PREMIER CROSSWORD / SIX BELOW
ACROSS
1 Airplane walkway
6 Gentle pat
9 River delta deposit
13 Pixie or elf
19 Unhesitating and fast 21 Low-quality
22 Binds with string
23 Grew older with contentment and dignity 25 Very ardent
26 Fluffy scarf
27 Wiggly fishes
28 Perennially popular
hymn
30 Makes a leg warmer,
e.g.
32 Plow beasts
33 “— -Pan” (James Clavell
novel)
34 Shouts of discovery
35 Is wearing
37 Kept posted
39 Hair salon job
41 Growth theory subj.
42 Accumulate
44 Hdqrs. where officers
work
46 Red-carpet-walking
type
50 Liquid filling la mer
51 Fend off
52 Title detective of 1970s
TV
55 Give the boot
56 Prepared to do some
grilling
58 Tier
59 “I’m not that
impressed”
60 Egg-shaped
61 Musical ornaments
64 Place to play pool or
table tennis
66 Do the task flawlessly 69 Alternative to a 401(k) 71 Hogs’ home
72 Eye-irritating cleanser 74 1963 Johnny Cash
smash
76 Gush forth
77 Be in arrears
79 U.S. med. research
agcy.
80 Final toast of a meal
84 In the style of
85 Law-of-motion subject 87 Glistened
88 Historic span
89 Slowly, to a maestro
91 Island setting
92 “I love you,” in Spanish 93 Course of action 94 Hip about
96 Enter quickly
99 Film spools
100 Pupil’s place 103 Very big bird 105 Domino spots 106 Unsullied places 108 Complete disaster, in slang
111 Spinner in a
compass
112 Spinner in a
kid’s room
115 Surround with a
nimbus
116 1990s sitcom ... and what literally appears six times in this puzzle
119 Add to the mix,
maybe
120 British noble 121 Prayed before
partaking
122 Pole carvings 123 Eye irritation 124 Ovine female 125 Sun-related
DOWN 1 Part of UAE 2 “Othello” foe 3 Makes one’s
views known 4 Jar cover 5 Enter by sidling 6 Watch faces 7 Missile paths 8 97-Down insect 9 Foamed up 10 Honolulu palace name 11 Amusement, to texters 12 “Give this a whirl” 13 Low-end cigar 14 Radar sound 15 Put a new border
around
16 Basketball great —
Thomas
17 Mozart’s “Rondo
Alla —” 18 Fencing blades 20 Get in a stew 24 Sends via phone line 29 Streaming music
service
31 Prefix with disclosure 32 Give the boot
35 Boot part 36 Brazilian palm berry
37 Line of work
38 “Morning Edition” airer 40 HDTV maker
42 Pilot’s skill
43 Old Cougar carmaker,
in brief
45 FDR and HST’S party 47 Volcanic outflows
48 Praise heavily
49 Stomach
51 Decongestant brand 52 Gulf of — (arm of the
Baltic)
53 Just free of the
bottom, as an anchor 54 Film for which Holly
Hunter won an Oscar 57 Luminous
58 Spiral-shaped pasta 60 “Well, golly!”
62 Hide-hair link
63 “No seats left” abbr. 65 “Odyssey” temptress 66 Like twangy voices 67 Adequate
68 “That is ...”
70 Warm blanket
73 Jaw-dropping
75 As of
78 Prior to, in verse
81 Heavenly
82 River of Russia
83 Cooking vessels
85 Tiny particle
86 Road gunk
87 Six, in Seville
90 As surplus
92 Plains tent
93 Hogs’ home 95 Wyoming mountains
97 Collection of hives
98 Round shape
99 Corp. shuffles
100 “That is ...,” to Caesar 101 Head for hurriedly
102 Cry to a battlefield
medic
104 Impulses
106 Grammy winner Gorme 107 Scott in an 1857 court
case
109 Slender
110 Brothers’ group, in brief 111 Chew like a beaver
113 Kind of whale
114 British noble
117 Operate
118 Bushy hairdo, for short