THE PREMIER
BETWEEN WHITE AND RED
BY FRANK A. LONGO
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.
100 Big 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
PUZZLES
en-ca
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