PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Auxiliary professor 8 Nickname for baseball great Ruth Cultural value system High-fashion clothing Knows someone at the company, say Reluctant (to) “Wait, my rant isn’t finished ...” Private, as desires Agnus — (lamb figure)

“Cool beans!” Down dinner look lewdly 2018 war documentary directed by Peter Jackson Composer — Sebastian Bach Hamilton/Burr confrontation Era upon era Turndowns Stati — (America, in Italian)

Stage design la — Tar Pits Gp. opposed to leather

Made a habit of taking risks Actress Cuthbert French for “summers” 22 23

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Bible book after Micah

Dwell at —Ops (CIA mind games) Coffee holder In love

Big name in candy wafers 2011-13 Fran Drescher sitcom Give it — (try) Paris’ Champs- — Certain scanning device: Abbr.

St. crossers First book section Former u.N. chief Boutros Boutros- — Stool or pew Milk container Just a tiny bit Op-ed writer Maureen

Art of Erté Once existed Eldritch links gp. Canon camera brand

98 — part (role-play) 100 1996-2002 sports sitcom

Song phrase following “See you later, alligator” Amazes Daddy’s boy Prague citizen 59 61

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1 Mil. school

2 Finished

3 She won a Tony for “Hurlyburly” Stage actress Hagen

Pious sister Actor Hume of “Cocoon” Heads, to Henriette

Iota preceder Novelist Robbins N.Y. hours Cranky cry Singer DiFranco Stanford- — test Occupy

— lilly & Co. until this time 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Victor’s hand gesture Prefix with type or plasm What’s spelled out by the starts of six answers in this puzzle lot units Countering an attack by missile, e.g.

Pundit Huffington Hockey feints Fill with more inventory like soon-to-beunveiled tech 17 18 19 24 29 32 33 34 35 36

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56 60 62 65 66 68 69 “Just one moment” Verdi opera Tears to bits “Told ya so!” Recurring themes Detests Author Blyton Oil, informally Dweeb’s kin Cassini of 20Across

Quick quip Minty Kentucky Derby drink

— last legs (about to collapse) Biting turtle Ordinal suffix like so, informally Correo — (Spanish airmail)

— over (satisfied for the moment) “Movin’ —” (sitcom theme song) Tube prizes Brand of fruit drinks

Year, in Brazil Signs up Multilevel structure for Fluffy Suffix with chlor- or fluor

Model Cheryl “ER” or “CSI” Get a move on lead-in to “So sue me!” Caesar’s 202

N.C. State’s NCAA div.

“— Na Na” Toiling away Fetching Certain surrealist paintings

Eye maladies Funds

Sly — fox Tortoise’s top Calf product Caesar’s “Behold!” Campus mil. program Singer Halliwell underside of a dog’s foot liftoff stress Hebrew horn With 106-Down, North Pole surrounder

100 Cling (to)

102 Perfumer lauder

103 Absurd

104 Missouri’s — Mountains Toon pic

See 99-Down Kin of -ette Novelist Jennifer Pre-CIA gp.

“— a girl!” Fabric dye brand Retired NBAer Ming

Vote down “True —” (“Indeedy”) 72 73 76 77

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