PREMIER CROSSWORD PUzzLE

ADDED WEIGHT by Frank A. Longo

ACROSS

1 Posh parties 6 Lumberyard tool 12 Rd. crossers 15 Quick bite 19 Japanese film genre 20 Mob code of silence 21 — au vin (chicken

dish)

22 Qualified

23 Milk or egg container in a precinct refrigerator? 25 Volcanic event 27 Bible book after

Genesis

28 Strike zones, to

pitcher Kershaw? 30 Hefty slice 32 White-coated Scottish terrier, for short

33 Ohio city whose residents all have messy mop tops? 41 It merged with

Exxon in 1999 45 Studio alert 46 Off-course

47 Dalai —

50 Brian of electronica 51 Play spiritedly 52 People evaluating a central California city?

55 Wedding vow 56 Seder bread 57 Makes public 58 Suffix with million 59 Has a feeling 61 Shepherd of “Mr.

Iglesias” 64 Conjunction with a

slash

65 Appliance invented by the first U.S. president?

70 “A Bell for —” (novel) 72 Caged (up)

73 “24” actress

Cuthbert

76 William who played

Hopalong Cassidy 77 T. Rex, e.g.

78 — fatuus (delusion) 81 Longtime “Conan”

airer

82 Rocker known for the loud crashing noises in his songs? 87 Flapjack chain, in

brief

88 Aykroyd of “Soul

Man”

89 Sty beasts 90 Beachgoer’s

headwear

91 Phase

92 Occur next

94 Tactful reply when Churchill asked “Who dislikes me?” 96 Glorify

100 Mai — (cocktails) 101 Name of a labor union in a city south of Los Angeles? 109 Pressure felt at liftoff “Sounds right to me”

Clara who collected cleansing cakes?

116 See 75-Down

117 — Father

118 Songlike

119 Cleo of song

120 U. of Maryland

athlete

121 Born, in Lyon 122 Gave lip to

123 Actor Murphy 113 114

DOWN

1 Stare in awe 2 Strong as —

3 “— & Stitch”

4 In the center of a

vessel

5 Not religious 6 Mythical bird 7 Apple line 8 Alternative to

JavaScript

9 Madrid Mlle. 10 “This is not —”

(warning to kids) 11 Desire

12 Act segment 13 Legal wrongs 14 Crouch down 15 “StarTalk” cable

chan.

16 NYC theater award 17 ATM hole

18 Egg sources 24 Actor Morales 26 Fundamental 29 Have title to

31 Film director Ratner 33 Johnson of Britain 34 Battery pole

35 “Mo’ Money” star 36 Health expert on

TV

37 Former BP gas chain 38 Shaggy ox

39 Blowup stuff 40 Ear-related prefix 42 Else

43 Opening lines 44 Aesop’s hare,

notably

47 Actress Dern 48 Playful trick 49 Mothers

52 An obi is one 53 Standard 54 One-named New

Ager

56 Prefix with -dermal

or American

60 Wall St.’s “500”

index

61 Big name in fuel

additives

62 Weeding tool 63 Bring to a halt 64 Brings pain to 66 Cake coating 67 Taboo things

68 Mess up

69 Prince, e.g.

70 First five of 26

letters

71 Gold-medal

swimmer Tom 74 Cable streaming app

until 2020

75 With 116-Across, it has trembling leaves

77 Scooby- —

78 With a sharp image,

briefly

79 Aussie “Hi!”

80 Abbr. on a food

package

83 “— the rub!” 84 “General” on

Chinese menus 85 Core

86 Half of dos

87 “Such a pity” 91 Sound from a cold

sufferer 93 Maintenance 94 Natal lead-in 95 “Othello” foe 97 Illegal burning 98 Edition

99 Make a goal

101 Figure skater

Katarina

102 Horrid giant

103 Regretful person 104 CEOs’ degs.

105 Law firm aide, for

short

106 Baseballer Speaker 107 Siouan people 108 Schnozzola

110 Doping juice

111 Tot’s plea

112 Sword variety

115 Silent assent