Premier Sunday Crossword September 5, 2021 Answers

1. Crux 9. Denver gridders 16. Butte relative 21. 1990s Oldsmobile 22. “Downhill” star Novello 23. Going just the way one begged for it to go? [Curry] 25. Medieval peon 26. Scrawny 27. Former Common Market abbr. 28. 35mm camera abbr. 29. Uruguay’s — del Este 30. Tarzan actor Ron 31. Palme — (prize at Cannes) 33. “You could hear — drop” 37. Property appraiser 39. Rabbit action 40. Reputation as a great pilot? [Salonga] 42. “You’re on!” 46. Be a snitch 47. Fleeceable females 48. Late-night host Jimmy’s collection of TVs? [Zadora] 50. Kissing target 52. Martini liquor 55. Tire trouble 56. Leafy recess 57. Proscribe 58. Hot-air bath 60. Tokyo cash 62. “Happy Days” actor Scott 64. Luggage-screening official, for short 67. Headline after a Harley stalls? [Meyers] 71. Waits on hand and foot 73. Not yet final, legally 74. Family guy 75. Lincoln-to-Topeka dir. 78. Surrounded by 79. ’16 Olympics site 81. Group of sub-sub-athletes 83. Retort to “You weren’t!” 84. Tear 85. Bit of change 87. Comparably dense to the one here? [Arden] 89. Bamboozle 91. “Later!” 93. Guaranteed-to-succeed 94. Weep while excavating fossil fuel? [Ortiz] 99. Ballplayer Ripken 100. It’s turned to go in and out 101. Designer Saarinen 102. Buddhist sect 103. Rep.’s rival 107. “Angie” actor Stephen 109. “No more seats” abbr. 111. Mrs., in Madrid 112. Take — view of (frown on) 113. Cook another egg after cooking a dozen? [Tarbell] 119. French film theater 120. Demigods 121. Traditional Chinese drink 122. Saloon casks 123. Not too soft, as pasta 124. 2014 Ben Affleck thriller that would make a good alternate title for this puzzle

1. Cabinet wood 2. Ear-relevant 3. Twisted wit 4. Nape’s place 5. “— found it!” 6. Female rabbit 7. Marine duck 8. RandB singer India.— 9. Valise, e.g. 10. Rival of LG 11. “Ex’s and —” (Elle King hit) 12. Light bites 13. Bottom level 14. Exceed, as a proper limit 15. Bummed out 16. Treats badly 17. Nevertheless 18. In a sense 19. Kennel noise 24. Raleigh loc. 29. Certain toy dog, for short 31. Knucklehead 32. Sign of total acceptance 34. Longtime New Yorker cartoonist 35. March day to “beware” 36. Packers’ org. 38. Tools with teeth 39. Go no further 40. League 41. Pueblo pot 42. Uncertain 43. Narrative 44. Like desks with sloping covers 45. Intrinsically 49. 1930s-’40s pitcher Newsom 51. The “I” of ILO: Abbr. 52. Question asked while covering someone’s eyes 53. Hotel cousin 54. “King” Cole 57. Singing group for lads 58. Verbalized 59. Get riper 61. Arctic floater 63. French “here” 65. Crooner Neil 66. Unwillingness to yield 68. Cackling bird 69. Singer Amos 70. — Field (Mets’ home) 71. Uber arrival 72. Pal, in Paris 76. Je ne — quoi 77. “To be,” to Augustus 80. Cuzco native 82. “Behold,” to Augustus 83. “— never fly!” 85. Tribal bunch 86. Holliday-Earp gunfight site 87. Docile 88. Lee of Marvel 89. Some ancient warships 90. Pen fillers 92. Dot in la mer 94. Dated music display case 95. Band gofer 96. Joining, as oxen 97. Fell in line 98. Light bite 102. Mark-leaving swordsman 103. “— know it!” 104. Set foot in 105. Taj — 108. “Look — now!” 110. Diana of “The Avengers” 111. China’s — Xiaoping 113. Rx org. 114. Sweetums 115. Suffix with exist or differ 116. Philosopher Lao- — 117. Half of twenty 118. Wide shoe width