PREMIER CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Direct applause toward 8 Finder’s cry 11 April follower 14 Mimic a bird 19 Singer Patti 20 Take by force 22 Capital on the Red River 23 Art studio 24 Phases 25 “Tiny Dancer” singer John 26 Start of a riddle 29 Booming jet of old, in brief 30 Inseparable 31 Spike of corn 32 Olive bugged by Bluto 33 Prefix with light or night 35 Part of AOL 39 Thing with rungs 44 Riddle, part 2 48 Zac of 2017’s “Baywatch” 49 German linking word 50 Org. for teachers 51 “Sure, we should do it!” 52 Desperate, as a situation 54 Syrian president 58 Auto racer’s warm-up circuit 61 Riddle, part 3 64 In-vogue thing 65 Brand of fuel additives 66 Forearm bone 67 Crew tool 68 “You folks,” in the South 70 West of “Diamond Lil” 73 “General” of Chinese cuisine 74 Riddle, part 4 78 Museum overseer 82 Golfer Sam 83 Eighth parts of circles 84 Redding of soul 85 Sly laugh sound 87 Gp. with merit badges 89 On a cruise 90 End of the riddle 97 “Strut” singer Easton 98 Affirm strongly 99 Flying geese formation 100 High peak: Abbr. 102 “No more details!,” in texts 103 Sushi tuna 105 Archer’s skill 108 Riddle’s answer 116 Really virile 117 Apollo 7 astronaut Wally 118 Annuls, as a law 119 Resilient strength 120 Certain support group for adolescents 121 Lay out for printing 122 Gather bit by bit 123 Ad- — (improvise) 124 Zig’s reverse 125 Rind-shaving tools

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1 Feline nails 2 Trellis strips 3 Skip — (flutter, as the heart) 4 Bombard 5 French policeman, informally 6 Butterlike product of beef fat 7 Air again 8 Many a prep sch. 9 Star of the past 10 Shows up 11 Part of 102-Across 12 Johnson of old comedy 13 Simple kind of question 14 Place with beakers, in brief 15 Disease-free 16 Engrossed by 17 Building top 18 Wrestling win 21 Game of falling shapes 27 Find out 28 “The Clan of the Cave Bear” heroine 33 Rosebush sticker 34 Hurricane hazard 36 Win gold, say 37 Rice of Bush’s Cabinet, informally 38 Prop- or hex- ender 40 Meted 41 Mano-a-mano fight 42 “At Last” singer James 43 Filing tool 44 In progress 45 Common baby ailment 46 Scheduled to arrive 47 Interval 48 Ice cream brand 53 Inuit dwelling 55 Feel faint from ecstasy 56 Divide up 57 Vital blood line 59 Insurer with a duck icon 60 Sch. with a Fresno branch 62 Univ. dorm supervisors 63 Thesaurus word: Abbr. 69 Score — (earn some points) 70 Minister’s residence 71 Modify 72 Anna’s sister in “Frozen” 73 Eat a bit of 75 “Poppycock!” 76 “Sounds likely to me” 77 Unglossy photo finish 78 Simple beds 79 Neighbor of Colorado 80 Initiation, e.g. 81 Pi-sigma link 86 Very bad grades 88 Scandinavian “Salut!” 91 1986 #1 hit for 19-Across and Michael Mcdonald 92 Vow 93 Revel at a really hoppin’ party 94 “Carlos” star Edgar 95 Neighbor of Ethiopia 96 Sinister gaze 101 Like some congestion 104 Rival of Avis 105 Demean 106 Lazybones 107 Ship spars 108 Postmarked pieces 109 Zapzyt target 110 Perlman of “Cheers” 111 Roman 651 112 “Moby-dick” captain 113 Zingy flavor 114 Smartphone games, often 115 Cross paths 116 Soup flavor enhancer, for short