PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Bucolic

9 Break away formally

15 Lazes about

20 Out of prison conditionally

21 Brand of infant formula

22 “— vincit amor” (“Love conquers all”)

23 Try to get the job done

24 “The Grass Is Singing” novelist

26 Falco of “Oz”

27 Bonding stuff

29 Peeving

30 O or Elle, e.g.

31 Original host of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”

35 In a calm way

37 Bellhop’s employer

38 Ultimate

40 Actress Hagen

41 They suffer for what they believe in

45 First lady who wrote “American Grown”

52 Self-confident declaration

53 Zilch

54 Ugly plants

55 Stuff oozing down a trunk

56 She sang “I’ll Be Missing You” with Puff Daddy 60 Skewed view

61 Unicycle part

62 Trout feature

63 “— go bragh”

64 Makes taboo

65 Sister chain of Marshalls

67 Art collector who founded a Manhattan museum

72 Daisy parts

74 Nets or Nats

75 Daily opinion page

76 The Monkees’ “— Believer”

79 Since

80 Like lingerie

81 She played Kerry Weaver on “ER”

84 Hertz offering

85 Actress Keanan of “Step by Step”

87 Transmitted

88 This plus that

89 George C. Scott’s “Taps” co-star

92 Certain stream of particles

95 N, S, E or W

96 — de mer

97 Utility bill info

99 Waifish supermodel

104 Creator and star of FX’s “Atlanta”

110 Wall St. hedger

111 Remove a collar from, e.g.

113 Musk of SpaceX

114 Co. transfer

115 Luminaries like the eight featured in this puzzle? (hint: look at their first few letters)

118 Took off on

121 Pacific island nation

122 Dubbed

123 Greatness

124 Some female singers

125 Refuges

126 Goes along with humbly

DOWN

1 Strength

2 Battery pole

3 Small shoot

4 George who played Sulu 5 Singer Rita

6 Get decayed

7 Touches down

8 Leave alone

9 Second half of a single

10 “— Beso”

11 City about

50 miles west of Athens

12 Arab leader

13 Casino chips, e.g.

14 J.R. Ewing’s mother

15 California city near San Jose

16 Meditation syllables

17 Japanese cartoon art

18 Ultimate

19 Drooping

25 Invested (with)

28 Funny Tracey

32 Timid

33 “— favor”

34 Old Andean

36 Eatery bill

39 Chopping with an ax

41 Peeve

42 Brazilian berry

43 Cloudburst

44 Blasting aid

46 Passports, e.g.

47 Rent

48 The, in Paris

49 Area south of the Black Sea

50 Karl with a manifesto

51 Zenith

53 Manipulation of matter on a tiny scale

57 Satan’s home

58 God of love

59 Liveliness

60 Satchel, e.g.

61 “Eww, no more!,” in texts

64 Lazy type

65 Ellington’s “Take — Train”

66 Yoda is one

68 Klutzy type

69 Medication for acid reflux

70 Part of LGBT

71 “Fresh Air” airer

72 Postwar deal

73 Morales of the screen

77 Prefix with analysis

78 Pallid

80 Put in words

81 Feline sign

82 Occurring every year

83 Clippers’ org.

85 Provocation

86 Ruler’s seat

87 WWII battle city in France

90 Pindar poem

91 Frog-to-be

92 Sullied reputation

93 Yolk’s place

94 Business card no.

98 Slanted

99 Iota-lambda link

100 “That’s — shame”

101 Fastening rod with a crosspiece

102 Lazy type

103 Bulgarian capital

105 Essentials

106 Arrangement

107 Leaf features

108 Vote in

109 Roping event

112 Being seen via the small screen

116 Kung — shrimp

117 Wallet bill

119 Discharge from service, informally

120 Wallet bill