PREMIER CROSSWORD PUzzLE

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-to-Kentucky

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 Nanny’s cry

2 Qty.

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.

100Big 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