SUNDAY PREMIER CROSSWORD
Across
1 Biblical boat of refuge 9 1971 Best Actor winner Gene
16 Sewing line 20 Classroom instructor, in Aussie lingo
21 Long South American river
22 Toothpaste container 23 Start of a riddle
25 Said aloud
26 Sleekly designed 27 Muscles to crunch 28 Persona non _ 29 Riddle, part 2 37 Special multi-book packages
38 Cyberauction site 39 Botching, with “up” 40 Travis of country music 41 Thick slice
43 Stare
44 Go gray, say
45 Riddle, part 3 51 Hall-of-fame Giant Mel 52 Debt slips
53 “Exodus” novelist Leon 54 Toe the line
58 Actress Liu
60 Angelina of Hollywood 62 Spiny lizard
64 Riddle, part 4 70 Third-place medal metal
71 24 in a day
72 Vid shooters
73 Ship out, e.g. 74 Menageries
75 Eerie sign
77 Celtics’ org.
80 Riddle, part 5 87 Innuendo queen West 90 Not common
91 Sgt. and cpl. 92 “Serpico” director Sidney
93 Herb in pasta sauce 95 Cruising
97 Egg hunt holidays 99 End of the riddle 103 Oscar-winning Berry 104 Prefix with angle or color
105 Compel
106 “_ and the Detectives” (old Disney film) 107 Riddle’s answer 116 Fall lawn tool
117 Interweaves
118 St. Patrick’s Day bar order 119 Went quickly 120 Store full of playthings
121 One of the men waiting for Godot
Down
1 Australian state whose capital is Sydney: Abbr. 2 Scottish interjection of surprise
3 “Eureka!”
4 Scorching
5 Lawn turf
6 Red Sox and Orioles’ div. 7 Construction bolts 8 Actress Knightley 9 Tilling tool
10 “_ longa, vita brevis” 11 Buzzy insect
12 Having rounded protrusions
13 Timid
14 Often-injured knee part, for short
15 Start to doze
16 Birds bringing bundles of joy
17 Russia locale
18 Easing off 19 Hodgepodge 24 Sanders’ title: Abbr. 28 Sticks with pasty stuff 29 “_ Subsequent Moviefilm” (2020 sequel) 30 Have life
31 Narrow land strip: Abbr.
32 _ pot (sinus-clearing apparatus)
33 Not fatty
34 Eases off
35 Union Jack and Old Glory
36 Exude slowly 37 Vitamin also called riboflavin
41 “Disco” guy on “The Simpsons”
42 _ Angeles
43 “Peer Gynt” composer Edvard
46 Particular specialty 47 Maja painter Francisco 48 Quiet spells 49 Moistureless
50 Track tipsters 55 Crotchety cry
56 Dir. opposite WSW 57 Turkey Day tuber 58 Wonder Woman player Carter
59 Brand of potato chips 60 Knightly fight 61 Word of joint ownership 62 14th-century Russian ruler called “the Moneybag”
63 Tiara stone
64 “NCIS” airer
65 State of rage 66 Whole bunch
67 “_ were the days!” 68 Seeks the love of 69 Cake froster
74 Goose eggs
75 Egg: Prefix 76 Partners of pas
77 Big Apple baseballer, for short
78 Some Afrikaners 79 Early P.M. times, in classifieds
81 Want badly 82 Pleading tyke’s query 83 First-class aisle seat on many planes
84 Rent- _ (temporary wheels) 85 “Frozen” queen 86 Reproving syllables 87 Partners of fathers 88 Tourist office handout 89 Long, twisty and slippery
94 Coagulated
95 Main arteries 96 Tattletale
97 Lawn tools
98 Nailed the exam 100 Turin’s land
101 Yes, to Fifi
102 Shaw of jazz
107 Ready to go
108 Rock’s Brian
109 Zodiac sign
110 Sci-fi gift
111 It’s S. of Leb.
112 “_ Na Na”
113 Evil woman in fairy tales
114 “Evil Woman” rock gp. 115 Sanders’ title: Abbr.