PREMIER CROSSWORD PuzzlE
ACROSS 1 Guru’s practice 5 Pre- — (supplant) 9 Neighbor of Georgia 16 PC pic file 19 Bedouin, e.g. 20 Actor Max or Max Jr. 21 Situated at the bottom, as of the skull 22 Primo pitcher 23 Prisms, e.g. 25 Causing to go mad 26 Drink with crumpets 27 Region largely in southwest Poland 29 Big name in shapewear 30 Seating tiers 31 Bandit-seeking band 34 Future tense of “is” 36 Business agt. 37 “I smell —!” 38 Objecting to 39 Car-towing gp. 40 Kind of eclipse 42 Calm-inducing drug 44 Stop nursing gradually 45 Actress Dana of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” 47 Cilantro 49 Concept 51 Witty remark 53 Covetous types 54 Act furtively 55 Custodial tool 56 University URL ending 57 “Nana” actress Anna 58 Bull features 59 Wood cutter 60 Oscar-winning title role for Meryl Streep 62 Sandy stuff 66 Load to bear 67 Encl. to facilitate a reply 68 — Lingus 69 Med. nation 70 Second baseman Robinson — 71 Phnom — 72 Wearing old, torn clothes 74 911 VIP 75 Like old, worn clothes 76 “Criminy!” 78 Winner’s hand gesture 79 The, to Fritz 80 Hogs’ homes 81 Car tank insert 84 Like stars 86 Vacation destination 87 Takes out of a needle, as a filament 89 Cornhusk-wrapped dish 91 Year, in Italy 92 Sea god of Greek myth 93 Old-time anesthetic 95 Thanksgiving side dish 96 Not far from 97 1980s Chrysler line 98 Ga. hours 100 Big game venues 102 In a strange way 103 “— it my way” 104 Hauls (away) 106 Changed the label of 108 Millennia on end 109 Dewlap locales 111 Versatile 115 Fr. holy woman 116 Picks up on 117 After-bath powder 118 Slaty color 119 Danson of “Ink” 120 Bicolor 121 Do as told 122 Locality
DOWN 1 Bark shrilly 2 Gold, to Pedro 3 Lassie 4 Flock watcher in old Ethiopia? 5 Luxury Swiss watch brand 6 Cleared a path (for) 7 Pugilist from Xerxes’ empire? 8 Ski course “Scandal” network 109 Perfect-game pitcher Don Kin of PDQ
12 11 Superman’s evil “mirror image” Flaring dress
14 13 Bit of advice from a British crown dependency native? 15 Neighbor of Chile: Abbr. 16 Big name in sports drinks 17 Cold zero-calorie drink 18 Ones eating lavish meals 24 Go quickly 28 Woody of film 30 Really coming down (like it’s doing in this puzzle?) 31 Hocking site 32 Private chat 33 Not operated nationally, as a lottery 35 Volleyball player on Prime Minister U Nu’s team? 39 Barley bristle 41 Misbehave 43 Cover with concrete 46 Overdrink 48 Says no to 50 Says yes to 52 Bouquet 55 The folks 61 Research facility on Mount Everest? 63 Doled (out) 64 Not outer 65 Film with Buzz Lightyear 67 Traditional grub of Bangkok? 68 Gets old 73 Salt’s “Stop!” 74 Hard, yellow cheese 75 Mao — -tung 77 Sage mentor 81 Most crud-filled 82 Entertaining brief tale 83 Exerted great effort 85 Less typical 86 Sleep-stage acronym 88 Michigan city 90 Mississippi River explorer 94 Go quickly 99 Artist Andrea del — 101 “Swell!” 102 Not ’neath 105 Mexican nosh 107 Gray of R&B 109 Blasting aid 110 Cairo-to-Nairobi dir. 112 Mentalist Geller 113 — “King” Cole 114 Henna, e.g.