PREMIER CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 The United States’ landmass,

with “the”

9 Rafter’s challenge

15 Shul scroll

20 Another similar thing 21 Barack and Michelle 22 Give the slip

23 Like babies who throw tantrums when you try to put diapers on them? 25 News outlets

26 RBI or ERA

27 Film lead-in to “Cop” 28 Photo —

29 More nimble

30 Trellis climber

32 Having a sore mouth from working long hours at a kissing booth?

36 Joint a sock often covers 39 Chipped in, in poker 40 Beckett title character 41 Intense fire used as an

energy source?

46 Pie — mode

49 Abbr. on a road map 50 With 44-Down, decay of

building timbers

51 Colon part

52 Communist Joseph 55 Egyptian god of the dead 57 Declaration while pointing at a group of workers on strike?

62 Scent sensor

63 George at Gettysburg 64 Airy melody

65 Statement when you’re nearly ready to complete a collage?

72 The “A” of “A-rod” 73 Depart

74 Air out

77 Mesmerizing horse

movement? 83 Limb-bending muscle

85 Is theatrical

86 Pod item

87 Color grade

88 Actress Gasteyer

89 Tangle of hair

90 Inherent hanging-down

position?

96 Seaworld whale, once 100 Fake identity

101 Fuels (up)

102 “It won’t hurt to snoop a

little!”?

107 Body of eau

108 Kind of acid in vinegar 109 Debt note

110 Architect Saarinen

112 “Slung” food

116 St. — (Caribbean

getaway)

117 Hassle of tracking down a missing retirement payment? 121 Vintage song

122 Stress

123 Spiritual self

124 Foundations

125 Peanut butter cup brand 126 Bread browners

DOWN

1 Cobra types

2 Castle ditch

3 Avenger Peel

4 Lizard, e.g.

5 British verb suffix

6 Indian dish

7 Height: Prefix

8 The whole —

9 King, in Caen

10 Belly muscles

11 Jean — (perfume brand) 12 Windows ad catchphrase 13 Language of Copenhagen,

to locals

14 New jet in ’68

15 Worked as an office sub 16 Carry too far

17 Howard Stern’s area 18 “Bye, Brigitte”

19 Bodily pump 24 Conductor Georg 29 “Every seat sold” abbr. 31 “La Traviata” composer 33 Spy novelist Deighton 34 Shareable PC file 35 Vainglory

36 Chef’s tie-on

37 “Untrue!”

38 Maryland congressman —

Mfume

39 Even a bit of

42 Taxing gp.

43 Mag bigwigs

44 See 50-Across

45 High degree 47 Falsification

48 Cookout pest

52 BBQ rod

53 Mosaic piece

54 On the go

56 Withdraw

57 — Aviv

58 Deli meat

59 Foofaraw

60 Model S car

61 Otherwise

63 Long skirt

66 Balm plant

67 Meshes

68 A fifth of fifty

69 D.C. donor

70 Abbr. on a road map 71 Dallasites or Houstonians 75 — word (single-occasion

coinage)

76 Plate holders

77 Skirt edge

78 Diva Sumac 79 Broken bits of ceramic

material

80 Tax doc. pro

81 House animal

82 Novelist Santha Rama — 83 Festivity

84 Pigeon perch

87 Males

90 Rapa — (Easter Island) 91 Solar beam

92 Frazier foe

93 Sheet fabric

94 Website visit unit

95 Pilot Amelia

97 Actress Mcdaniel of “Gone

With the Wind” 98 Comes up

99 Nero’s 2,100

102 Bigwig

103 Florida city

104 “Uncle!” crier, perhaps 105 Explorer — de León 106 Stratagems

107 Disney film of 2016 111 Nevada city

113 Highest point

114 — -Pei

115 Mama birds

117 Golf average

118 Ending for opal

119 Extra NBA periods 120 — Plaines