SUNDAY PREMIER CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 They’re filled at filling stations
9 Causes of some winter roof leaks
16 Two or three
20 Its capital is Springfield 21 Good time to shop and save
22 1977 hit for Electric Light Orchestra
23 Bird hanging around power-generating structures? 25 Bottom-of-the-barrel bit
26 “Grace and Frankie” co-star Lily
27 Me, in Marne
28 Take a chair
29 Spike for a rock climber 30 Icky food
33 Bird with a pronounced lower back?
36 Elite police unit 41 35mm camera type 42 Holy Week follower 43 Bird with an affliction? 48 Lead-in to lateral
49 It flows through Köln 50 Rocker Ocasek 51 “Ammonium” has three 52 Single’s first half 54 Response to “You weren’t!”
55 Jazz great Fitzgerald 58 Give a bird a monetary reward?
60 “God Love Us” rapper 61 Pecans and cashews 64 Eggs
65 Slow-moving reptile with a bird on its back? 73 Aussie critter
74 Outer surface
75 911 VIP
76 Waterway full of birds? 82 Billfold bills 83 Employee welfare agcy.
84 Daisy type
85 Daisy of “Li’l Abner” 86 Pull along
88 Old paper sections 89 Bub
90 Share employment hours with a bird? 95 Actress Clarke or Fox 98 Boating blade
99 “Are we out of danger?”
100 Bird starring in “The Birds”? 104 Wise _ owl
105 Novelist Loos
106 Two times LI
107 Neighbor of Okla. 109 “You did not just say that!”
115 Will of “The Waltons” 116 Jacket with bird hues? 120 Coastal eagle
121 100% correct
122 Overpraises
123 Old booming jets, in brief
124 Catholic prayer books 125 Pre-release software trial
DOWN
1 Central idea
2 Certain sax
3 Skinny
4 Cash drawer
5 Opposer
6 One who’s hardly saintly 7 Tool set, e.g. 8 Guyana-to-Bolivia dir. 9 “Money _ object” 10 Escalade carmaker 11 Wood for dartboards 12 Certain belief in God 13 Impromptu
14 Country south of Sicily 15 _ admin
16 Extra installations 17 Courage in adversity 18 Big surprise
19 Like the operas “Parsifal” and “Lohengrin” 24 Wee devil
29 Free TV ad
31 Thai tongue
32 Texter’s “Yowza!” 34 Website ID
35 Family mem.
36 Run very fast 37 Guitarist’s pedal effect 38 Resting
39 That’s partner 40 Boatload
41 _ -fi movie
44 Tabriz native 45 Stephen of “Utopia” 46 Actress Irving
47 Suffix with cartoon 52 Break off
53 _ -Tass
55 Slip-up
56 Allow to
57 Zodiac feline
58 H.S. junior’s hurdle 59 Hostess snack cakes 61 _ degree or another 62 Consumer 63 Neighbor of Okla. 66 Helen of _
67 Abbr. on a food carton 68 “Dr.” of rap
69 It’s in bronze
70 Greek goddess of the hearth
71 Doug who is married to Kamala Harris
72 Just one bite 76 Websites’ “front covers”
77 Ones taking a close look
78 Awardee, say 79 Texter’s “I think ...” 80 Alternate wd. spelling 81 “A mouse!”
83 Circus cries
86 Feeling gratitude 87 Not ‘neath
88 Post-Q string
90 Baby’s cry
91 “Little piggy” 92 “_ for Evidence” (Sue Grafton novel)
93 “Hugo” star Butterfield 94 Relative of a wood engraving
96 Petrol units
97 “Give _ rest”
101 Gut bacterium
102 Radio knobs
103 Celebrity photographer Herb
104 Even a hint of
108 Spy Aldrich
110 Spanish greeting 111 Shutter piece
112 Short letter
113 God of war
114 “You ... over there ...” 116 Engine wheel
117 Singer Rita
118 Slap cuffs on
119 Fruity quaff