PREMIER CROSSWORD

PUZZLING-LY

ACROSS

1 Like many announcers’ private side comments 8 Glistening 14 Give a cue to 20 Sounded like a frog 21 Durbin of old Hollywood 22 Worrier’s cry 23 Deeper level of longing? 25 Walk like a little ’un 26 Coll. website suffix 27 Slandered really badly 28 “Uh-uh” 30 Legal claim 31 White water whereabouts 35 Give it a go 36 Place to bathe on the grass outside a house? 38 “Marvy!” 40 They cause actions 42 Really boring chairs, desks and tables? 47 Two-grid vacuum tube 52 Cry to a matador 53 Manning of the Giants 54 Far-off 56 Of charged particles 57 Extreme type 59 Lysol target 61 What 1066 is famous as? 64 Territory split in 1889 66 Pertaining to 68 Bad, to Jules 69 Viral malady 70 “Allow me to provide a leavening agent, if nothing else”? 76 Blvds. and aves. 78 China’s Long March leader 79 Aquatic bird 80 — Leone 83 “Pray that I find some cool gross stuff!”? 88 Isle of Man man, e.g. 90 Scout unit 91 — pittance (hardly any) 92 Garage job 94 Atop, to bards 96 Short snooze 97 Bit of voice mail 100 Hankerings to take pictures of small and distant objects? 103 Places for milk products 105 Bored feeling 106 Measure of how much a ship swerves off course? 110 2000-15 TV series 112 Facet 116 Horror film lab aide

117 With 108Down, deteriorate 118 Pre-entree dishes 121 Lanai wreath 122 Join the club 124 Chatter that’s engaging? 129 Entertainer Uggams 130 Give kudos 131 Arms depot 132 Abides 133 Breadwinner 134 What vets provide

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1 Earthy color 2 Artist Kahlo 3 Mist over 4 — -jongg 5 Mamie’s man 6 Plunk lead-in 7 Häagen-Dazs rival 8 Storied fireman Red 9 Microbe-ridden 10 Byway 11 Camelot wife 12 Raggedy — 13 — opus 14 Road hazard 15 Sorority “P” 16 In a curious way

17 Word before circus or blitz 18 More ashen 19 Latest thing 24 Singer John 29 Be next to 32 Small hotel 33 Conquers 34 Writer Bellow 36 Connect with 37 Match well 39 Duo + one 40 Tally a total 41 1982 Disney cyberfilm 42 “— better believe it!” 43 Penne — vodka 44 Sloppy smooches 45 Wry twisting 46 — Haute 48 Acuff of song 49 Like a swap 50 Radio tuner 51 Hose color 55 Otter’s kin 58 “Bosh!” 60 Go extinct 62 Bub

63 “’Tis so sad” 65 “You lookin’ —?”

67 Nosh 71 Stable stock 72 Seamless transition

73 Von — family (“The Sound of Music” clan) 74 — oxide (anesthetic)

75 The, to Hans 76 Emulated a fish 77 1 p.m. is one 81 Horse color 82 iPad downloads 84 Oct.’s 744 85 Union general George 86 Darling type 87 Bodily joint 89 Aquatic bird 93 Lofty trains 95 Tall volcano in Sicily 98 Groups of geese 99 Dubliner’s land 101 Model Klum 102 Dog’s bark 104 Key in anew 106 Give in (to) 107 Nixon veep Spiro 108 See 117-Across 109 Dryly comical 110 In the vicinity 111 Not as risky 113 Kagan of justice 114 Romero of “Batman” 115 Work’s name 118 Lasting mark 119 Related (to) 120 Take a pic of 123 — Abner 125 Legendary coach Parseghian 126 Three, in Bari 127 D.C. winter hrs. 128 Remote button abbr.