SUNDAY PREMIER CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Tasks
5 Witty remark 11 Pinnacles
16 Inaccurate
19 Sailing
20 Ablaze
21 Pinnacles
22 Money for the senior yrs.
23 Start of a riddle 26 Guided
27 Redeemers
28 Tally
29 Forest growth 30 Comics cry
31 Omitted, as a syllable 35 Used a scull
37 USN VIP
39 Riddle, part 2 44 Riddle, part 3 47 “Mayday!”
48 Take to the road 49 Neighbor of Georgia 50 Aroma detector 52 Stain-fighting toothpaste, e.g.
54 “Year One” director Harold
55 Gun, in slang
56 Asian “way”
58 “Three’s Company” co-star Suzanne 59 Aversion
62 User’s guide
64 Celtic language 65 Riddle, part 4
69 Je ne _ quoi 73 Incendiary felonies 74 Most frequently
79 Golf legend Palmer 81 Picnic pest
82 Lifelong pal, informally 84 Tiny hairlike structures 85 Not crying
87 Currency of Latvia 89 Gives the means
91 “_ dabba doo!”
92 Lick like a cat
94 Riddle, part 5
96 End of the riddle 99 Part of ROY G. BIV
100 A stage past embryonic
101 Protested unpeacefully
102 Gp. checking baggage 104 Actresses Jillian and Blyth
105 Joan _ (French saint) 108 Elliott of the New England Patriots 112 Permit to
113 Riddle’s answer
118 Maui garland
119 Bother a lot
120 Sprinted faster than 121 Prefix with byte or ton 122 Org. on a toothpaste box
123 Pre-Soviet rulers
124 Sneeze catcher
125 “You, over there …”
DOWN
1 Skull parts
2 Worker welfare org. 3 Rodent-built channel blockers
4 “Vexations” composer Erik
5 Churlish sort
6 Difficult task
7 Gridiron gp.
8 Prefix with term or week 9 Eye, to poets
10 Casual shirt
11 Tiered temples
12 Pale tan
13 “Preach it!” 14 “Sleeper” co-star Diane 15 Old fast jet, for short 16 Worker purifying petroleum 17 Breath-holding reef explorers, e.g.
18 Lose color 24 Bowl-shaped frying pan
25 Brand of PCs and tablets
29 Warship with three banks of rowers
31 Letters after els 32 Hotelier Helmsley 33 Otherwise
34 Huskies, e.g. 36 Expand on
37 Swiss _ (beet variety) 38 _ Lama
39 Math game with matchsticks
40 “I’m _ loss”
41 Resign from
42 Hearth waste 43 Succinct
45 Just slightly
46 Rips into
51 Coup d’_ (rebellion) 53 Dot of land in the ocean
55 Is given the chance to chime in
57 Darth Vader, as a boy 60 Hue 61 Roadwork goo
62 Eds. mark them up 63 ’80s sitcom
66 Took the gold
67 Poker stake 68 Deteriorate 69 Man-goat of myth 70 Where aid is urgently required
71 While not physically attending
72 Ice cream alternatives 75 Pen tips
76 “Phantom Lady” co-star
77 Prolonged attack 78 Zapped with a stunning weapon 80 Camel cousin
82 “DMZ” actor Benjamin 83 “_ is an Englishman” (“H.M.S. Pinafore” lyric) 86 Kind of 35mm camera 88 High coif
89 Furniture wood option 90 Bridal bio word 93 Avian mimics
95 Rock guitarist Barrett 97 Luau hellos
98 Ward for preemies
102 Decimal base
103 Be too thrifty
104 Spaghetti _ bolognese
106 Goat cheese
107 Miles away
108 Jacob’s twin, in the Bible
109 Region
110 Nest fillers
111 Exam for an atty.-to-be
113 Vietnamese New Year 114 Deteriorate
115 Anna of fashion
116 Non-earthlings, for short
117 “_ longa, vita brevis”