuff 67 Verifiable
68 No longer
practicing: Abbr.
69 Marcos of the Philippines 71 Texas city 72 Poet Wylie or novelist Glyn
73 Double cluck of
reproach
75 Some till bills
77 Sweetie
78 LP player of old
79 Uganda’s Idi
80 Donator of
services
81 Old TV clown
82 “Fer —!” (“Like,
totally!”)
83 Take responsibility for something
84 Easter flower
92 Spot’s jingler
93 Tennis player
Edberg
96 Fava —
97 Catch
sight of
98 Dressed for a
ball
99 Serve, as at a restaurant 101 Concluding musical parts
104 “You, over there ...” 105 Dayton locale 107 Horse foot 108 — Reader (eclectic quarterly) 110 “Oh, sure!” 111 Part of a vase 113 Alaska city 114 Revise text 115 “ER” folks 117 Marshall Plan prez 118 Swallowed 119 Big success 120 Overly