PREMIER CROSSWORD
DISORDERLY CREATURES
ACROSS
1 Old-time
crooner Julius 7 James — Garfield
12 Taxing org. 15 Old newspaper
section
19 On cloud nine 20 Having fine
granules 21 Refilled to the
brim 23 Nocturnal burrower wearing clothes? 25 “Rocky” star 26 French “a” 27 Taking after 28 Semiaquatic reptile that’s really zealous? 30 Big spotted cat released from jail early? 34 Doc treating
laryngitis 35 Orig. texts 36 Sports official 37 Interprets 39 Antifraud org. 42 1990s Toyota
coupe
45 “McQ” actor
Gulager 46 Ready- — (precooked) 48 Region 49 Tesla’s Musk 50 Lobe-finned swimmer turning red? 54 Pioneering
email co. 55 One-eighty 56 Mini-guitar 57 Elizabeth —
Browning 58 Spiny anteater
on a leash?
64 Put in very hot
water
65 Solid ground 66 Actor Wallach 67 Seat winners 69 Florida city 72 Quark’s place 74 Very small monkey from the red planet? 79 Rhine siren 82 “Sliver” writer
Levin 83 “Emma” has
two of these 84 Slalom, e.g. 85 Whip-tailed marine menace going off course?
90 Bard 91 Composer
Khachaturian 92 Fix up, as an
old house 93 Hard wood 94 Actress Blair 95 Kid’s amuser 96 Eighth Greek
letter
98 Mil. bigwig 99 Irish dance 100 Waterloo marshal Michel 101 Wheel-spinning rodent that’s a Bay State college mascot? 108 Large lizard from northern South America? 112 Dialect suffix 113 Penny prez 114 Electric circuit
component 115 Mimicking bird that’s predatory?
119 Classic typewriter brand
120 TV show blocking device 121 Text alterer 122 Trait carrier 123 Enervate 124 Latin abbr. meaning “and the following” 125 Sailor’s morning warning
DOWN
1 Starting boost 2 Actress — De
La Garza
3 More scarce 4 Gambling
parlor, in brief 5 “Look here, too,” in a reference
6 Befuddles 7 Doc’s gp. 8 Shut-eye site 9 Dust pickerupper
10 Take — of faith 11 Actress Loy 12 “Agreed!” 13 Campus mil.
gp.
14 Zoned (out) 15 Ignited again 16 2004-11 Laker
Lamar 17 Bluefin, e.g. 18 Unbox, e.g. 22 Schemes 24 With 31-Down, it doesn’t bode well
29 Like the verb
“go”: Abbr. 31 See 24-Down 32 Humdinger 33 Aussie birds 38 “... three men in
—”
39 She starred in
“Room”
40 — Actress (award
for 39-Down) 41 Thai currency 42 Serenity
43 “Hi,” in Hilo 44 Nonpolluting
power source 45 Bonnie’s pal
46 — torch
47 Linear, briefly 48 Sahara’s land 50 Agent’s cut 51 “Say what?” 52 Seize
53 Spruces up 55 Sinful
59 Group of PC
gurus
60 Hard wood
61 Covert org. 62 Actress Long 63 Actress Jillian 68 Fajita meat 70 Was keen on 71 Singer O’Day 73 “Don’t tell —
can’t!”
75 Singer Coolidge 76 Chi-Town daily
paper
77 Singer Janis 78 Novelist Tan
79 Future atty.’s
exam
80 Other, in Oaxaca 81 Pertaining to 86 “Return to reality!”
87 SeaWorld whale,
once
88 Leaves
89 Vent vocally 90 Sty animals 94 Greenish citrus
drink
96 All wound up 97 “Regency” hotels 98 Pie charts, e.g. 99 Quartz type
100 Easily duped 102 Presnell of
“Fargo”
103 Legislate
104 That girl
105 Petite pies
106 Kindle buy 107 New attempt 108 Sailor’s quaff 109 700-mile-long
Congolese river 110 “The check — the
mail”
111 Ninth Greek letter 116 Game draw 117 Trio before R 118 Free (of)