Premier Crossword: Legal Thrillers

ACROSS

1 Highest roll of a single die 4 Peak in Thessaly 8 Freaks out 15 Subjective paper piece 19 Never dying 21 Kind of cherry named for its shape 22 — sci. (coll. major) 23 Scaled-down symphony group [1994] 25 Mallorca, por ejemplo 26 “King” primate 27 Writer Ferber 28 Anti-bias job agcy. 29 Gown fabric 30 Program interacting with a remote server [1993] 34 Bygone times 38 Nurtured 39 Kids’ song with French lyrics 40 — to go (gung-ho) 41 “It’s ch-chilly!” 42 Whimpered like a baby 44 Place to disclose sins [2010] 48 Coinage for something with no name 53 Beginning on 54 “To — much is given ...” 55 Nantes’ river 57 Sets of points on graphs 58 Shallowest Great Lake 60 Waltz or tango [1997] 63 Itinerant band member, say 66 State after wedlock 68 Having more seepage 69 Panels that may reverse decisions [2008] 71 Melody 72 Jungle roarer 73 Ouzo flavorer 74 Exact lookalike 76 Brand of rodent killer 80 Horse-man of myth 83 Greeting act conveying confidence [1991] 86 First-rate 88 Flub it up 89 Actress Shire 90 Plant snugly 94 — -cone 95 Junk email sender 97 Samoan peak famous for trapping clouds [1995] 101 Italian port 102 Exactly 103 Money won in a game of dreidel 104 Claudius I’s successor 108 Getting the job done 109 What the first word of each of seven answers in this puzzle is, when preceded by “The” 113 Stun with a charge 114 Canceled by crossing off 115 Revising, as text 116 Bishops’ jurisdictions 117 Prescription amounts 118 Berlin article 119 Meadow

DOWN

1 Ailing 2 Texter’s “If you ask me” 3 Mutant Marvel superhero 4 Celestial ball 5 Like a cold, hard gaze 6 Manhattan eatery since 1927 7 Isolated 8 Ad — committee 9 Hatchet part 10 Ram or ewe 11 “The Fox and the Crow” storyteller 12 Tabby’s scratcher 13 Bobby of hockey 14 Venus Williams’ org. 15 Sedative drug 16 Sticky little sheet 17 “Mama” Cass 18 Actress Wiest 20 Texter’s “Yikes!” 24 Bolted to escape 29 Riyadh native 30 Sugar source 31 Shore flier 32 “Not yet sure what my answer is” 33 Director Joel or Ethan 34 Killer whale 35 Neighbor of Myanmar 36 Early James Bond foe 37 Not similar 41 Dust jacket writeup 42 Demi and Dudley 43 Departs 45 Cupcake flourish 46 That lady 47 Less spicy 49 Honey-coated Easter entree 50 Anderson of “WKRP in Cincinnati” 51 Cicero’s “Lo!” 52 Cake layer 56 ICU workers 59 Actor Stephen 60 Iran’s former name 61 Ball-shaped 62 Put on, as an outfit 63 After-bath powder 64 Andy Taylor’s boy 65 Sitting atop 66 Suffix with ball 67 Innocent types 70 President before Donald 71 Shallow pan 74 Swarms 75 Huge conflict 77 Sedate 78 Steinbeck migrant 79 Close 81 In — (more than sleeping) 82 Arm bone 84 Eatery list 85 Baseballer Musial 87 Is really mad 90 Grain fungi 91 “Watch Me (Whip/— )” (2015 hit) 92 “Apollo 13” actor Gary 93 Bills worth 100 bucks 94 “You got that right!” 95 Meat in a sub 96 Coal-mining guys 98 MMA fighter Rousey 99 Armageddon nation 100 Little laugh 104 Silent “yes” 105 Like villains 106 Russo of film 107 Gymnast Korbut 109 Elly May Clampett’s pa 110 Good Grips kitchen brand 111 “— a trap!” 112 Ark.-to-ill. dir.