Premier Crossword: Definitely Not Dickens

ACROSS

1 Lethal snake 6 Racecar sticker 11 “T.N.T.” rock band 15 Drug in “Brave New World” 19 Basic truth 20 Cheap, in adspeak 21 Letter carriers carry it 22 Eurasian border

river

23 Start of a riddle 26 Harden by heat 27 Negating word 28 Ellipses

29 Wide footwear

spec

30 Take off silent

mode

32 Goofs up

34 “Time — great

healer”

35 Pitcher Hideki — 37 Deep red 39 Riddle, part 2 43 Mommies

44 Hwy. felony 45 Easy throw 46 Shooters’ org. 47 Showy feather 50 Good buddy 52 Univ. lecturer 54 Underdog’s win 56 Riddle, part 3 61 Served perfectly 62 On in years

63 Set straight 64 Slander 68 Broadway’s —

-Manuel Miranda 69 Begin litigation against 70 Parenthetical comment 71 Gave grub to 72 Issa of HBO’S “Insecure” 73 Kooky guy 75 Dunne of film 76 With 86-Across,

totally wrong 77 Indication 78 Riddle, part 4 82 Cynically callous 85 Young lady

86 See 76-Across 87 Dentist’s filler 88 Enzyme name

suffix

89 Pre-1991 world

power 91 Antinarcotics org. 93 “Umami” taste

source

94 End of the riddle 102 “Oh! Carol”

singer Neil

103 Leaks slowly 104 Objective

105 Biz bigwig 107 Green gem sources 109 Third of July? 110 Sam of the Watergate hearings 112 “Dear Yoko” dedicatee 113 Lead singer of U2 114 Riddle’s answer 118 Novelist — Easton Ellis 119 Narrow street 120 Wall painting 121 Astronaut’s garment 122 Lawn patches 123 Cost of cards 124 U.S. soccer star Lalas

125 “— la vista, baby!”

DOWN

1 Michael of “Noises Off”

2 Part of OED 3 Small eatery 4 Aussie leaper 5 Arsenal stuff

6 Corrupt 7 Hygiene product company 8 Boston catches 9 Even one 10 Large intestine’s place, for short 11 One-celled swimmer 12 Feline pet

13 God, to Godard 14 “Tom — Jack Ryan” (TV series) 15 Compton, to Los Angeles 16 Speeches 17 Be positive 18 Hoppy brew 24 Bad things 25 Back area 31 Gauged 33 Totaled (up) 35 Debt memo 36 Residential area of a city 38 Pennsylvanie, par exemple

40 Max who played Jethro

41 Doing nothing 42 Children’s author Syd

47 Holy hymn 48 Saint — (Caribbean nation) 49 Capsize 50 Magnet part 51 Total (up)

52 Lion groups 53 Great anger 55 Many a shareable PC file

57 Small hill 58 Tools utilizing beams

59 “So Wrong” singer Patsy 60 Football’s — Beckham Jr. 65 Sans-serif typeface 66 Lava, beneath the surface

67 Tiny, to a tot 69 Ohio city on Lake Erie

70 Part of MFA

71 Fly like a bee 74 West of film 75 Mythical escapee of Crete 76 Stupefaction 77 Dollar bill

79 As well 80 Cotton-tipped stick

81 Menu, e.g. 82 Skull bones 83 City WSW of Raleigh 84 Numbed, as pain 90 Donna of Clinton’s Cabinet 91 Sheepskin, so to speak

92 UFO riders 93 Imitate 95 Seers’ cards 96 Sobieski of “Branded” 97 Editing mark 98 Auditory canal buildup

99 City in central Italy 100 Second book of the Bible

101 “Don’t admit to that”

106 — Rican 108 Comic Laurel 110 Raison d’— 111 Close by

113 Air gun pellets 115 Busy bug 116 Suffix with arm or mouth

117 Org. with U.S. secrets