PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS 1 3.26 light-years 7 Smithies’ blocks 13 Mark with surface ridges 20 Wise goddess 21 Baby sock 22 Garden State capital 23 Money made by the poet who wrote “In a Station of the Metro”? 25 Lessees 26 Port on the Danube 27 “Just playin’ with ya” 28 Singer DiFranco 29 Bad-mouth 30 Fuel brand in Canada 31 Tirana is its cap. 32 Hound doc 33 Switchboard worker reached by the poet who wrote “The Bridge”? 36 Grid of fine lines in an optical instrument’s focus 38 Boxer Johansson 39 Aged, once 42 According to 43 Concerning 44 High-priority task 48 Holiday tree decoration hung by the poet who wrote “The Song of the Shirt”? 52 German car make 54 Cool, 1940s-style 55 Mix up 56 “No it —!” 57 450, in old Rome 58 Co. division 59 Caesar of old TV 60 Horror film lab helper 62 Puente of mambo 64 Promises 67 Business run by the poet who wrote “The Shooting of Dan McGrew”? 71 Most ventilated 72 Lovett of country rock 73 Give a title to 74 Pindar verse 76 FBI action 77 Koko, e.g. 79 Vigoda and Fortas 81 Having a bill 83 Novelist Packer 84 Soccer star 86 Caution given by the poet who wrote “The Road Not Taken”? 88 Amount of groceries, say 90 Busy as — 92 Adriatic, e.g. 93 Henri’s head 94 Off the mark 96 Compound with two or more amino acids 99 Food energy used by the poet who wrote “To a Mouse”? 103 Toronto-to-D.C. dir. 104 — Cruces 107 Irish Rose’s lover 108 Pats’ goals 109 Drink suffix 110 Enter 111 Noah’s boat 112 Tennis hitting technique 114 Marinara cooked by the poet who wrote “Aurora Leigh”? 117 Shifty 118 Fisher of fashion 119 Israel’s language 120 One of the 12 apostles 121 See 115-Down 122 Tromps (on)

DOWN 1 — New Guinea 2 Reef ring 3 Any point of the compass 4 D.C. figure 5 Curly-leaved salad green 6 Funeral box 7 Sacked out 8 Hide-hair link 9 Old Plymouth 10 1986 memoir by singer Turner 11 Bolshevik, e.g. 12 Line div. 13 Skunk mark 14 Hair-care brand 15 Kylo — (“Star Wars” villain) 16 Weeping 17 Trial blast 18 Bodily trunk 19 Painter James 24 Venetian painter 29 Carry out kind acts 33 Simoleons 34 M.D. type 35 Cuba’s Castro 36 Actor Foxx 37 Eau — 39 Resistance units 40 Mardi Gras locale 41 Moving shakily 43 Like sun visors 45 2002 baseballthemed film 46 Reliant (on) 47 Decides 49 Drab shade 50 Denver university 51 Contest form 53 Town square 57 Bamboozle 58 Hwy. felony 61 In base eight 63 1990s cardio fad 65 Conga’s kin 66 Guide 68 Purge 69 Jai-alai cry 70 Shoe part 71 UAR part 75 Threshold 78 June gems 80 Twisty paths 82 Cards’ cost 84 Witty bits 85 Optional course 86 Alternatives to Maseratis 87 Sherlock Holmes’ pal 89 Tactfulness 91 Scarer’s cry 95 Comedian Gilda 96 Runt 97 Apple computer webcam 98 More obtuse 99 Norman in “Psycho” 100 Curved fastening bar 101 Rend 102 Pop heroes 104 Singer Branigan 105 Curved 106 Distorts 110 Cotton seed removers 113 Fruit seed 114 TV’s Arthur 115 With 121-Across, company’s worth after liabilities 116 Japanese prime minister Shinzo