Premier Sunday Crossword May 5, 2024 Answers

1. Easy to carry 9. CFO’s deg., perhaps 12. Hacks off 16. U.S. soldiers 19. Priest, at a baptism 20. Alley- — 21. Pendant gem 22. Period 23. Medical operation led by a wizard? 26. Phone no. 27. Crusty treat 28. Harbinger 29. Make sharp 30. Toon skunk Le Pew 31. Bow shooter’s attention? 36. Manhole lid, e.g.? 38. — avis 39. Sad, to Sartre 41. City in western New York 42. Muscat native who regularly attends Mass? 47. Kia crossover SUV model 49. “— of the North” (1922 documentary) 50. Derivation of a word: Abbr. 51. Tax IDs 52. London or Leeds native 53. Onetime Texaco rival 55. Mined stuff 57. Turks and — Islands 62. Olive of “Popeye” 63. Grill residue 64. Like a cream-colored skeleton? 67. Make flush 69. Enclosed bill of fare? 72. Showed on TV again 73. Actor Silver portraying a guy escaping a burning building? 75. With 55-Down, “My treat” 77. And the like: Abbr. 78. Face-off participant 79. Elev. 80. Kismet 82. 152, to Cato 83. Remainder 85. 500-sheet paper unit 87. Comic Kevin 89. Roster in a mob film 93. Preparing to install a steam outlet? 95. One-off, as a committee 96. Vouch for 99. Writer Seton 100. Winter storm conditions? 102. Sort who doesn’t think before speaking? 108. Speak wildly 109. Litigant 110. Polite request starter 111. Pro-gun gp. 112. Soft and — 113. Feature of this puzzle (hint: string together the letters omitted from the starts of 10 long answers) 119. Lofty verse 120. Notion, in Nantes 121. Banquet dispenser 122. Irredeemable 123. Boise-to-Fresno dir. 124. Scottish loch 125. Mil. draft org. 126. Stays with, as an agenda

1. Vast plain of Argentina 2. Broadcast studio sign 3. Federer of tennis 4. Deadlock 5. “Life of Pi” director Lee 6. Gas grill meas. 7. Maui wreath 8. Hosp. trauma pro 9. In a demure way 10. Cap’n’s underling 11. “Much — About Nothing” (1996 “Simpsons” episode) 12. Sign off from a computer 13. Candor 14. Whittled 15. Devious 16. Settle a score 17. “Let me say it again ...” 18. Southern Italian city 24. Very tall bird 25. Letters after pis 30. Flag holder 32. “... unless I’m wrong” 33. City in Texas 34. “Star Trek: The Next Generation” actor Jonathan 35. Cereal grass 36. Singer Ocasek 37. Swift pirate ships 40. Border 42. In a plane, e.g. 43. Gymnast Retton 44. Dyemaking compound 45. “— So Shy” 46. Ear: Prefix 48. Like many ’90s albums 51. Actor Penn 54. — Tzu (dog) 55. See 75-Across 56. Dark bread 58. “— done it!” 59. “Thelma” novelist Marie 60. Big speech 61. Matching up, as files 63. Vampire Lestat creator 64. “So —” (“Very well”) 65. NHL’s Bobby 66. When la lune shines 68. Actor Gerard 70. Orderly 71. Rams’ org. 74. “— chic!” 76. Rent payer 80. Suet, e.g. 81. Roadie’s load 82. Suez, e.g. 84. Positions 85. Hi- — picture 86. Steps onto a subway, say 88. “River” New Age artist 89. Coiffures 90. Drivers’ licenses, e.g. 91. TV show created by Barbara Walters 92. Rob of “The Stand” 93. Edition: Abbr. 94. — -di-dah 97. Dissertations 98. Actress Garr 101. Digression 103. Author Rand 104. Relief sounds 105. Patella sites 106. Artist Max 107. “Midnight Cowboy” role 110. Bus. bosses 113. 60 secs. 114. Letters after mus 115. Decay 116. Prefix with dermis 117. Nov. follower 118. Type