PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Posh parties
6 Lumberyard tool
12 Rd. crossers
15 Quick bite
19 Japanese film genre 20 Mob code of silence
21 — au vin (chicken dish) 22 Qualified
23 Milk or egg container in a precinct refrigerator? 25 Volcanic event
27 Bible book after Genesis 28 Strike zones, to pitcher Kershaw?
30 Hefty slice 32 White-coated Scottish terrier, for short
33 Ohio city whose residents all have messy mop tops? 41 It merged with Exxon in 1999
45 Studio alert
46 Off-course
47 Dalai —
50 Brian of electronica 51 Play spiritedly
52 People evaluating a central California city? 55 Wedding vow
56 Seder bread
57 Makes public
58 Suffix with million
59 Has a feeling
61 Shepherd of “Mr. Iglesias” 64 Conjunction with a slash 65 Appliance invented by the first U.S. president?
70 “A Bell for —” (novel) 72 Caged (up)
73 “24” actress Cuthbert 76 William who played Hopalong Cassidy
77 T. Rex, e.g.
78 — fatuus (delusion) 81 Longtime “Conan” airer 82 Rocker known for the loud crashing noises in his songs?
87 Flapjack chain, in brief 88 Aykroyd of “Soul Man” 89 Sty beasts 90 Beachgoer’s headwear 91 Phase
92 Occur next
94 Tactful reply when Churchill asked “Who dislikes me?”
96 Glorify
100 Mai — (cocktails)
101 Name of a labor union in a city south of Los Angeles?
109 Pressure felt at liftoff 113 “Sounds right to me” 114 Clara who collected cleansing cakes?
116 See 75-Down
117 — Father
118 Songlike
119 Cleo of song
120 U. of Maryland athlete 121 Born, in Lyon
122 Gave lip to
123 Actor Murphy
DOWN
1 Stare in awe
2 Strong as —
3 “— & Stitch”
4 In the center of a vessel 5 Not religious
6 Mythical bird
7 Apple line
8 Alternative to JavaScript 9 Madrid Mlle.
10 “This is not —” (warning to kids)
11 Desire
12 Act segment
13 Legal wrongs
14 Crouch down 15 “StarTalk” cable chan. 16 NYC theater award 17 ATM hole
18 Egg sources
24 Actor Morales 26 Fundamental
29 Have title to 31 Film director Ratner 33 Johnson of Britain 34 Battery pole
35 “Mo’ Money” star 36 Health expert on TV 37 Former BP gas chain 38 Shaggy ox
39 Blowup stuff 40 Ear-related prefix
42 Else
43 Opening lines
44 Aesop’s hare, notably 47 Actress Dern
48 Playful trick
49 Mothers
52 An obi is one
53 Standard
54 One-named New Ager 56 Prefix with -dermal or American
60 Wall St.’s “500” index 61 Big name in fuel additives 62 Weeding tool
63 Bring to a halt
64 Brings pain to
66 Cake coating
67 Taboo things
68 Mess up
69 Prince, e.g.
70 First five of 26 letters 71 Gold-medal swimmer Tom
74 Cable streaming app until 2020
75 With 116-Across, it has trembling leaves
77 Scooby- —
78 With a sharp image, briefly
79 Aussie “Hi!”
80 Abbr. on a food package 83 “— the rub!”
84 “General” on Chinese menus
85 Core
86 Half of dos
87 “Such a pity”
91 Sound from a cold sufferer 93 Maintenance
94 Natal lead-in
95 “Othello” foe
97 Illegal burning
98 Edition
99 Make a goal
101 Figure skater Katarina 102 Horrid giant
103 Regretful person
104 CEOs’ degs.
105 Law firm aide, for short 106 Baseballer Speaker
107 Siouan people
108 Schnozzola
110 Doping juice
111 Tot’s plea
112 Sword variety
115 Silent assent
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2023-03-22T07:00:00.0000000Z
2023-03-22T07:00:00.0000000Z
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