PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Nineveh’s empire

8 Its capital is Kampala 14 12-step affiliate group 20 New Guinea natives 21 Renovates

22 Ketchup ingredient

23 It’s used for outlining designs in embroidery 25 Internet newsgroup troublemaker

26 Alloy that’s mostly tin 27 1990s Toyota model 28 Grills in stoves

30 Take a stroll

32 Cheerful disposition 34 Carrying of a boat 38 View anew

39 Nonsense song syllable 40 American bird with allwhite plumage

42 “So there!”

44 Feels unwell

48 Lawyers: Abbr.

49 Dental floss coating 50 Difficult matter to deal with

54 Saw or sickle

55 Implore

56 Olympic skater Midori 57 Enumerating

58 Oman locale

60 One trapping

62 Shrink back

63 They may have jingles 66 Passionate love affair 69 Hairstyling goop 70 “C’mon, help me out” 72 “Finally finished!”

73 St. Louis’ — Bridge 75 Artifacts of Angola, e.g. 77 Ares or Eros 78 Greyhound vehicle 79 Misfortunes

83 The U.S. State Department, informally

85 Sultry

86 Pilfer 87 Casual tops

88 Fancy playing marble 89 Even break

91 “... — do say so myself” 93 “In all probability ...” 96 Warned

97 Bird that flies near the ocean’s surface

102 Utter failure

103 Military base

104 “The best is — come” 106 Ancient rival of Athens 111 Became inseparable

112 Apt question for this puzzle

115 Northern Spanish city 116 Actress de Ravin of “Roswell” and “Lost”

117 Pain greatly

118 Person ripping things 119 Key in anew

120 Dwellers around Peru’s peaks

DOWN

1 Per unit

2 Rescue

3 Spurt out

4 Circular tent

5 Speeding cars’ ovals 6 Boiling mad

7 Equine beast

8 Celestial bear

9 Gears up

10 Farewells

11 Zero

12 Yuletide mo.

13 “Harold and Maude” director Hal

14 When it’s 1600 hours 15 “Blaze” actress Davidovich

16 “Scenes From —” (Bette Midler film)

17 “And Bingo was his —” 18 New Mexico county 19 From Oslo’s country, to its natives

24 Toll rd. 29 “Number 10” painter Mark

31 Stockings, say

33 Classic soda

34 Jr.-year exam

35 Savvy about

36 — -Rooter

37 Tharp of choreography 38 Dinosaur in “Toy Story” 41 Dusting cloth

43 Capital of Ghana

44 Fizzy wine, in brief 45 Walt Whitman’s “— the Body Electric”

46 Fencer’s attack

47 Jason of “Bad Teacher” 50 Celebrity status 51 Doughnut or bagel’s shape

52 New Mexican succulents 53 Common way to mark losses

55 Place to dissect a frog 56 Blue shade

59 Actor Keach of “Mike Hammer”

60 Caesar of old comedy 61 CPR pro

63 Toward a ship’s stern 64 Crusoe creator Daniel 65 Platoon VIP

67 Rodeo lasso

68 Idling position 71 Oinkers

74 Indian lute 76 Gratuity-prohibiting policy

78 Young guy, in hip-hop 80 Pre-Easter time

81 Shoe securer

82 Yukon vehicle

84 Tease in fun

85 Head cover

86 Mark of TV’s “Supernatural”

89 Certain penpoint feature 90 Seal, as a house-buying deal

91 Hinder 92 Novelist Dostoyevsky 94 Deadpan humor

95 “The Office” character Pam

97 Wood shoe

98 Treasure pile

99 “— vincit amor”

100 Winona of “Black

Swan”

101 Once-popular anesthetic

102 Rival

105 You, of yore

107 “Stop staring —!”

108 Ostrich kin

109 Ky. neighbor

110 Part of B.A.

113 Kipling’s “Follow Me —” 114 Org. founded by Billie Jean King