SUNDAY PREMIER CROSSWORD
Across
1 The United States’ landmass, with “the” 9 Rafter’s challenge 15 Shul scroll
20 Another similar thing 21 Barack and Michelle 22 Give the slip
23 Like babies who throw tantrums when you try to put diapers on them? 25 News outlets
26 RBI or ERA
27 Film lead-in to “Cop” 28 Photo _
29 More nimble
30 Trellis climber 32 Having a sore mouth from working long hours at a kissing booth? 36 Joint a sock often covers
39 Chipped in, in poker 40 Beckett title character 41 Intense fire used as an energy source?
46 Pie _ mode
49 Abbr. on a road map 50 With 44-Down, decay of building timbers 51 Colon part 52 Communist Joseph 55 Egyptian god of the dead
57 Declaration while pointing at a group of workers on strike? 62 Scent sensor 63 George at Gettysburg 64 Airy melody 65 Statement when you’re nearly ready to complete a collage? 72 The “A” of “A-rod” 73 Depart
74 Air out
77 Mesmerizing horse movement? 83 Limb-bending muscle 85 Is theatrical
86 Pod item
87 Color grade
88 Actress Gasteyer 89 Tangle of hair 90 Inherent hanging-down position? 96 Seaworld whale, once 100 Fake identity
101 Fuels (up)
102 “It won’t hurt to snoop a little!”?
107 Body of eau
108 Kind of acid in vinegar 109 Debt note
110 Architect Saarinen 112 “Slung” food
116 St. _ (Caribbean getaway)
117 Hassle of tracking down a missing retirement payment? 121 Vintage song
122 Stress
123 Spiritual self
124 Foundations
125 Peanut butter cup brand
126 Bread browners
Down
1 Cobra types
2 Castle ditch
3 Avenger Peel
4 Lizard, e.g.
5 British verb suffix 6 Indian dish
7 Height: Prefix
8 The whole _
9 King, in Caen
10 Belly muscles
11 Jean _ (perfume brand)
12 Windows ad catchphrase
13 Language of Copenhagen, to locals
14 New jet in ’68 15 Worked as an office sub
16 Carry too far
17 Howard Stern’s area 18 “Bye, Brigitte”
19 Bodily pump 24 Conductor Georg 29 “Every seat sold” abbr. 31 “La Traviata” composer 33 Spy novelist Deighton 34 Shareable PC file 35 Vainglory
36 Chef’s tie-on 37 “Untrue!”
38 Maryland congressman _ Mfume
39 Even a bit of
42 Taxing gp.
43 Mag bigwigs
44 See 50-Across
45 High degree 47 Falsification 48 Cookout pest
52 BBQ rod
53 Mosaic piece
54 On the go
56 Withdraw
57 _ Aviv
58 Deli meat 59 Foofaraw
60 Model S car 61 Otherwise
63 Long skirt
66 Balm plant
67 Meshes
68 A fifth of fifty
69 D.C. donor
70 Abbr. on a road map 71 Dallasites or Houstonians
75 _ word (single-occasion coinage) 76 Plate holders
77 Skirt edge
78 Diva Sumac
79 Broken bits of ceramic material
80 Tax doc. pro
81 House animal 82 Novelist Santha Rama _ 83 Festivity
84 Pigeon perch
87 Males
90 Rapa _ (Easter Island) 91 Solar beam
92 Frazier foe
93 Sheet fabric 94 Website visit unit 95 Pilot Amelia
97 Actress Mcdaniel of “Gone With the Wind” 98 Comes up
99 Nero’s 2,100
102 Bigwig
103 Florida city
104 “Uncle!” crier, perhaps 105 Explorer _ de Le—n 106 Stratagems
107 Disney film of 2016 111 Nevada city
113 Highest point
114 _ -Pei
115 Mama birds
117 Golf average
118 Ending for opal
119 Extra NBA periods 120 _ Plaines