SUNDAY PREMIER CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Knee, elbow or shoulder problem
9 Pop’s Easton
15 Koranic faith
20 Make hostile 21 “Omoo” writer Melville 22 Cheese, in Chihuahua 23 Instruments such as maracas and congas 25 Slow-moving mollusk 26 “Little” girl in “Hairspray”
27 Comment just after waking
28 Certain Fed
30 “Nuts!”
31 Angsty rock subgenre 33 Loose-skinned citrus fruit
38 Upper-left PC key 41 Anxious condition, for short
43 Tranquillity
44 City in Ohio
45 Famed ethnic fighters 49 Uncool character
51 Big melees
52 Pop’s Celine
53 See 130-Across
54 Gas brand in Canada 58 Speller’s clarifying words
59 Mrs., in Essen 60 Rembrandt, Vermeer or Hals
64 Hush-hush
66 Horse father
67 Like galaxies
68 “Well now!” 70 Alternative to
Kool-Aid or Hi-C
74 One or more 75 Israelites’ Promised Land
77 Makes illegal
78 To a great degree 80 The Bollywood film industry
83 “Ask __questions …” 84 Self-motivation mantra 87 Snow vehicle 88 Bumped into
89 “Je t’__” (”I love you,” in Paris)
90 Tranquillity
91 Skip off to the altar 94 Adar, Nisan and Tishri 97 Flax-colored
100 Precious
101 Pine- __(disinfectant) 102 Match unit 103 5 and 10, but not V and X
108 Rejections
110 Short note
111 Bandleader Arnaz
112 LAX listings
114 Gp. for people 50 and up
118 Intermingle
120 Apt directive for solvers of this puzzle
125 Debate topic
126 “Pata Pata” singer Makeba
127 Frat party dispensers 128 Make fun of
129 Mystery
130 With 53-Across, section of the northern Atlantic
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1 Indonesian island 2 Mongolia’s __Bator 3 Baptism or matrimony 4 Expropriate
5 Rustic hotel
6 Pudding thickener 7 Bullet point
8 Blood fluid
9 Mu __shrimp
10 “__So Fine” 11 Lifesaving sites, in brief 12 Political exile
13 2020 U.S. Open winner Osaka
14 Former U.N. chief Kofi 15 Mensa stats
16 Most fancy duds 17 Found out, to Brits 18 Italian cheese 19 Liquefied by heat 24 IRS hiree
29 Central point
32 Cuts, as a lawn
34 Sign gas
35 __es Salaam, Tanzania 36 Pack-carrying equine 37 Actress Issa or Charlotte
38 Blogger Klein
39 “Je __” (“I am,” in Paris) 40 Decorative enamelware
42 “Celebrity Rehab” host 46 __Reader (magazine) 47 Rodeo lasso
48 Debt note
49 Jan. preceder 50 Infant’s cry
53 Stair part
55 Lost tabbies
56 Oscar winner Penn 57 Paris airport
59 Swiss money 60 Entertainer Ross or Rigg
61 Banquet liquid holders 62 PC shortcut
63 Tennis’ Arthur 65 Indian tea
66 Old Thailand
68 Folkie Phil
69 Hard rain
71 “Likely story!”
72 “I volunteer!”
73 “I haven’t gotten word yet”
76 Extra benefit
79 Legal claim on property
81 Little demon 82 Originally named 83 Former space station 85 Nagging pain
86 Bird’s refuge 89 “__-Ca-Dabra” (1974 hit song)
90 Sport played on horseback 92 Maui gift
93 Like much music of the ’90s
94 Bit of a giggle
95 Corn serving 96 Godzilla or Grendel 97 Stratagem 98 Ultimatum ending 99 City near San Diego 100 Mendeleev who created the periodic table 104 Self-description after a lifestyle change
105 Runner Bolt
106 Zodiac lion
107 Ticket ends
109 Decaf brand
113 General site
115 A long time
116 Floor decor
117 Mexican money
119 Inferior grade
121 Smoked thing, for short
122 Omelet meat
123 Sumac of song
124 Assoc.