Premier Sunday Crossword September 22, 2019 Answers

1. Father 6. Gather 11. No. on a car lot sticker 15. Quaint letter salutation 19. Pool table fabrics 20. Large town, in Italian 21. Burn slightly 22. Purple fruit from a palm 23. Candid bow wielder? [Anne] 25. Green Hornet's valet 26. Lisa formerly of "The View" 27. Bread eaten at Passover 28. Gallic senior citizens? [Victor] 31. Subside 33. Earnest and solemn 35. D.C. VIPs 36. Four doubled 37. Ebony-colored card given on February 14? [Karen] 41. Stable scrap 42. Writer Ayn 43. Houston site 46. A Great Lake 50. Cry of worry 53. Precious gem that formed just recently? [Neil] 57. Port in Italy 61. Boot leathers 62. Chi preceder 63. Hueless Focus or Fiesta? [Betty] 67. Self-help writer LeShan 68. Butts in 70. Long-eared hopper 71. Undersized carriage with a fold-down top? [Martin] 77. University of Maine's town 79. Reply to "Are you?" 80. Annoyed small songbird? [Christopher] 82. PD alert 83. Mutiny 87. Pioneer in graph theory 88. Sweetheart prone to sulk? [Ron] 92. Sailor who flew on a roc 97. Absorbed by 98. Follower of "Co.," often 99. Little bit 103. The last Mrs. Chaplin 104. Showery 106. Robust artisan working in precious metal? [Oliver] 111. Venue 114. Byte lead-in 115. Brand of fake fat 116. Wee, in brief 117. British noble who feels no affection? [Patty] 121. Quartets doubled 123. Oratorio solo 124. "Der —" (nickname for Konrad Adenauer) 125. Clear quartz fashioned to look like a suitor's flower? [Billy] 129. Mets' clubs 130. In tatters 131. Tickle pink 132. Long-term con 133. Louver strip 134. ERA or HRs 135. Quick 136. Up to now

1. Very close bud 2. Eternally, in poetry 3. "Glitter rock" group 4. Sicilian spewer 5. "For shame!" 6. Circus tumbler 7. "Glee" actress Lea — 8. Pt. of NCAA 9. Pear waste 10. Actress Gilbert 11. Poet Rod 12. Razor feature 13. Hotel listing 14. U. lecturer 15. Slashed-price product 16. Pastry bag fill 17. Cowboy's workplace 18. Vision 24. 127-Down between Russia and Ukraine 29. Prefix with plane 30. Stephen of the screen 31. Spanish river 32. Boring 34. T. — 38. B-F linkup 39. "No" vote 40. General on Chinese menus 41. Stage prize 45. Total up 47. More stringy 48. Possible follower of "Psst!" 49. Menlo Park "wizard" 51. Grow mellow 52. Ring arbiters 54. Meat stamp inits. 55. Subtlety 56. Horned viper 58. Osaka drama 59. "— y plata" 60. "This is not —!" ("Red alert!") 63. Self-reflective question 64. Talk about ad nauseam 65. 1950 Asimov classic 66. Five doubled 67. Elegant tree 69. With 109-Down, unprocessed facts 72. "Mon Oncle" star Jacques 73. Actress Joanne 74. MSN rival 75. Employs 78. Suffix with audit or arm 81. — Lanka 84. Revise copy 85. Ryder vehicle 86. A maestro conducts it 89. In Maine 90. Doze off 91. Dude 93. — de plume 94. Removes via very hot water, as impurities 95. "No" voter 96. Writer Roald 100. Oxfam or Amnesty Intl. 101. Huge statues 102. Voted in 105. Twisty fish 107. Gung-ho 108. Writer Santha Rama — 109. See 69-Down 110. Fishhook lines 111. Hefty slices 112. Deep pink 113. Madonna musical 114. Groove for a letter-shaped bolt 118. Ingests 119. Old Chrysler 120. Bombeck of humor 122. Sextet halved 126. "I reckon so" 127. Body of water 128. Drop the ball