THE PREMIER
STOPPING STITCHING
ACROSS
1 “Still open,” on a sched. 4 Poppa 7 Some swords 12 Nero's greatgrandfather 19 Wasn't too rushed to do something 21 Dance with people in a line 22 One-dollar Canadian coins 23 Of morals 24 In the vicinity 25 One of Capt. Kirk's officers 26 Start of a riddle 29 Like much folk medicine 30 Lubricates 31 Italian “a” 32 Winter hours in Minn. 35 Ancient recital halls 36 Riddle, part 2 41 Boxer Oscar — Hoya 44 — -mo replay 45 Kiev's country 46 Riddle, part 3 52 X Games broadcaster 54 Playwright Chekhov 55 Cartoon canary 56 Burn with no flame 58 — Little (mouse of kiddie lit) 59 Biden's party: Abbr. 60 Los Angeles district 62 Part of OTOH 64 Riddle, part 4 71 Dress in fine duds 72 Pedro's shawl 73 Caged bird, often 75 “Blue Ribbon” beers 78 Barely makes, as a living 81 Andes beasts 84 Nudge rudely 85 “Meh” grades 86 Riddle, part 5 88 1960s art movement 90 — chi 92 Peak in the “Odyssey” 93 End of the riddle 98 Letters after upsilons 102 Sci-fi visitors 103 Prefix with plunk 104 Presque Isle's lake 105 Celebrity chef Mario 107 Riddle's answer 112 Not forsaking 115 Elliptical 116 Fragrant Chinese flower 117 Word-of-mouth precepts 118 Dig deep 119 Grappler, ruralstyle 120 Gloucester's peninsula 121 Birch-family tree 122 Ordinal number suffix 123 — Plaines
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1 “I Can See for Miles” band 2 Scrubbed in a tub 3 Get stuck (to) 4 Formal rulings 5 “— and the Night Visitors” 6 “Take this out” mark 7 Custard-filled pastry 8 Dog named Fifi, maybe 9 Forms a bladderlike sac around 10 “My stars!” 11 Bargain event 12 Just for laughs 13 Gradually lost light 14 Libertine guy 15 Very pixeldense, as a TV picture 20 28 32 27 18 16 17 More, musicians — Simile Old-style sheriff's emblem Lav Pool Tony capita in hall winner a to center pub stick 34 33 Rivera Sir Former Lott of Seville senator 36 37 Roadwork “— (1952 3 Lives” memoir) goop 38 39 Ascended Declaimed 40 Organic fertilizer 42 Prefix for “outer” 43 Fill a nest, in a way 46 Inc., to a Brit 47 Was behind financially 48 Pixar's lost clown fish 49 Con at large 50 Kuwaiti VIP 51 Actor Moss who co-starred on “The Bold and the Beautiful” for 25 years 53 In proportion 57 Wind-deposited loam 58 Armor pieces 61 Sch. in Manhattan 63 With rubber-soled canvas 101-Down, shoes 66 65 “How Words curious” after 67 “Make Cat call love” 68 69 Dude, Engine slangily speed 70 stats “You betcha!” 74 75 Mao British — coins -tung 76 Forewarn 77 Hip-hop devotees, in old slang 79 Etta of old comics 80 Morales of “La Linea” 82 Fleur-de- — 83 Power cord attachments 85 Declined in status 87 Lap dog 89 Bismarck or Pierre native 91 Freezing 94 Wall St. manipulator 95 Show up 96 German art songs 97 Actor Ayres 99 “Over the Rainbow” composer Arlen 100 “Maybe ... ask me later” 101 See 63-Down 105 Sheep call 106 Flooded (in) 107 Windy blast 108 Cantina pot 109 Jedi guru 110 Daredevil Knievel 111 French “to be” 112 Tone — (“Wild Thing” rapper) 113 Man-mouse linkup 114 Bark sharply