PREMIER CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 “So sad” 5 Baby ovines 10 Talmud experts 16 CD followers 19 Sean of film 20 Rankled 21 Colored ring of the iris 22 Shar- — 23 Naturalist from southern Louisiana? 26 “— Fool to Care” (1961 hit) 27 Discard knowledge of 28 Sign of the zodiac 29 Ready for use, as a roll of film 31 Not at all lax 32 Actress from southern California? 35 Dispenser taking a PIN 37 Airport guess, briefly 38 H.S. science class 39 Pulitzer winner Alison 40 Hockey player from northern Indiana? 47 Häagen- — 48 — de France 49 Prefix with tour 50 Bad grade 51 Yahoo! rival 53 The, to Henri 54 Arm, for one 56 Alias abbr. 58 Running-and-cycling event 63 Like a villain 64 Singer from northern Utah? 70 Fey and Brown 72 Soulʼs car make 73 “j” finisher 74 Lark 75 Painter from southern Minnesota? 81 Crux 82 Least fine 83 Roman 2,001 84 River to the North Sea 85 Rural tract 88 Jesting type 89 Old space station 92 World Series mo. 94 Ditty syllable 95 13-digit ID in publishing 97 Actor from central Arkansas? 103 Golden Arches pork sandwich 105 Metal source 106 Bear, in Baja 107 Austin-to-NYC dir. 108 Actress from western Wisconsin? 112 Low areas between hills 116 Interest 117 Honda Classic org. 118 Rowing fulcrum 120 Morse click 121 Dancer from southern New York? 125 Immigrantʼs course: Abbr. 126 Dixie Chicks member Maguire 127 Get by logic 128 What “vidi” means 129 Hog hangout 130 Worth mentioning 131 Pod veggies, old-style 132 D.C. ball team

DOWN 1 Top grade 2 Tilted, to Brits 3 Often-twisted joint 4 Curl oneʼs lip toward 5 Lion player Bert 6 — end (over) 7 Sea, to Henri 8 Voted 9 Cheapest cruise option 10 ʼ90s kidsʼ exclamation 11 Coach Parseghian 12 Composer Hector 13 Put a — (adorn, as a wrapped gift) 14 Homeric epic 15 Summer shoe 16 Childbirth anesthetic 17 Make girlish 18 50-foot woman, say 24 “— all just get along?” 25 Wail in grief 30 Israelʼs Barak 32 Tokyo coin 33 “Honest” guy 34 Really tipsy 36 Parrot variety 40 Cuts of fish 41 Singer Newton-John 42 Actress Leah 43 Oxen holder 44 Makeover 45 Madeline of funny films 46 Egg part 52 Chaney Sr. and Jr. 55 Mel of voices 57 Help desk invitation, maybe 59 Kin of Hindi 60 As sick as — 61 OʼNeal with an Oscar 62 Chilly 65 Flooring unit 66 Crying bouts, e.g. 67 Batches of grain to be crushed 68 Prefix meaning “different” 69 Iranian capital 71 Put in a hold 76 Shovelʼs partner 77 First class for painters 78 “Look — now!” 79 “Are you hurt?” reply 80 Special area of demand 85 Greenish citrus drinks 86 Reality-avoiding sort 87 Suddenly 90 Very strong clutching power 91 Funny Barr 93 Arctic stretch 96 Considerate 98 Raptorsʼ city 99 Uno and due 100 Escorted 101 Fortuneʼs 500: Abbr. 102 Buys and sells 104 “Kapow!” 109 “Half — is better than none” 110 “Who can — to?” 111 Simian creature 113 Mucho 114 Conspicuous success 115 Shows biasedly 118 Low dice roll 119 Ranch unit 122 Trade for tat 123 Neckline shape 124 Friend — friend