PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE

“TAKE IT BACK!”

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