PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Slogan
6 Like horses offered for breeding
12 “You played well!”
20 Knot on a tree branch 21 Like Lowell’s “day in June” 22 Anomalous
23 Creature in the Philippines’ capital?
25 Former British prime minister Benjamin 26 Geronimo or Cochise 27 Voting “no”
29 Final inning, usually 30 Best Picture of 2012
32 “El —” (1961 epic film) 33 Horse-drawn carriage in Angola’s capital?
37 Sobieski of the screen
39 — Plaines
40 Olympic swimmer Tom 41 Skating couples in France’s capital?
44 Like charged atoms
45 Pear variety 49 Melodramatic
50 Privy to
51 Massey of old movies 52 Affliction for some war vets
56 Mineo of old movies 57 Pollen-bearing organ from a flower in Iran’s capital? 60 Golfer Hale
62 Insect’s egg capsule 64 Boise loc.
65 “State Fair” actor Ayres 66 Ring thrown at a peg in Ecuador’s capital?
69 Public square in Bolivia’s capital?
72 Abbr. on a navy vessel 73 Website ID
74 Showed up at
76 Narratives
77 Feudal lords in Greece’s capital?
80 TV captain Jean- — Picard 83 Big shindig 84 Has to have
85 Like a desert
86 Workforce newcomer 88 Harper of “No Country for Old Men” 89 Doughnut-shaped
91 Small parasite in South Korea’s capital? 96 Primitive-based kind of diet
97 “OB-viously!”
98 Striped stinkers 99 Comedian in Lesotho’s capital?
104 — Fridays (eatery chain) 106 “Fancy —!”
107 Flared dress
108 Feudal toiler
109 “Who — thunk it?!”
111 Said “OK” to silently
115 Gym sweatboxes in the Bahamas’ capital?
119 Intimate chat
120 The second “S” of KISS 121 Prez Roosevelt
122 Back spot for a rider
123 Madrid’s land, to its natives
124 “It’s nobody — business”
DOWN
1 “Gigi” studio
2 — roll (hot)
3 Scarlet bird
4 Libyan port
5 Cantina pot
6 Popular beer from Japan 7 Not flabby
8 — Lanka
9 Mexican meat dishes 10 Ariel’s planet
11 Letter before epsilon 12 Rove (about)
13 Kimono sash
14 Clip- — (some ties) 15 1996 presidential hopeful Bob
16 Bit of salt
17 Modify 18 Island south of Sicily 19 Nobelist Root
24 Says “OK” to
28 Tabby not leaving the house
30 Swiss peak
31 Singer Chris
34 Part of DKNY
35 — Baba
36 Fond du —, Wisconsin 38 Kin of -ette
39 Like a desert
42 Drivers’ org.
43 Brand of coolers
44 Fills the lungs
45 Deli staple
46 “So chic!”
47 Allergic outbursts
48 Hot wax may be a part of it
50 Pluralized -y, often 51 Ill-suited
52 Pleasantly pungent 53 Fiduciary figure
54 Moves with a rustling sound
55 Morse click
57 Best Picture of 1997 58 Actress Long
59 Timber tool
61 They often precede verbs 63 Experienced via another person
67 String after P
68 Final: Abbr.
70 Target of the Salk vaccine 71 Petri dish site
75 Doc’s Rx
78 Paper VIPs
79 Palace area for women 81 Country south of Braz. 82 Fahrenheit alternative 86 Snarky laugh
87 Deer relative
89 Letter before upsilon 90 Ending for schnozz 91 “Time to ride the waves!” 92 Beat in a mano-a-mano 93 Releases from one’s grasp 94 Jamaican music genre 95 N.J. hours
96 Gussies up
97 Removes some rodents 99 Stately home
100 Solitary
101 Album’s first half
102 Ewoks’ forest moon
103 Detect
104 Creator of Tom Sawyer 105 Dutch cheese
110 Past due
112 Female goat
113 MSNBC anchor Cabrera 114 Vietnamese holiday
116 Mud bath site
117 Lime drink
118 Method: Abbr.