SUNDAY PREMIER CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Nineveh’s empire
8 Its capital is Kampala 14 12-step affiliate group 20 New Guinea natives 21 Renovates
22 Ketchup ingredient 23 It’s used for outlining designs in embroidery 25 Internet newsgroup troublemaker
26 Alloy that’s mostly tin 27 1990s Toyota model 28 Grills in stoves
30 Take a stroll 32 Cheerful disposition 34 Carrying of a boat 38 View anew 39 Nonsense song syllable 40 American bird with all-white plumage
42 “So there!”
44 Feels unwell 48 Lawyers: Abbr. 49 Dental floss coating 50 Difficult matter to deal with
54 Saw or sickle 55 Implore
56 Olympic skater Midori 57 Enumerating
58 Oman locale
60 One trapping
62 Shrink back
63 They may have jingles 66 Passionate love affair 69 Hairstyling goop 70 “C’mon, help me out” 72 “Finally finished!”
73 St. Louis’ _ Bridge 75 Artifacts of Angola, e.g.
77 Ares or Eros 78 Greyhound vehicle 79 Misfortunes
83 The U.S. State Department, informally 85 Sultry
86 Pilfer
87 Casual tops
88 Fancy playing marble 89 Even break
91 “... _ do say so myself” 93 “In all probability ...” 96 Warned
97 Bird that flies near the ocean’s surface
102 Utter failure
103 Military base
104 “The best is _ come” 106 Ancient rival of
Athens
111 Became inseparable 112 Apt question for this
puzzle
115 Northern Spanish city 116 Actress de Ravin of
“Roswell” and “Lost” 117 Pain greatly
118 Person ripping things 119 Key in anew
120 Dwellers around
Peru’s peaks
DOWN
1 Per unit
2 Rescue
3 Spurt out
4 Circular tent
5 Speeding cars’ ovals 6 Boiling mad
7 Equine beast
8 Celestial bear
9 Gears up
10 Farewells
11 Zero
12 Yuletide mo.
13 “Harold and Maude”
director Hal
14 When it’s 1600 hours 15 “Blaze” actress
Davidovich
16 “Scenes From _”
(Bette Midler film)
17 “And Bingo was his _” 18 New Mexico county 19 From Oslo’s country, to its natives
24 Toll rd.
29 “Number 10” painter Mark
31 Stockings, say 33 Classic soda
34 Jr.-year exam
35 Savvy about
36 _ -Rooter
37 Tharp of choreography 38 Dinosaur in “Toy Story” 41 Dusting cloth
43 Capital of Ghana 44 Fizzy wine, in brief 45 Walt Whitman’s “_ the Body Electric”
46 Fencer’s attack 47 Jason of “Bad Teacher” 50 Celebrity status 51 Doughnut or bagel’s shape
52 New Mexican succulents
53 Common way to mark losses
55 Place to dissect a frog 56 Blue shade
59 Actor Keach of “Mike Hammer” 60 Caesar of old comedy 61 CPR pro
63 Toward a ship’s stern 64 Crusoe creator Daniel 65 Platoon VIP
67 Rodeo lasso
68 Idling position 71 Oinkers
74 Indian lute 76 Gratuity-prohibiting policy
78 Young guy, in hip-hop 80 Pre-easter time 81 Shoe securer
82 Yukon vehicle
84 Tease in fun
85 Head cover
86 Mark of TV’S “Supernatural”
89 Certain penpoint feature
90 Seal, as a housebuying deal
91 Hinder
92 Novelist Dostoyevsky 94 Deadpan humor 95 “The Office” character Pam
97 Wood shoe
98 Treasure pile
99 “_ vincit amor”
100 Winona of “Black
Swan”
101 Once-popular anesthetic
102 Rival
105 You, of yore
107 “Stop staring _!” 108 Ostrich kin
109 Ky. neighbor
110 Part of B.A.
113 Kipling’s “Follow Me _” 114 Org. founded by Billie
Jean King