THE PREMIER
TRIMMING UP
ACROSS
1 Sports events played by visiting teams 10 Obeys reluctantly 16 Boho-chic Aussie boots 20 Arched shoe part 21 Part of U.K. 22 She talks on iPhones 23 Parasites plaguing the Cheshire cat? 25 A party to 26 Everlasting, poetically 27 Above ground 28 Bedazzled 29 Worked to get a different reward? 35 Pizza base 38 Tic-tac-toe win 39 Geometry assignments 40 “Dr.” who raps 41 Above, poetically 42 Yard separators 45 Prefix with cyclist 46 Combat vet's affliction, for short 47 One giving technical advice to wizards? 52 Bull in a ring 54 Structure near a tonsil 55 “Othello” adversary 56 Relatives of alpacas 59 Adversary 60 City area where lots of radiators are produced? 63 Sword variety 66 Medic 67 Hiking aid 68 Disgusting 69 Untwisting threads overseas? 75 “I think —!” 77 Mobile's state 78 Smell horrible 79 Big ape 83 Hoofbeat 84 Math student doing sums correctly? 87 Mötley — 89 — hub (tech device) 91 Widely known 92 “Nope” 93 Narrow estuary 94 Guinea pig's cousin 97 Ring legend Muhammad 98 Speechify 100 Clock setting at the rear of a ship? 105 Makes grimy 106 Eye color, e.g. 107 Non-Spanish spelling of an Arizona tribe's name 111 Pack neatly 112 Trim request ... or what this puzzle takes, based on what its missing letters spell? 117 Sicilian peak 118 Use a hammer to fix, perhaps 119 Angry cry to a captor 120 121 Promising Lacey's partner on TV 122 Hugh Jackman film about robot boxing
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1 Vex 2 Doing the job 3 Suffix with clear or vigil 4 Certain and tractors plows 5 Give a smile 6 Ed of “Gus” 7 Trim grass 8 “Do Ya” rock gp. 9 Wash. bigwig 10 Good, in Spain 11 Freeway access point 12 More shrewd 13 Begin 14 “X” number 15 Eccentric 16 Consuming 17 Popular highball 18 Gardeners, farmers, etc. 19 Well-muscled 24 Affront, in rap 28 GEICO's bus. 30 Incessantly 31 Geologic spans 32 Lead-in to drama 33 Sweetie pie 34 Should that be the case 35 Super-deep sleep 36 Skim, say 37 Spur (on) 42 Pâté de — gras 43 Hollywood's Kazan 44 Eye color, e.g. 46 Itchy, medically 48 Make weak 49 Pigeon sound 50 Geologic span 51 Shearer of “A Free Soul” 53 Sept. follower 56 Bigwig 57 Comic strip cry of dismay 58 Sloppy farm area 60 Animal in a 58-Down 61 Greeting with a GIF, maybe 62 June honoree 63 Geologic span 64 Chum 65 Pre-hurricane orders 66 Stuff in the gene pool 70 Thai language 71 Oppose as false 72 Snoozing site 73 Atoll feature 74 Sticky pod in Cajun cuisine 75 Entre — (between us) 76 Tolkien beast 79 Astronaut's wear 80 “Girls” creator Dunham 81 Legal exam, for short 82 Former court king Arthur 84 Lying adjacent to 85 Epps of “Scream 2” 86 Give up a poker hand 87 More boorish 88 Trattoria rice dish 90 Distress call 94 — Antiqua 95 Plaid design 96 Even-scored 98 Nebraskan Native Americans 99 Reinstate in an office 101 1999 Super Bowl MVP John 102 Humdinger 103 Wolfed down 104 Spying info 108 To — (perfectly) 109 Living space 110 German car company 112 Circle part 113 Rural stretch 114 Rink legend Bobby 115 Stipend or toll 116 St. Pete loc.