PREMIER CROSSWORD
CATCHING SOME WAVES ACROSS
1 Biblical boat of
refuge
9 1971 Best Actor
winner Gene 16 Sewing line 20 Classroom instructor, in Aussie lingo 21 Long South
American river 22 Toothpaste
container 23 Start of a riddle 25 Said aloud 26 Sleekly designed 27 Muscles to
crunch 28 Persona non — 29 Riddle, part 2 37 Special multibook packages 38 Cyberauction
site
39 Botching, with
“up”
40 Travis of country music 41 Thick slice 43 Stare
44 Go gray, say 45 Riddle, part 3 51 Hall-of-Fame
Giant Mel 52 Debt slips 53 “Exodus”
novelist Leon 54 Toe the line 58 Actress Liu 60 Angelina of
Hollywood 62 Spiny lizard 64 Riddle, part 4 70 Third-place
medal metal 71 24 in a day 72 Vid shooters 73 Ship out, e.g. 74 Menageries 75 Eerie sign 77 Celtics’ org. 80 Riddle, part 5 87 Innuendo queen
West
90 Not common 91 Sgt. and cpl. 92 “Serpico”
director Sidney 93 Herb in pasta
sauce 95 Cruising
97 Egg hunt holidays
99 End of the
riddle
103 Oscar-winning
Berry
104 Prefix with
angle or color 105 Compel
106 “— and the Detectives” (old Disney film) 107 Riddle’s answer 116 Fall lawn tool 117 Interweaves 118 St. Patrick’s
Day bar order 119 Went quickly 120 Store full of
playthings 121 One of the men waiting for Godot
DOWN
1 Australian state whose capital is Sydney: Abbr. 2 Scottish interjection of surprise 3 “Eureka!” 4 Scorching 5 Lawn turf
6 Red Sox and
Orioles’ div. 7 Construction
bolts
8 Actress Knightley 9 Tilling tool 10 “— longa, vita
brevis”
11 Buzzy insect 12 Having rounded
protrusions 13 Timid 14 Often-injured knee part, for short
15 Start to doze 16 Birds bringing
bundles of joy 17 Russia locale 18 Easing off 19 Hodgepodge 24 Sanders’ title:
Abbr.
28 Sticks with
pasty stuff 29 “— Subsequent Moviefilm” (2020 sequel) 30 Have life 31 Narrow land
strip: Abbr. 32 — pot (sinusclearing apparatus)
33 Not fatty 34 Eases off 35 Union Jack and
Old Glory 36 Exude slowly 37 Vitamin also
called riboflavin 41 “Disco” guy on “The Simpsons”
42 — Angeles 43 “Peer Gynt” composer Edvard 46 Particular
specialty 47 Maja painter
Francisco 48 Quiet spells 49 Moistureless 50 Track tipsters 55 Crotchety cry 56 Dir. opposite
WSW
57 Turkey Day tuber 58 Wonder Woman
player Carter 59 Brand of potato
chips
60 Knightly fight 61 Word of joint
ownership 62 14th-century Russian ruler called “the Moneybag” 63 Tiara stone 64 “NCIS” airer 65 State of rage 66 Whole bunch 67 “— were the
days!”
68 Seeks the love of 69 Cake froster 74 Goose eggs 75 Egg: Prefix 76 Partners of pas 77 Big Apple baseballer, for short 78 Some Afrikaners 79 Early P.M. times,
in classifieds 81 Want badly 82 Pleading tyke’s
query 83 First-class aisle seat on many planes
84 Rent- — (temporary wheels) 85 “Frozen” queen 86 Reproving syllables
87 Partners of fathers 88 Tourist office
handout
89 Long, twisty and
slippery 94 Coagulated 95 Main arteries 96 Tattletale
97 Lawn tools 98 Nailed the exam 100 Turin’s land 101 Yes, to Fifi 102 Shaw of jazz 107 Ready to go 108 Rock’s Brian 109 Zodiac sign 110 Sci-fi gift 111 It’s S. of Leb. 112 “— Na Na” 113 Evil woman in
fairy tales 114 “Evil Woman”
rock gp.
115 Sanders’ title:
Abbr.