PREMIER CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Kiddie-lit elephant
6 Seder bread
11 Warren in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
15 Numbered work of a composer
19 “I’d love to help”
20 Fictional town in an Edgar Lee Masters title
22 Intensify, with “up”
23 Aged female horse that has won lots of singing awards?
25 Dog food brand
26 Flimsy
27 Hive swarm
28 “Lie Down With Lions” novelist Ken 30 Romanov royal
31 — -fi film
33 Michael of “Superbad”
34 Stephen of the screen
35 Time when everybody turned down
their radios all at once?
41 — v. Wade
42 Aussie critter
43 Soporific drug
44 Electrolysis particles
45 Reading quickly in the Scandinavian manner?
50 Novelist Stout
52 Hammer or Spade
53 History topic
54 Hot tub sigh
56 Tranquility
60 Brainchild
62 Big meeting to discuss protective metal gear?
66 Foot the bill
69 A-bomb, e.g.
71 “— dare?”
72 — Lilly
73 “Tamerlane” poet
74 Cold, damp park birds?
79 Declare
82 Apia locale
83 Elton John’s ’70s label
84 Figure skater Midori —
86 Bet to win and place
90 Cloning stuff
92 Was an overly aggressive barber? 96 Cato’s “to be”
99 — alla Scala
101 Intensify, with “up”
102 Antique auto
103 Trouncing in a numberadding contest?
109 Bullring call
110 Balcony box
111 “Send help!”
112 Netflix rival
113 Medium for burning data
115 Pork serving
118 Of sentence units
121 Cork’s land
122 Decreed to be the most prudish? 126 Observes
127 Computer programming output
128 More skillful
129 Chances
130 Covered with bathroom rolls, slangily
131 Outback food
132 Fliers’ homes
DOWN
1 Strike with the horns 2 Court champ Arthur 3 Lead-in to “done that”
4 “Eek!”
5 Add ammo to
6 Emails or texts: Abbr.
7 Wet mo.
8 Come — halt
9 Body not staying at rest?
10 “My treat!”
11 Family in computer games 12 Duvernay of “Queen Sugar” 13 Flawless
14 Request in advance, in a way 15 Spoken exam
16 Sicily’s capital
17 A gazillion
18 Brief plugs for political candidates 21 Bread variety
24 — Lube (STP alternative)
29 Chou En- —
31 Add fuel to
32 Groups on church risers
33 The Plame affair, informally 35 Hammer or spade
36 52-wk. units
37 Dad’s partner
38 Longtime wire svc.
39 Moses’ peak
40 Seltzer, e.g.
41 ICU VIPS
46 Imbiber’s hwy. offense
47 “— be nice if ...”
48 Like taffy
49 Bea Arthur sitcom 51 Air-testing gp.
55 Hispanic “hello”
57 Intensify, with “up”
58 Loving sound
59 Previous to, poetically 61 12-hour clock toggle 63 Lowing sound
64 Fluid dram fraction
65 “Hawaii —” (Jack Lord series) 66 Acer offerings
67 Styled after
68 Orange tuber
70 Say aloud for transcription 75 Net access provider 76 Groom, e.g.
77 “The Dance” singer Brooks 78 Canned heat
80 Good Grips brand
81 Nursery cry
85 Dramatist Clifford 87 Merry-gorounds
88 Not kosher
89 Hurry-scurry
91 For free
93 Furious state
94 Spill cleaner
95 Sony products
96 1962 Paul Anka hit
97 Tarnished
98 Tarnished
100 Chinese soup
104 Sort
105 Facet
106 “Surprised to run into you!” 107 University in Greenville, South Carolina
108 In a blazing brandy sauce
114 Fed Eliot
115 Ace or queen
116 Fruit drink brand
117 Tip jar bills
118 Nursery school, briefly
119 Play — (perform some songs)
120 Env. items
123 Receivable
124 John in court cases
125 High-tech organizer