PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Reid and Lipinski 6 “Born Free” lioness 10 Really bothered 15 Refer to as an example 19 Beethoven’s “Für —” 20 “The Wizard of Oz” actor Bert 21 Abu — (Persian Gulf emirate) 22 Over again 23 Ailey of choreography 24 Mild Dutch cheese 25 Tricky billiards shot 26 Fare- — -well 27 Start of instructions for making sense of 67-Across 31 “— Haw” 32 “A Wrinkle in Time” director DuVernay 33 Aleve may relieve it 34 Got in a trap 37 Rowing blades 39 Be present 41 Renoir’s skill 42 Vent views 43 Part 2 of instructions 45 Appear to be 47 Goulash, e.g. 48 Fetal homes 49 Cooing park scavenger 51 Genre of serious films 54 Kissing and caressing 58 Greek god of the sun 63 Huge Brit. lexicon 64 Pedicured body part 66 “Ay, —!” (cry on “The Simpsons”) 67 Message to congratulate solvers who figure out this answer 72 Northeast African nation 73 Decorator 74 Suffix with Gabon 75 Welding alloy 76 Jihad 78 Capri and Aruba 80 Plant lice 82 Disconnected 85 Units of work 89 Locale 90 Part 3 of instructions 96 Ballet moves 98 “Planet Money” airer 99 Misspends 100 Spout off 101 Calif. volcano 103 Basic idea 104 “We need assistance!” 106 Onetime Pan Am rival 107 End of instructions 111 Heath 113 Former congressman Mo 114 For — (not gratis) 115 Acoustic 116 Push along 117 Gymnastics legend Comaneci 118 — a soul (no one) 119 Headstone locale 120 Disarray 121 Artery-opening tube 122 Portuguese for “years” 123 More rational

DOWN

1 Cousin of a coffeehouse 2 Curative plant 3 Monte Carlo setting 4 “Yeah, right!” 5 Actress Berger of “De Sade” 6 Brits call it a “lift” 7 Put freight on 8 Make pointy, as a pencil 9 Hostile insect in a swarm 10 Guys writing slogans, maybe 11 This and — 12 Item dyed for a spring holiday 13 One who fails to show up 14 Stadium rows 15 Sleeps lightly 16 Get via will 17 Simple shirt 18 Baaing “ma” 28 Dodge 29 Venetian beach resort 30 “Fifth Beatle” Yoko 35 Indy-to-Cleveland dir. 36 Dawn droplets 38 Pond gunk 40 Coiled like ivy 41 Speller’s clarification 44 Zeta follower 46 Fine goat coat 49 What a head rests on in bed 50 Brand of spongy balls 51 Sleeps lightly 52 Printing proof, for short 53 Aleve alternative 55 Naval acad. grad’s rank 56 Groups devising plots 57 Tyke 59 Tyke 60 Push along 61 Like Santa, weight-wise 62 Strongboxes for valuables 64 Pipsqueaks 65 Three — kind 66 Pool stick 68 “— be my pleasure!” 69 La — Tar Pits 70 Title for a monk 71 Mesmerized 76 List of currently popular songs 77 Polish river 78 Hip-hop mogul Gotti 79 Mix together 81 Suggested subtly 83 Elvis and Priscilla 84 Fable writer 85 Tree infested by bark beetles 86 No longer active: Abbr. 87 Fake hearth items 88 Balls, geometrically 90 Taunt in fun 91 Rosh — 92 “Here We Are” singer Gloria 93 Fiber source in some muffins 94 Disentangle 95 Country music’s — Brothers 97 Used a chair 102 Shell-shocks 103 Note a half step above F 105 Thick rugs 108 Actress Lena of “Chocolat” 109 Streamlined, informally 110 Ambience 111 Not saying a word 112 Metal in rocks