PREMIER CROSSWORD

NOT A SINGLE SPOT

ACROSS

1 Hoover, e.g. 7 Hertz rival 12 Military vehicle for recon 20 Roma’s place 21 Go into a major tizzy

22 Worth of a security at its face

23 Rare musical gift

25 Being filmed 26 Aug. follower 27 Feel awful 28 Tree’s anchor 30 Sandbox toy 31 Elicitor of a rave review 39 Newton and Asimov

41 Beats of life 42 Klutzy sorts 43 Naiad or dryad 44 Plant swelling 46 Ben of “Zoolander”

49 Mint quality 54 “13th” director

DuVernay 55 Styne of song 56 TV spots 57 Vaper’s item 58 How-to unit 59 Catch sight of 60 Ostrich’s kin 61 Big name in

cosmetics

64 Big bees 66 Rainforests and such

69 Round one of the corners in Monopoly 72 Mets’ div. 73 Vast span 74 Awful review 77 First-aid plant 78 Purplish berry 79 Derby, e.g. 80 Buffalo’s county 81 Aladdin’s monkey pal 82 Excellent etiquette 88 Wasn’t penned up

90 Levi’s, e.g. 91 Start

92 Singer Celine 93 Green sushi condiment 96 “M*A*S*H” actor David Ogden — 97 Famed Steelers play of 1972 102 Cole Porter’s “— Love” 103 “I got — in Kalamazoo” 104 Toothpaste tube inits.

105 — kwon do 108 O.J. Simpson trial judge 111 Activity that will be unsuccessful when applied to this puzzle’s theme? 117 Hans Christian —

118 JFK Library architect 119 The Beach Boys’ “Help Me, —”

120 People giving rubdowns 121 Printer brand 122 Motto

DOWN

1 Big cheeses 2 Suited to —

53 3 Goldfish and 58 minnows are 60 members of it 61 4 Samuelsson 62 who got the winning goal in the 1991 Stanley Cup 5 Driver’s 180 6 Large parrots 7 Cider fruit 8 Chou En- — 9 Picnic pest 10 Emceeing aid 11 Earthy hues, to Brits

12 Satirizes

13 Division of a long poem 14 Tolkien brute 15 Coll. in the Old Dominion State 16 Home of the NFL’s Bucs 17 Symbol of a fresh start 18 Gold-related 19 “Royal,” in

20-Across

24 Up to, in brief 29 Metal in rocks 32 Small error 33 German for “eight”

34 Design detail

35 — wrestling 36 Strategy

37 Quaint newspaper section 38 Primary

39 Dressed for nighty-night 40 IHOP topping 44 Result

45 — Moines 46 Autograph: Abbr.

47 All tied up

48 Sharp knocks

50 “You are not!” retort 51 Noble acts 52 “All booked up, sorry” Model Tequila Catch sight of Liverpool loc. Purple flower — acid (fat substance) 63 Irish actor Stephen 64 Allowance 65 Sizable vase 66 Put to work 67 A single time

68 Sports sides 69 Early TV host

Jack

70 “Dark Angel”

star Jessica 71 Healthy intellects 74 Introducing 75 Broadcaster 76 Aeries, e.g.

78 Big primate 79 Clutch sitter 80 Film scorer Morricone

82 — -Z (old Camaro)

83 List of options 84 Partly open 85 Neuwirth of

“Cheers” 86 Nonclerical 87 “Me? Never!” 89 Husbands-to-be 93 Tots’ haulers 94 — discount 95 Smartphone pic,

often

96 Railing sites 97 Sunni’s faith 98 Animated 2016

Disney film 99 After a time 100 Sup at home 101 Adobe Acrobat

file 106 Forever — day 107 “Manhattan Beach” novelist Jennifer

109 Sooner than,

poetically 110 Sch. in Terre

Haute

112 Gig hookup 113 FedEx rival 114 Zodiac lion 115 Dallas Stars’ org. 116 “Yabba dabba

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