PREMIER CROSSWORD

BETWEEN WHITE AND RED

ACROSS

1 U.K. equivalent

to an Oscar 6 Trinidad and — 12 Baggage

screeners’ org. 15 Moose kin 19 American poet

— Baraka 20 Basra natives 21 Balloon pilot 23 Upon initial

sight

25 Twilight time,

to poets 26 Diplomacy 27 Performs an

axel, e.g. 29 Arizona-toKentucky dir. 30 Mauna — 31 Square-cut

building stones 34 Glossy fabric with an elaborate floral pattern

37 Rule, in brief 38 Atomic cores 42 Playpen toy 43 Baby’s breath and cowherb are members of it

47 “Gung Ho”

actress Rogers 51 Sondheim’s “Everybody Ought to Have —”

52 Like a laundromat washer, for short

53 Closer to now 55 Swam some

pool lengths 58 Florida city

near Miami 61 Bits of land in

eau 62 Material on a

Q-tip

65 Person howling 66 — Lingus 67 Ancient Palestine

68 Bamboo eaters 69 Jackson 5 #1

hit of 1970

72 — and pestle 73 Wage recipients 74 Leg midpoint 75 Alternative to

apple pie 79 Jewish villages

of old 81 Debonair 82 Greasier 85 French cathedral city 86 Burger meat 87 Crispy-skinned

fish dish 91 “Oz” co-star

Walker 94 Having a

saintly ring 95 “— minute!” 96 Noted presidential matriarch 101 Many KFC

pieces

103 Singer

DiFranco 104 Squeal (on) 105 Papal crowns 109 Job honcho 110 Cubic — (fake

gem)

113 What seven key words in this puzzle are 117 Native of Fiji

or Nauru 118 Well-reasoned 119 Four-page sheet 120 Lease topic 121 Green prefix 122 Auditory

stimuli 123 Lieu

DOWN

1 2 Nanny’s Qty. cry 3 10-year-old

student, often

4 Court hearing 5 Carrier with a

Toronto hub 6 — for tat 7 Round bodies 8 Hesitate like a

mule 9 Blue-green 10 Main points 11 Actor Milo 12 —Bo 13 Fourteen times

five 14 Philosopher

Hannah 15 Sinus doc 16 Boxer Ali 17 “Congrats!” 18 Rib-eye, e.g. 22 Actor Ryan 24 Walk cockily 28 Peel off 31 Site of rural

peace 32 Mariner’s

distance unit 33 — -fi flick 35 Suffix with

resident 36 Michelle Obama’s “Becoming,” e.g. 39 Site: Abbr. 40 Brian of rock 41 Promiser’s

qualifier 44 Guitarist Lofgren 45 Strong as — 46 Country of NW

Afr. 48 Tavern

49 Actress Ryan 50 1040 org. 53 Showy debut,

perhaps

54 Tram rocks 56 “Memento” star

Guy

57 — Domingo 59 Narrow road 60 Agrees (with) 63 Broccoli — 64 Native American feathered headdress 67 Singer Marc 68 Shunned one 69 Destroying

Scuds, say 70 Triple Crown

venue

71 Some light planes 72 VirusScan company

73 Brazilian soccer

hero

74 Ship’s spine 75 Tavern

76 Before

77 Prez Lincoln 78 Fleur-de- — 80 Results of compromises 83 Notable time 84 Cath., e.g. 87 Fiero or GTO 88 Raggedy — 89 Feb. 29, for leap

day babies

90 — -Croatian 92 Goodyear’s home

city

93 Malicious sort 96 Schick item

97 In reserve

98 It’ll stop traffic 99 Frisbees, e.g. 100 Big internet

portal 102 In — (stuck) 106 Pasta sauce brand 107 Yemen port 108 Mail in, e.g. 111 Meowing pet 112 “I’ll take that as

—”

114 Aves.

115 Vardalos of the

screen

116 Walloped in a

boxing ring