THE PREMIER

TURNING RED ACROSS

1 Dull hurt 5 Language of Islamabad 9 Thorny plant 13 Series start 19 Hurdle 20 Really smell 21 Very eager 22 Chlorine or fluorine compound 23 “A Clockwork Orange” novelist 26 Steeped in salty water 27 Ridden horse 28 Tree bearing catkins 29 “Take that!” 30 Derivations 33 Commotion 36 “Modern Family” co-star 39 Popeye creator Elzie 40 Get the idea 41 “Boys” co-star Lukas 42 Not aweather 43 Arizona tree 44 Pen choice 47 Sharp tool 48 Shifty 49 He played Radar on “M*A*S*H” 54 Many mini-maps 56 Golf target 58 Not trite 59 Irving of 101-Down 60 Let go of 64 Festive 65 Stretch, with “out” 66 BBs, e.g. 68 No light load 70 Notion 71 KO counter 72 “Not impressed” 73 Freedom from germs 74 Commotion 75 Big name in tires 78 Takeoff guess, briefly 79 Cheap flicks 82 Lean patty option 86 Just-painted 87 Meadow 88 Go — rampage 89 Totally spoil 90 Pentagram 92 Galley tools 93 Bit of an oval 96 Complaints, informally 97 Preppy-boho fashion label 99 Line of fruity Cheerios cereals 103 Unit of dew 104 Further on 105 Danish toast 107 Flooded (in) 111 Shiny fabrics 112 Singer of the 1960 hit “You’re Sixteen” 116 Happenings 117 Balm additive 118 Make simpler 119 Slightly 120 Fix, as a shoe bottom 121 Look awed 122 Colorless 123 Red color hidden backward in nine answers in this puzzle

DOWN

1 Cry of woe 2 Euro division 3 Can’t stand 4 Ancient Greek city 5 “Ode on a Grecian —” 6 Playa del — 7 Utter failure 8 Island guitar 9 Angry display 10 Listen to incidentally 11 Bro’s sibling 12 Pub. house workers 13 “Yippee!” 14 Second of two sections 15 Yale’s Yale 16 S.F. NFL team 17 Swimmer Gertrude 18 Flight leaving late at night 24 Scent 25 Hwys., e.g. 29 Camera type, in brief 31 Eurasian mountains 32 Depend (on) 34 Unattractive 35 Exceptionally tough guy 36 Some spicy cuisine 37 [Boring!] 38 Common yule tree 39 Hot tub locale 44 Wilson of the Beach Boys 45 Punk rock’s — Pop 46 Phi-psi linkup 48 Pigs’ place 49 Slaty colours 50 Compels 51 100 cents 52 Counterfeit 53 Tiny parasite 55 Punk variant 56 Stew veggie 57 Thomas — Edison 60 “Get clean” program 61 ’60s prez 62 “Fantastic!” 63 Once, formerly 66 In — (trapped) 67 Bistro card 68 #1 OutKast hit of 2003 69 Completed 70 Tyrant Amin 72 Brand of faucets 74 Back, at sea 76 “The Thing” studio 77 Tempting one 79 Emerald, e.g. 80 Former Ford div. 81 Obi, for one 83 Regrets 84 Store selling souvenirs 85 Naval off. 86 Get skewed 90 Left the fold 91 Strip of computer icons 92 Last longer than 93 Bully, e.g. 94 Put new asphalt on 95 Jalopies 96 Amigo 98 Bit of coffee 100 Safari animal 101 Streisand film of 1983 102 — -Terre (capital of Guadeloupe) 103 Singer Ho 106 Leg midpoint 108 Outermost Aleutian island 109 Blind guess 110 Lamarr of old Hollywood 112 Cut unevenly 113 Ending for schnozz 114 Yank’s land 115 Yank’s rival