THE PREMIER

BETWEEN WHITE AND RED

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