PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS 1 Gallery events for buying works 9 Acting in a Broadway show, e.g. 16 “High Voltage” rock band 20 Most calm 21 Exposed to danger 22 Shift course 23 112-Across, #1 25 German river 26 Toothed tonsorial tool 27 Punker/folkie DiFranco 28 French for “summer” 29 Trample (on) 30 112-Across, #2 37 Sidekick 39 Olds of old 40 Uplifting poems 41 “Go, toreador!” 42 Ultimatum concluder 44 Inedible orange type 46 Son of Adam 48 Timber tree 51 112-Across, #3 55 Ruhr industrial city 56 Pro Bowl org. 57 Former GI 58 Spay, say 59 Bring to court 60 Lorain’s lake 63 Paige of the stage 64 112-Across, #4 71 2006-12 Mexican President Calderón 72 Like seams 73 — room (Ping-Pong place) 74 Make right 75 Nothing 77 Skull section 78 Milk: Prefix 83 112-Across, #5 89 UV blockage stat 90 All 52 cards 91 Alarm 92 Turn around 93 Lemon 94 Be alarmed by 95 Tippler’s hwy. offense 96 — Paulo 97 112-Across, #6 105 Tiny skin openings 106 Place to buy tkts. 107 “Total Recall” director Wiseman 108 “It happens to the best —” 111 Be a drifter 112 This puzzle’s theme 118 Price to play 119 1970s cop show 120 Mechanic’s crowbar 121 Not brush off 122 Nothing-but-net sounds 123 Least lenient DOWN 1 “Hold on —!” 2 Nevada city 3 Ones quivering 4 — -Croatian 5 With 6-Down, Best Director of 2012 6 See 5-Down 7 Misisipi or Nueva York, por ejemplo 8 Wasp wound 9 N-R linkup 10 Modern, in Germany 11 Married Mex. woman 12 Bathroom floor installers, often 13 Supreme Court justice Samuel 14 “— while they’re hot!” 15 Joseph who cofounded an ice cream company 16 Indisposed 17 Tabloid topic 18 Prohibit 19 Set of beliefs 24 Espionage org. 29 Fish story 31 Firing crime? 32 Bog plant 33 Kvetch 34 Chisel part 35 Tolls, e.g. 36 Garden implements 37 With 78-Down, seventh-century pontiff 38 Eros’ father 43 Commit perjury 44 Bid 45 Pine- — 46 Log splitter 47 Comic shtick 48 Ludicrous 49 Script unit 50 Present 52 “Move — a Little Higher” 53 Nights of anticipation 54 Verve 59 “Isn’t — Lovely” 60 Relative of “speak” 61 Sudoku part 62 Place to stay the night 63 And other things: Abbr. 64 All upset 65 “Half — is better than none” 66 Skating area 67 Velocity increases 68 Kauai, e.g. 69 Obliterate 70 Lizardlike amphibian 71 Web pages for newbies 75 “Siberia” network 76 Really pester 77 Shake up 78 See 37-Down 79 Singer Garfunkel 80 Truce 81 “So long!” 82 Spread in the dairy section 84 Start over on 85 Totally lost 86 Chrysler line of the 1980s 87 Do field work 88 Santa — 93 Viewed to be 94 Blaze features 95 “Shoot!” 97 Winfrey of “Beloved” 98 Not a soul 99 Packing box 100 “Hogwash!” 101 Fetal homes 102 1970s foe of Frazier 103 Chaps 104 “Baywatch” actress Gena Lee — 109 Aliens’ craft 110 Shipped off 112 About half of a fluid oz. 113 Numerical suffix 114 Noshed 115 Repeated syllables in “Hey Jude” 116 Tantalite, e.g. 117 — -de-lance