PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Not suitable
6 “Sorry to intrude ...” 10 Capricious ideas 15 Cartoonist Addams, informally
19 Payments to the IRS 20 Oscar winner Robert De —
21 Capital of Vietnam 22 Sword handle
23 Fifth Avenue skyscraper 26 Other, in Acapulco 27 Identity hider 28 Altitudes: Abbr.
29 — -C (PC copy command)
30 What a groom may toss 32 “Uh-huh”
34 Pioneer Boone, informally
35 Orthodox Jewish movement
37 Rapper — Rida 40 Technique for viewing a slow process quickly 43 Cattle farm
45 Prefix with nourished 46 In a daze
47 First first lady of the U.S.
51 Gets close to
55 Sesame seed paste 56 Pucksters’ org. with the Calder Cup
57 Newspaper think piece 60 Born as
61 Toon sheet
62 Hedy of “Ecstasy” 66 Rome’s — Fountain 67 Dollar bill
68 Advance inquiry into a crime, e.g.
72 Israeli city close to Ben Gurion Airport
73 Big name in life insurance
74 Decrease
75 Doc for the neck up 76 D-H linkup
77 FDR or HST 78 Former “Idol” judge 79 Bob of play-by-play 82 Wolfed down 84 Launching of people into orbit
88 Insurance payment 92 “The Simpsons” shopkeeper
93 Was overlong 94 Dual-focus course about bodily structures
100 Some kitchen appliances, for short
101 From a northwest Italian port
102 Certain South African 103 Arena level
105 “Hallelujah Chorus” composer
106 Rough- — wood
107 City vehicle
108 Gas brand
112 Water, in Acapulco 113 What love is, per a Four Aces #1 tune, with
“a”
118 Crate piece
119 Capital of South Korea 120 Actress Best
121 Really mad
122 The “T” of 66-Down 123 Day divisions
124 Bargain
125 Restaurant notice that’s applicable to this puzzle’s seven longest answers?
DOWN
1 Bit of news
2 Wine valley
3 Allies’ rival
4 Sprightly
5 Mao — -tung
6 Object of hate 7 Thwacks
8 Before
9 Woman’s quaint headpiece
10 Jacuzzi, e.g.
11 Recital venue 12 Not Rep. or Dem. 13 Mimi’s “me” 14 Celebrates with a tune 15 Animal with a backbone 16 Relative of a shout-out 17 Anew
18 Tempestuous
24 Spicy cuisine
25 — Reader (magazine) 31 Carrier based in New Delhi
33 Hawke of film 34 Salvador of surreal art 35 Spicy
36 From — Z
37 Sig Nu, e.g.
38 Video game tomb raider 39 Teetering
41 — -di-dah
42 Attila follower 44 Refrigerate
48 More artful
49 — a soul
50 “— in Manila” (AliFrazier fight) 52 Consecrating
53 Nevada airport
54 In view
57 Mining finds
58 Sampras of the court 59 Show plainly
63 Poker cost
64 Supplies with personnel 65 Coach Parseghian
66 LG or RCA products 68 Petition 69 “Thumbs-up!”
70 Gas in signs
71 Gasless car
78 Tipoffs in hoops, e.g. 80 Christie’s “A Pocket
Full —”
81 Depots: Abbr.
83 Not old-fashioned 84 Cabinet dept. since 1965 85 Twosome
86 Abbr. on military mail 87 Societal
89 It might have mascara on it
90 Pas’ mates
91 Opal ending 94 Horror-struck 95 All-Star pitcher Denny 96 Yearly
97 Gordie of hockey 98 Itched (for)
99 Seine feeder
104 Trendy again
106 Stimulate
107 — fide
109 Phony
110 Creates a lap
111 Blood type, for short 114 Prefix with pagan
115 Part of TTYL
116 HST follower
117 Loud noise