PREMIER CROSSWORD PuzzlE

#1,836 ACROSS 1 Theater districts 8 Friendly 15 See 44-Down 20 Based on logic, not fact 21 Retirement payment 22 Blossom part 23 Time when those people are most available? 25 Perk 26 Sweetie 27 Boggy area 28 Yoo- — (drink brand) 29 Detergent brand 31 Fighter of Frazier 32 Cain’s eldest son 35 Film parts 38 Boston fish 39 Got the title 40 Class that’s become stylish again? 43 Carpenter’s intent gaze? 46 Gobbling bird 47 Martini liquor 48 Old Pontiac 49 Idling sort 52 “Old man” 53 Big show featuring female horses? 59 Part of the conspiracy 61 Court hearings 63 Flub it up 64 Child of the ’60s or ’70s 65 Ancient Greek physician 66 Flubs it up 67 Singing syllable 68 Jai — (court sport) 69 Planetary center’s top and bottom? 74 Fillies’ feed 75 Where you live: Abbr. 76 Sioux City citizen 77 Central church areas 78 Golf club VIP 79 Certain sib 80 Kebab stick 82 Not moving 83 Reserve tire produced in Andalusia’s capital? 86 Gp. once led by Arafat 87 Rd. with a number 88 — Wayne (rapper) 89 Fillies’ feed 90 Disentangle again, as hair 93 Lay the blame on Mr. Flintstone? 97 What happens when a low-value playing card is micro-waved? 102 French Dada artist Jean 103 Weed whacker 104 Home of Italy 106 Make a goal 107 — Moines 108 QED part 110 PC-game “City” dweller 111 Early 1960s atty. gen. 114 China’s Sun — sen 115 Old numbing compound 117 Very unusual breeds of house pets? 122 Lyons’ river 123 Scrutinize 124 Be quite revealing 125 Having eaten enough 126 Malady 127 Pizzeria herb DOWN 1 Kind of 2 Galaxy rival 3 “Am too!” retort 4 Twice XXVI 5 Craggy peak 6 “Carmina Burana” composer Carl 7 Filly’s father 8 Chimp, e.g. 9 Net fabrics 10 Chant 11 “... old woman who lived in —” 12 Life, in brief 13 Uncouth sort 14 Fermi of physics 15 Leadfoot 16 — Luthor 17 Metropolis in Ontario 18 Pizzeria, e.g. 19 Stritch of “30 Rock” 24 Occur next 30 Full-size pickup model 33 Old PC part 34 Famed escape artist 36 Shout 37 Dips in pools 41 Suffix with bureau 42 Endorsed 44 With 15-Across, inclined 45 “Mazel —!” 47 Hair fixative 49 Settings for circus acts 50 Clueless 51 Associate of Stalin 53 Slight quarrel 54 More rash 55 Aired anew 56 Old flame 57 Most imminent 58 Port of eastern Italy 60 Suffix with 50-Down or 84-Down 61 Throw lightly 62 Aussie critter 66 “Silly” birds 67 Simeon I of Bulgaria, e.g. 68 Rent- — 70 Extract via a borehole, as oil 71 Hockey great Gordie 72 Ovine female 73 Buries 79 Moved like a snake 80 Garden shovel 81 Big jewelry brand 82 Felipe of baseball 84 Not in good health 85 Doe or sow 86 Highly toxic pollutant, for short 90 Sales agt. 91 Observers 92 U.K. TV network 93 Soundboard controls 94 Soul great Franklin 95 End result 96 Brought up 97 Daughter of Richard Nixon 98 Natives of Italy’s capital 99 Common Jesuit school name 100 2006 actionfantasy film 101 Begins, as a task 105 “I’m at your disposal” 109 Hailed ride 112 Burkina — 113 Tree knot 116 Tijuana-to-Phoenix dir. 118 Univ. dorm supervisors 119 Golfing peg 120 Anil or henna 121 First name among U.N. leaders