PREMIER CROSSWORD PuzzlE
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1 Neighbor of Rwanda 7 Only OK 11 Lucky mystique 15 Odist, e.g. 19 Bagel shape 20 “— Excited” 21 Baldwin of film 22 Duncan of education 23 Decorative window option 25 Grown-up eft 26 Dryer fuzz 27 Tendril, e.g. 28 Atop, to a 15Across 29 Washed-out 31 Slowly, on a score 33 Hurdle for a new driver’s-license applicant 38 See 24-Down 41 Wall St. news 42 Prefix with vision 43 Superhero film of 2015 44 Apple pic application 46 Bottom-row PC key 47 “— Miniver” 48 Mimics a wolf 51 Totem pole, essentially 53 Item in an election box 56 Ocean’s hue 57 Ocean’s kin 58 Cleveland cager, briefly 59 Subsides 60 Oxidizes 62 Upright height 65 Coach Riley 66 Pick up on 68 What can follow eight key words in this puzzle to get phrases meaning “permanent” 70 SSA part 75 City area, informally 77 Deny, as a fact 79 Mambo relative 80 “No, not true!” 84 Mine rocks 85 Bang into 87 Fix, as a cat 88 Vase inserts 90 Fixed goal 93 State, to Luc 94 Alias initials 95 Jacob’s first wife 96 Secondary 97 Venerate 100 Objectives 101 24-hr. cash source 102 Serpentine letter 103 Fancy wedding mailing 108 Frosh topper 109 Seedy loaf 110 Salem-to-L.A. dir. 111 It’s a no-no 115 Greek liqueur 116 White-dwarf explosion 119 Feature of a body-builder’s tummy 122 Dunkable cookie 123 Smack hard 124 Gofer, e.g. 125 Isis’ brother 126 “Freak on a Leash” rock band 127 In times past 128 Fulfill 129 Cloud layers
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1 Colorado natives 2 Alternative style to emo 3 Former BP gas brand 4 Not at all, informally 5 Classic cola brand 6 Count up 7 — mignon 8 Italian liqueur 9 Specific mag. printing 10 UFO museum city 11 Miracle food from above 12 Bullfighting yell 13 Hanukkah observer 14 Eighth of a circle 15 Tasty 16 They’re not facsimiles 17 Film scorer Morricone 18 “Grand” mountain 24 With 38-Across, deteriorate 30 Logger’s tool 32 Block (up) 34 Apple items with earbuds 35 Geeky sort 36 Rover’s planet 37 Foot section 38 Jean-Luc of the U.S.S. Enterprise 39 Light-blocking 40 Propulsion 45 Egg-shaped 46 Raccoon lookalike 47 Experts 49 “__ name it!” 50 Brand of fuel additives 52 “Gone” actor Bentley 53 “Lili” actress Leslie 54 Dolly’s calls 55 Fur tycoon on the Titanic 58 “Aw” inspirer 61 Certain oar 63 Longhair cat 64 Romanov bigwigs 67 Half a sextet 69 Neighbor of 36-Down 71 Tooth parts 72 Horn in (on) 73 Demeans 74 Parfait parts 76 Look out for 78 Talk shrilly 80 Cola cooler 81 “Tsk, tsk!” 82 Daydreamer 83 Matinée time 86 Prefix with faceted 89 Barely earned, with “out” 90 Rig on a road 91 Manhattan area 92 Most distant 95 Equipment for real-time viewing on the Net 98 Steve of rock guitar 99 “All the same ...” 100 Above zero 101 To __ (unerringly) 103 Nook reading 104 Prefix with physiologist 105 Beyond mad 106 Good point 107 Low point 112 Silents vamp Theda 113 Somber paper notice 114 Greek mount 117 Have 118 Carpet sweeper, briefly 120 Move hastily 121 UCLA part