THE PREMIER
THE ROD SQUAD
ACROSS
1 It's removed from skim
8 Guitar's cousin
16 Nautical mop
20 Be cautious
21 Conditionally free, in a way
22 Rock's ZZ Top, e.g.
23 Building full of periodicals for soldiers? 25 Outer edges
26 Cursed
27 Takes too much, in brief
28 Moose cousin
29 Fries lightly
31 Unit of work
32 Body of water on which there are frequent haircutters' cruises?
35 Not sinking
40 Smart — (wiseacres)
42 Safecracker, informally
43 Hailstorm on the highway?
45 Deg. from MIT Sloan
47 “Anaconda” director Luis
51 Savoir faire
52 Dumbbell selling for half off?
55 1950s-'70s defense gp.
56 Weapon in a boxing ring
58 MGM motto starter
59 Deliver, as a verdict
60 Politico Hatch
62 “Sure thing, guv'nor!”
64 “Sommersby” star Richard
65 Cleo's snake
68 World's best singer of Venetian gondoliers' songs?
72 Born, in Brest
73 South African Dutch
75 First name of Dr. Oz
76 Cereal grass disease
78 Quick on the uptake
80 Many eras
81 — -Seltzer
83 Suggest
87 Sticking the singer of “White Christmas” with a fishhook?
90 Tell the story of
92 Certain building brick
93 Guitar's cousin, for short
94 Actress Brigitte playing a Bohemian dancer?
96 “NFL Live” airer
98 Disconnect
99 Sailor's “Roger!”
100 16-ounce drink from a Starbucks next to a bodega?
105 Quick on the uptake
107 “No idea”
108 Frozen cubes
109 Gloomy —
110 Tent securer
115 Unleavened cornbread
116 One-wheeled cart carrying supplies for a toga party?
121 Guitarist Clapton
122 Dining places
123 Perfume
124 Marina fixture
125 Area with bad reception
126 Frankfurters
DOWN
1 Relatives of zinnias
2 Caesar's “vidi,” in English
3 Certain building brick
4 1980s Chrysler
5 Unnerve
6 Jackie's hubby #2
7 Choir male
8 Irate crowds
9 Ortiz of “Kristin”
10 “Ask Me Another” airer
11 Risk-taking types
12 Toothbrush brand
13 Actress Sondra
14 Type
15 Moniker of a loch monster
16 Having a hard time
17 Judges' orders
18 Singer Mann
19 — nova
24 Artist Degas
30 “Gemini Man” director
31 Capts.' guesses
32 Sired, biblicalstyle
33 Aspire PC company
34 “French Kiss” co-star Meg
35 Pooch barks
36 — gras (gooseliver paste)
37 Singer — Del Rey
38 Keats' “— Autumn”
39 Soak up
41 Test centers
44 Shoot again, as a gun
45 Mother of Bart Simpson
46 Capital of Kyrgyzstan
48 Witty Nash
49 — Khan (“The Jungle Book” tiger)
50 “If — falls in the forest ...”
53 Author Sheehy
54 Incorrect
57 Restrained
61 Noodle soup
62 Turn sour
63 Capital of Albania
65 Addis — (capital of Ethiopia)
66 “What a pity”
67 — -Canada (oil brand)
69 Love, to Luigi
70 City near Lake Tahoe
71 Become silverhaired
74 Gawk
77 — Haute
79 Links (with)
81 Higher than
82 Country rocker Lovett
84 “I did it!”
85 “This is not —” (warning label)
86 Head, in Nice
88 — -ho (keen)
89 Raced
91 Blind as —
95 “Sauer” topping
97 Vanished, informally
98 Villains' looks
100 Two-legged beast
101 Love a lot
102 Of an ancient alphabet
103 Ranch rope
104 Made believe
106 Amp (up)
109 Main idea
110 Curing stuff
111 Trampled
112 Mythical ship
113 Donkey or Hong follower
114 Some sheep
117 “Norma —”
118 Put a tear in
119 — -noir
120 Ghostly cry