SUNDAY PREMIER CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Covered decoratively, as walls
8 Info to input
12 Bygone rival of Delta 15 Widespread
19 More foam-filled 20 “My turn now” 21 Wrestler Flair 22 English prep school 23 “Assuming this is relevant … ”
25 Very angry
27 “Illmatic” rapper 28 Large burden 29 Farthest down
30 Chop to bits
33 Far enough not to be in danger
38 Unlock, in verse 39 Rocket interceptor, in brief
41 Truncates
42 Corp. VIPs
43 Covert org.
44 Easy victory
46 Beer barrel
47 Heats a little
48 Pricey plane section 52 “Yes, that’s what I said” 56 Figure skater Kulik 57 Boston basketballer 59 Beginner, in slang 60 Jazz wailer
61 “Maintain self-control!” 66 “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” actress Georgia 67 Bridles
68 1924 Edna Ferber novel 72 Become a queen, as a princess 79 Commercials 82 Kingdom in Genesis 83 “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” character Nivens 84 German city on der Rhein
85 Test the suitability of 89 Advice that may calm someone
91 Clingy wrap
92 Pro at CPR
94 In _ (in its original place)
95 Summer, in Soissons 96 Writer Bagnold
97 Set in motion
102 Kylo of “Star Wars” 103 Atmosphere
104 2008 novel by John L. Parker Jr.
107 Helsinki natives
109 Sounds 110 Head, in Nice
111 Hairstyles
112 Camps in the wild, e.g. 115 Subject of the adage formed by the starts of nine long answers in this puzzle
120 Tot’s query
121 Observe
122 District
123 Plane pilot
124 Boatloads
125 Singer Rita
126 Covert “Hey!”
127 Belt holes
DOWN
1 Tire pressure meas.
2 “_ Wiedersehen” 3 PalmPilot, e.g., in brief 4 Channel for college sports
5 Split to bits
6 Wiggly fishes
7 Soft & _
8 Singers Ross and Krall 9 Attack from hiding 10 City south of Topeka, KS
11 Gibbon, e.g.
12 Old TV tube 13 Beneficial to both sides 14 Entry
15 Patronize Hertz or Avis 16 TGIF’s “I”
17 Enemy
18 Terminate
24 Military bed
26 Virginia hrs. 29 Terminate
30 Trust (in)
31 20th Greek letter 32 Splitting
33 Magic charm
34 Glenn of the Eagles 35 Quiz whizzes, perhaps 36 Key next to a period 37 Newark’s county 40 Lawn bowling variety 45 Soft mineral
47 Indiana river
49 Fills totally
50 Gawk
51 Fathered
53 Linking word in Leipzig 54 “Hath _ sister?”: Shakespeare
55 “That’s icky!” 58 Detailed evaluations, in brief
62 Affix with paste 63 Bidirectional, as a door 64 Tartrate, e.g.
65 Thom of Radiohead 69 Using logical operators 70 Using Nero’s language 71 Kids of boomers 73 Nav. officer
74 Bus. firms
75 Bygone U.K. record label
76 Old Hollywood’s _ Code
77 Whole
78 Fed. bond
79 Sailing
80 Partner of Sturm 81 Iraq neighbor 86 Appearing gradually, as a film scene
87 Sixth Greek letters 88 Arab chief
90 Flee fast 93 Torn clothes
97 “True indeed” 98 More prying
99 Cold brew, informally 100 “But wait, _ more!” 101 Really vexes
105 Japanese dance-drama
106 “No kidding!”
108 Violinist Stern
111 “Whip It” rock band 112 TV brand
113 Granola tidbit
114 Party card game
115 Mushy food
116 Ryder vehicle
117 To the _ degree
118 Iowa college
119 Trauma ctrs.
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