Premier Crossword: Having A Role To Fill

ACROSS

1 Is worthy of 9 Ice cream shop treats 15 Glaringly sensational 20 Clear out of 21 Riga’s land 22 “Nadja” title role player Löwensohn 23 Start of a riddle 25 Fuzz-covered 26 Royal Middleton 27 Inflated head 28 Glimpse 29 Urge (on) 31 It may contain coffee 32 — -cone (icy treat) 33 More of the riddle 38 Chess pieces, e.g. 39 Seating tier 40 Officer led by Capt. Kirk 41 Equilibrium 45 Urge on 49 Novelist — Stanley Gardner 51 More of the riddle 57 Pipe bend 58 Prefix with byte 59 Mardi — (Big Easy bash) 60 Hi-tech special FX 61 — -rock (music genre) 62 “— Blu Dipinto di Blu” (1958 hit song) 63 Q-tips, e.g. 65 Jockeys’ garb 67 Like Mass officiants 69 More of the riddle 73 Really hungry 76 Really high 77 Twangy, as a voice 81 Yes, to Sartre 82 U.S. immigrants’ course 83 “Gross!” 84 Cookbook qtys. 87 Subdue with a stun gun 88 And the rest: Abbr. 89 More of the riddle 93 Departs 95 “Ad — per aspera” 96 Wash and iron 97 Attempt to convey 101 Stephen of “Ondine” 104 Hypothetical cases 105 End of the riddle 110 Cloaked 113 Inferior mag 114 Tiki bar necklace 115 Ending for pay or plug 116 Response to “Are you?” 117 Roseanne of “Roseanne” 118 “— Gold” (1997 Peter Fonda film) 120 Riddle’s answer 125 Pasta variety 126 — Alex (2005 Belmont Stakes winner) 127 Pupil-dilating alkaloid 128 Comic Johnson and Angels owner Moreno 129 Puts it forth as fact 130 Tailor

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1 Office fixtures 2 Aquafina rival 3 — Domingo 4 Nero’s “Lo!” 5 Regret 6 Jumbo tub 7 Early anesthetic 8 Pete of folk music 9 St. Pete loc. 10 Ranch rope 11 River romper 12 With — to (in hopes of) 13 It may contain coffee 14 Most wise 15 Running time 16 Ending with form 17 Undertow 18 Alongside each other 19 “Tell It to My Heart” singer Taylor 24 Chanel of perfumery 30 Wildebeest 33 Fender flaw 34 Disguised, for short 35 Small branch 36 German for “everyone” 37 Be litigious 38 Ghastly 41 Tiny pieces 42 Some 43 “The Practice” co-star — Flynn Boyle 44 Blunder 46 Dirt-digging journalist 47 Hog haven 48 “— tu” (Verdi aria) 50 — May (one of TV’S Clampetts) 52 Ship poles 53 “Dream on!” 54 Deform 55 Et — (and others) 56 Unyielding 64 Muscle power 66 Like plunging necklines 67 Rival of Coke 68 Lipitor and Zocor, e.g. 70 “Jiminy!” 71 Luau dance 72 Jabba the — 73 Filmmaker Nicolas 74 Salesperson in a car lot 75 Deputy ruler 78 ANTI-DUI gp. 79 Tennis great Arthur 80 Look of lust 83 Mensa stats 85 D.C. VIP 86 Slowpoke 90 Jacques of French film 91 Delhi dress 92 Beer on “The Simpsons” 94 Test, as tea 98 Triple-time dances, in Paris 99 Ending for Siam or Milan 100 Big Japanese dogs 102 Kuwaiti ruler 103 Yoga poses 105 Big-band drummer Gene 106 In a high-minded manner 107 Singers’ clubs 108 19th U.S president 109 Overplay it 110 Custom 111 “Fame” singer Cara 112 Hair salon fixture 117 Conks 119 Ethyl ender 121 Out — job 122 Western tribe 123 Song syllable 124 “Splash” co-star Hanks