Premier Sunday Crossword December 5, 2021 Answers

1. Vocalist Vaughan 6. Falsely present as genuine 12. Wizards-Magic matchups, e.g. 20. Brand of spaghetti sauce 21. Illicit moneylender 22. Legendary lost city of gold 23. Carjacking or kidnapping 25. Guys playing in central positions in team sports 26. Whirling, old-style 27. Vase variety 28. Disgrace 30. Major Dutch banking corp. 31. “I believe,” on the internet 32. Metabolism or reproduction 37. Places for petri dishes 39. Old Delta rival 40. Actress Anderson 41. Haul to court 42. Attempt to give a bias to news coverage 46. Bottom-line deficit 50. Ed of “Up” 51. With 98-Down, have a meal around noon 52. Bend in ballet 55. Playwright Jean 56. Burns’ “— Lang Syne” 59. Market condition that eventually “bursts” 62. Mammal with secretions used in perfumery 66. Vessel spar 67. Marked down 69. Geometric design used to calibrate a video display 73. Imbibe slowly 74. “Sakes alive!” 77. “Va-va- —!” 78. Boxes of toy building blocks 81. They patrol on horseback 85. Historic NYC club, with “The” 86. Wolf in “The Jungle Book” 87. About 88. Genre for Cardi B 90. Blown away 94. Made calm 96. President or prime minister 99. Billfold bill 100. Hawaiian isle 103. Neighbor of Arg. 104. Actor Brody 105. Chemistry trial, perhaps 112. Former NPR host Flatow 113. Slangy sleuth 114. Zapped with intense light 115. Social insect 116. Monastery musical piece 118. Pub vessel 121. “P.S.” comment ... or where the ends of eight answers in this puzzle might appear? 125. Mention quickly so as to minimize 126. A Chinese capital 127. Loosen, as a boot 128. Irremediable 129. Hams it up 130. Pit of a fruit

1. Tanning lotion stat 2. Aids for walking tours 3. Scarlet tanager 4. Old film critic James 5. Biblical peak identified with Sinai 6. Ending for eye or mouth 7. Fancy word for “kiss” 8. Little donkey 9. Round rubber gasket 10. Masc. opposite 11. Plaster painting 12. Kathmandu native 13. Zeppelin, e.g. 14. Not favorable 16. Still lifes, e.g. 17. Ike’s first lady 18. Utopias 19. Jukebox selections 24. Supreme Court’s Samuel 29. Solo of “Solo” 31. “Casablanca” heroine 33. Embrace fully 34. Not healthy 35. Surpass in firepower 36. Tabloid VIPs 38. Move furtively 43. Gunky stuff 44. Cry of cheer 45. Siouan tribe 46. Pos. opposite 47. Safe, in hardball 48. Give a convincing argument 49. Brews, as tea 52. Pre-coll. exam 53. Itemize, e.g. 54. Recon data 57. River of forgetfulness 58. Subpar grade 60. Savory taste of MSG 61. A beatnik may beat it 62. Partners of poppas 63. Disjoin, as a pair of oxen 64. Transitioned smoothly 65. Answers an invite 70. Honk 72. Fun activities, for short 75. Airing past midnight, say 76. — Island (Big Apple borough) 79. Mayberry boy 80. Yemeni capital 82. Poppa 83. — -Magnon 84. Unit of corn 89. Source of a purple fruit 91. Augmenting 92. Start to get tiresome 93. Witty Bombeck 95. Nation within a nation 96. Golfer Michelle 97. Hip-hop “Dr.” 98. See 51-Across 100. Mmes.’ counterparts 101. Wood cutter 102. Software revision, e.g. 105. Pack away 106. Violin cousin 107. Get frosty 108. Facilitates 109. Proportion 110. Lacking skill 111. Thees and — 117. Em, to Dorothy 119. Hurdle for some college srs. 120. “2 funny!!!” 122. Relatives, casually 123. “— a pity!” 124. Casual shirt