Premier Crossword: Zero Checking

ACROSS

1 James of “Alien Nation” 5 Lead-in to hazard 8 “My opinion is ...” 13 Tried very hard 19 Tumblers, e.g. 21 Actress Hunt 22 Fatal 23 Start of a riddle 26 Strong metal 27 Vertical line on a graph 28 Attack like an alligator 29 Land north of Mex. 30 — -country (music genre) 32 Peruvian of yore 34 Toronto Maple — 37 Riddle, part 2 44 Wild party 47 Battle (for) 48 See 60-Down 49 Triumphed 50 “Right now!” 51 First class for painters 53 City law: Abbr. 54 Sea predator 56 Actor Mickey 57 Paint crudely 58 Riddle, part 3 61 Borgnine of Hollywood 63 Gulf country 64 Sandler of “Spanglish” 65 Refine, as metal 66 What a hot rod may race on 70 Words on an apartment rental sign 74 Strong metal 76 City near Provo 77 Purple Hearts, e.g. 78 Riddle, part 4 85 Composer Satie 86 Apple app for importing video 87 “I suffer so!” 88 Pan coverer 89 Gave for a while 90 Sole servings 91 Buddhism branch 92 Just kills time 94 Two, in Spain 95 Occupied 96 End of the riddle 100 For the — (temporarily) 102 Blow a horn 103 Stephen of “Blackthorn” 104 Flower holder 106 Kailua Bay locale 109 Creator of Tom Sawyer 112 Gave a monetary penalty 116 Riddle’s answer 121 Nogales nap 122 How figure skaters skate 123 Of financial matters 124 Rich, eggy cakes 125 Entertained lavishly 126 Boxing ref’s ruling 127 Court dividers

DOWN

1 Cornfield cries 2 Eight, in Berlin 3 Actor Gross of “Ellen” 4 “The negotiation is off!” 5 Severe 6 — -bitty 7 Org. that inspects factories 8 Fighting — (NCAA team) 9 Utter failure 10 Sever 11 Competitor of Ben & Jerry’s 12 Yard feature 13 Place to ski 14 Vietnamese holiday 15 Road sign no. 16 “Banjo on my knee” song 17 Winery tubs 18 “Frozen” snow queen 20 “— Hollywood Screen Kiss” (1998 film) 24 Be alive 25 Fifty percent 31 Talk show emcee, e.g. 33 Egypt’s Sadat 35 Formally abolish 36 Displayed example of a product 37 Gives the slip to 38 Aviation military branch 39 Fix the pitch of again 40 Architect Saarinen 41 Sierra Nevada evergreen 42 Blister, e.g. 43 Like GIS peeling potatoes 45 Flower holder 46 Santa’s bagful 50 Egg on 52 “Yes, if memory serves” 54 Benefit bagful 55 Chewbacca’s companion 59 — -la-la 60 With 48-Across, record of arrests, slangily 62 Put in financial distress 66 Gene-splicing stuff 67 Verifiable 68 No longer practicing: Abbr. 69 Marcos of the Philippines 71 Texas city 72 Poet Wylie or novelist Glyn 73 Double cluck of reproach 75 Some till bills 77 Sweetie 78 LP player of old 79 Uganda’s Idi 80 Donator of services 81 Old TV clown 82 “Fer —!” (“Like, totally!”) 83 Take responsibility for something 84 Easter flower 92 Spot’s jingler 93 Tennis player Edberg 96 Fava — 97 Catch sight of 98 Dressed for a ball 99 Serve, as at a restaurant 101 Concluding musical parts 104 “You, over there ...” 105 Dayton locale 107 Horse foot 108 — Reader (eclectic quarterly) 110 “Oh, sure!” 111 Part of a vase 113 Alaska city 114 Revise text 115 “ER” folks 117 Marshall Plan prez 118 Swallowed 119 Big success 120 Overly