PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE

HAVING A ROLE TO FILL

ACROSS

1 Is worthy of

9 Ice cream shop treats 15 Glaringly sensational 20 Clear out of

21 Riga’s land

22 “Nadja” title role player Löwensohn

23 Start of a riddle 25 Fuzz-covered

26 Royal Middleton 27 Inflated head

28 Glimpse

29 Urge (on)

31 It may contain coffee 32 — -cone (icy treat) 33 More of the riddle 38 Chess pieces, e.g. 39 Seating tier

40 Officer led by Capt. Kirk 41 Equilibrium

45 Urge on

49 Novelist — Stanley Gardner

51 More of the riddle 57 Pipe bend

58 Prefix with byte 59 Mardi — (Big Easy bash) 60 Hi-tech special FX

61 — -rock (music genre) 62 “— Blu Dipinto di Blu” (1958 hit song)

63 Q-tips, e.g.

65 Jockeys’ garb

67 Like Mass officiants 69 More of the riddle 73 Really hungry

76 Really high

77 Twangy, as a voice 81 Yes, to Sartre

82 U.S. immigrants’ course 83 “Gross!”

84 Cookbook qtys. 87 Subdue with a stun gun 88 And the rest: Abbr. 89 More of the riddle 93 Departs

95 “Ad — per aspera” 96 Wash and iron 97 Attempt to convey

101 Stephen of “Ondine” 104 Hypothetical cases

105 End of the riddle

110 Cloaked

113 Inferior mag

114 Tiki bar necklace

115 Ending for pay or plug 116 Response to “Are you?” 117 Roseanne of “Roseanne”

118 “— Gold” (1997 Peter Fonda film)

120 Riddle’s answer

125 Pasta variety

126 — Alex (2005 Belmont Stakes winner)

127 Pupil-dilating alkaloid 128 Comic Johnson and Angels owner Moreno

129 Puts it forth as fact

130 Tailor

DOWN

1 Office fixtures

2 Aquafina rival

3 — Domingo

4 Nero’s “Lo!”

5 Regret

6 Jumbo tub

7 Early anesthetic

8 Pete of folk music

9 St. Pete loc.

10 Ranch rope

11 River romper

12 With — to (in hopes of) 13 It may contain coffee 14 Most wise

15 Running time

16 Ending with form 17 Undertow

18 Alongside each other 19 “Tell It to My Heart” singer Taylor 24 Chanel of perfumery 30 Wildebeest

33 Fender flaw 34 Disguised, for short 35 Small branch

36 German for “everyone” 37 Be litigious

38 Ghastly

41 Tiny pieces

42 Some

43 “The Practice” co-star — Flynn Boyle

44 Blunder

46 Dirt-digging journalist 47 Hog haven

48 “— tu” (Verdi aria)

50 — May (one of TV’s Clampetts)

52 Ship poles

53 “Dream on!”

54 Deform

55 Et — (and others) 56 Unyielding

64 Muscle power

66 Like plunging necklines 67 Rival of Coke

68 Lipitor and Zocor, e.g. 70 “Jiminy!”

71 Luau dance

72 Jabba the — 73 Filmmaker Nicolas 74 Salesperson in a car lot 75 Deputy ruler 78 Anti-DUI gp.

79 Tennis great Arthur 80 Look of lust

83 Mensa stats

85 D.C. VIP

86 Slowpoke

90 Jacques of French film 91 Delhi dress

92 Beer on “The Simpsons” 94 Test, as tea 98 Triple-time dances, in Paris

99 Ending for Siam or Milan 100 Big Japanese dogs

102 Kuwaiti ruler

103 Yoga poses

105 Big-band drummer Gene

106 In a high-minded manner

107 Singers’ clubs

108 19th U.S president

109 Overplay it

110 Custom

111 “Fame” singer Cara

112 Hair salon fixture

117 Conks

119 Ethyl ender

121 Out — job

122 Western tribe

123 Song syllable

124 “Splash” co-star Hanks