PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE

LOVE OF SOLVING Average time of solution:

67 minutes #2,074

ACROSS

1 Picked instrument

6 Type of small grocery store Blobby light source Viva voce Spoil, as “my parade”

Roast joke

Like baggy clothes Winter wreath ornament Gave away temporarily Money, informally Jagger of the Stones “Raggedy” doll Monty Python tune about a logger Addams who created Morticia Quick attack Cover girl Macpherson “— gratia” (“by the grace of God”) Dwell in the company of Outer: Prefix

“— the Night” (2007 Joaquin Phoenix film)

Had to admit a goof-up “Behold!,” to Caesar Totally bummed out Stuff in a sty Avian hooters 12 20 21

22 23 25 27 29 30 31 40 41 46 47 50 53 55 56 58 61 63 65 66 72 75 76 77 81 87 88 91 93 94 96

98 99 101 103

104 108 110 111 112 116

Texas banner

Big twitch Safari sight Envoy’s asset “There — comparison” Chinese black tea with a smoky flavor Anita of jazz Env. notice Estrada of TV Ones staring Best Actress winner for “The Farmer’s Daughter” Grammy winner Bareilles

“And how!” German city on the Elbe

With 115-Down, “Piece of cake!” Web page Slacks

Extra charge Pea-souper in England Anticavity gp. Supreme Norse god “I love you,” to Luisa Jane in an 1847 novel

Go bankrupt, say Del.-to-Vt. direction Bakery treats Snootiness Noisy tigers

Cite famous people as friends 124 125 126 127

DOWN

1 Tennis need

2 Skin soother

3 Lunch hour

4 “Be right there”

5 Classic theater

6 Liverpool or Leeds native

Horse bit Morse bit Conundrum Of yore

Trig measure Slice (off)

Zoo attraction Gondola city Smart — (cocky sort)

Guitar riffs Year, in Brazil Roughly half of all adults Beginning to mature? Amusement Frightful dino Chilling Chaney Strong desire 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

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Method for calculating a quotient ... or what occurs eight times in this puzzle? Accepted, as conditions Made flush Maggot, e.g. Sailor’s dining place Shows as an “encore” Clifflike 37 38 39

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46 47 48

51 52 53 54 57 60 62 64 68 69

70 71 72 74 78 “Selena” actress, to her fans Nonalcoholic beer brand Georgia city near Atlanta Ornamental street tree

Bivalve mollusks Ask for moola Brand of skin care and cosmetics Turkey, e.g. Pleasant odor Do some yard maintenance Poet’s twilight Major battle Crude model of a despised person Choke up

Give the Ok Strong desire Big mil. alliance Dull, dark bluish-gray Decorative sewing case

Burlap bags Most cunning — uncertain terms Pricey liver spread Superhero creator Lee

Agcys., e.g. “Nifty!” Chum from way back

El — (treasure city) Vying venues uplift

Whirlybird blade Drawn-out battle Six-pt. scores Driver’s 180 Year, to Caesar Garnet, e.g. Ladd of “Shane” Shows lip-curling contempt Holiday tree “Orinoco Flow” vocalist Texter’s “I’m shocked!”

99 Carry to excess 100 Spanish explorer Hernando Grew vigorously, old-style Former Disney exec Michael Sword types Duck type Mosaic maker Autumn mo. Manicurists file them Divests (of) Ireland, in Ireland Be a drifter

See 89-Across “Rambo” setting, briefly

Era or eon “— Doubtfire” Fluffy lap dog, for short

Safari sight Safari sight 79 80 82 83 85 86 90 92

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