PREMIER CROSSWORD

TOTALLY OUT OF IT

ACROSS

1 Four-string guitar 5 Bits of land in el agua 10 Luca Brasi in “The Godfather,” e.g. 16 Soft infant food 19 Life — know it 20 New Mexico or Colorado county 21 Useless 22 Division of history 23 Start of a riddle 26 Mantra syllables 27 Old-time cleaning cake 28 Tennis’ Safin 29 Not skilled in at all 31 Heavy weight 32 All — sudden 35 Spoken 37 French movie theater 38 Riddle, part 2 44 President Biden 45 Speaks 46 Singer Turner 47 Tell el — (Nile excavation site) 50 It fills la mer 51 Riddle, part 3 57 Becomes familiar with anew 59 Per-unit price 60 Mortise insertion 61 Ambulance VIPs 62 Decorative dashboard finish 66 Chain in biology 67 Riddle, part 4 73 China’s Chou En- — 74 Like many soda bottles, volume wise 75 Purposely ignore 76 Book of charts 79 IRS form IDs 80 “— is a virtue” 84 Riddle, part 5 87 In honor of 89 Small river 90 — -mutuel betting 91 Oxygen-requiring bacterium 93 Start for center or Pen 94 End of the riddle 102 Square yardage, e.g. 103 Instant replay option 104 Expressive rock genre 105 — Leppard (rock band) 106 Mythical mangoats 109 “In the red,” e.g. 111 Division of history 115 Concorde, e.g., in brief 116 Riddle’s answer 120 Grassland 121 Henner of “Taxi” 122 — Island (Providence’s state) 123 Old TV’s — May Clampett 124 Work unit 125 Workout wear 126 Planted 127 Some deli loaves

DOWN

1 Cry noisily 2 Ghostly pale 3 Real bargain 4 Electric eye, e.g. 5 “The Tall Corn State” 6 Leave for a short time 7 Spy novelist Deighton 8 Exhibit works 9 “... or — told” 10 Drag racer 11 New York home of Cornell 12 Relative of a stickpin 13 Raging crowd 14 PDQ’s cousin 15 Emperor after Claudius I 16 City on the Illinois River 17 Ralph Lauren competitor 18 Pale hue 24 Actress Skye 25 Main parts of churches 30 Fuel rating 33 Galas 34 On the Red, e.g. 36 Former senator Trent 38 Open slightly 39 City in Alaska 40 Four-piece band 41 Writer Capote, to pals 42 Org. in many spy novels 43 Make a ski mask, maybe 48 Lagoon surrounder 49 Christen 51 Core group 52 Frisky swimmer 53 Uncool sort 54 About 55 Lower-class, to Brits 56 Growl threateningly 58 Warning initials above an internet link 59 Hair bases 62 Actress Kate of “Grey’s Anatomy” 63 Of sheep 64 “Casablanca” woman 65 Prized buy for a coin collector 67 Nail on a paw 68 Pledge 69 Brand of sneakers 70 Didn’t win 71 Hang it up 72 App that asks “Where to?” 77 Frolicking 78 Move back and forth 80 Open tourney, often 81 Necessarily 82 Sleeveless cloak 83 Arabian chief 85 Pooch noise 86 Misters 87 Agent’s cut 88 “... there — square” 91 Something hilarious 92 Fabric with raised designs 94 Grapple with, slangily 95 Slate clearer 96 Attachment to a dog or cat collar 97 “House” actress Wilde 98 Old-time Ford 99 NASA countdown term 100 Ferber of fiction 101 — regions (Hades) 107 Crater edges 108 Novelist Irwin 110 Corp. VIPs 112 Squeezed (out) 113 Be in power 114 Jubilant cries 117 Exist 118 “So that’s your trick!” 119 Wrecker’s job