Premier Sunday Crossword December 19, 2021 Answers

1. Requested 6. Mass helpers 15. Foil maker 20. Empathetic declaration 21. Steak lover, e.g. 22. Lounges idly 23. Italian developer of an educational method 25. Third month 26. “Two Years Before the Mast” star 27. Film director Craven 28. Family-style Chinese dish 29. Body design, in brief 30. The new girl on “New Girl” 32. French painter of “The Horse Fair” 36. Commotion 38. The “N” of USNA: Abbr. 40. “— never believe me!” 41. Rap’s “Dr.” 42. She played Abby Parker on HBO’s “The Deuce” 48. Cut with a light beam 49. Continuously 50. Cruel emperor 51. Troop’s group 52. Partners 53. Scenes 54. Title sorority in a 1985 film 56. Turkish cap 57. French friends 58. Smithereens 59. Onetime rival of Steffi Graf 65. Swimmer Thorpe 67. Disfigure 68. Calculus, e.g. 69. Made in the manner of 70. American Red Cross founder 73. Therefore 74. Fix, as a pet 75. Frigid 76. House pests 78. Spirited 79. Flub up 82. Sense by touch 84. Zeus’ wife 85. Singer Della 86. Fencing sword 87. She played Miss Ellie Ewing on “Dallas” 90. Gore- — (rainwear fabric) 91. Herb in pesto 92. Farm female 93. FedEx competitor 94. 1996-2002 “Saturday Night Live” cast member 97. Agra apparel 100. Band’s job 103. Guarantee 104. The, to Henri 106. “Velvet Fog” vocalist 109. Actor Falk 110. Comedian with the 1990 HBO special “Cats, Cops and Stuff” 114. Bel — (Italian cheese) 115. Resistance to alternating current 116. Hunter constellation 117. RBIs, e.g. 118. Engulfed by fire 119. It can precede eight first names in this puzzle to form the names of California cities

1. Get a lock on 2. Milan’s La — 3. Gold purity unit 4. St. Pat’s land 5. Bargain buy 6. Home 7. Advances, as money 8. Vietnamese New Year 9. Several 10. Lay away 11. Deep-voiced singer 12. Siouan tribesperson 13. “— out!” 14. — Lankan 15. Kind of nut 16. Averse 17. Criticized petulantly 18. “No question” 19. Some hardwoods 24. Part of MLB 28. Boxer Oscar de la — 31. Curs’ sounds 33. Add while mixing 34. Throat-clearing noise 35. Flock of quail 36. Dancer de Mille 37. Pappies 39. Boatloads 42. Piece of tile art 43. Zoo dweller 44. Eyeball part 45. India’s Gandhi 46. Be wobbly 47. Fog or steam 48. Lounge around 52. Fishnet stuff 55. Oven brand 56. “Good” or “bad” dietary intake 58. Bundle of joy 60. Cry upon arriving 61. Leading to something 62. Drank like a dog or cat 63. Go by 64. Give assent 66. Speed-of-sound ratio 67. Green stuff 71. Paddy crop 72. Like a tinny recording 73. City of ancient Egypt 74. Plants-to-be 77. Tobacco plug 78. Get set for surgery 79. Test versions of smartphone programs, e.g. 80. Vacant political position 81. Oil, in slang 82. High-speed 83. A Great Lake 87. Military post 88. Scans again 89. Artisans’ club 91. Rails in ballet 95. Invited one 96. Actress Page 98. “Duck —” (Warner Bros. short) 99. Zellweger of the screen 100. Body part often pulled by an athlete 101. “— buying it” 102. “Hero” actress Davis 105. Emailed junk 107. General — chicken 108. Other, in Oviedo 110. More, in a music score 111. Band blaster 112. News svc. 113. Vocalist Yoko