Sunday Crossword Puzzle
“PREP COURSE” By GARY LARSON
ACROSS
1 Guitarist Paul 4 Flamboyant Dame 8 Play with a receiver 12 Chance to roll the
dice, say
16 In the archives 19 Wishes undone 20 Specialty 21 Customizable
cookie
22 Ship’s accountant 23 Like members of Gamblers Anonymous? 26 Tiny racer 28 Resort town NNE
of Santa Fe 29 Chopin wrote a “Revolutionary” one 30 Assembled 31 Put-__:
masquerades 34 Former British
automaker 38 Autumn flower 40 Like a popular
crusader
43 King Cole and
others
47 Federal
biomedical agcy. 48 Like a church
deacon?
52 Draft status 53 What a shortage
suggests
55“This is the truth” 56 Hang out in the
sun
58 “Splendor in the Grass” screenwriter 59 First name in
Israeli statehood 60 Plagued
63 Sister of the moon
goddess Selene 64 Listening aid 66 Wafer brand 67 “The Far Side”
cartoonist Larson 69 Like a balloon company with a depleted helium supply? 75 Subdue, as a
color
76 Sailor’s “Stop!” 77 Utah national park 80 Beach tone 81 Cheap hooch 83 Muff
87 Rope material 88 Cello-supporting
rod
90 Support for a big
top
92 Boo-boo 93 Aspersion
94 Like one shopping for disposable phones? 98 List-ending abbr. 99 Saturn moon named for a Titan
101 Yoga posture 102 Get a load of 104 American
League East city 107 Farm clucker 108 Back muscle,
briefly
109 Three-time Tony
winner Rivera 112 Sitar music 115 Classic jazz
nickname
119 Like supporters of a Seattle daily?
125 One-dimensional 126 Seven-time Wimbledon winner 127 “Relax, I’ll take
care of it!” 128 European luxury
wheels
129 Eye
130 Soul mate? 131 Gear teeth 132 Dutch word
meaning “farmer” 133 Bank deposit,
perhaps
DOWN
1 Directory name 2 Sister of Orestes 3 Flu fighters 4 Horse-and-buggy,
e.g.
5 Enjoyed, in slang 6 Bar order
7 Actor __ Kate Dillon
of “Billions”
8 So last year 9 Museum focus 10 Raft, or where you might see one
11 Actor Mineo 12 Toddler’s train
sound 13 Pakistani tongue 14 Comedian Foxx 15 Wine quality 16 Special or black
follower
17 Nada, to Noël 18 Like sausage’s main ingredients? 24 Easter opening? 25 Camera option 27 Ornate 18th-century style
32 Kind of architect 33 Opposite of save 35 WC
36 Poorly
37 Throw into
confusion
38 “It’s the HardKnock Life” soloist 39 Tuscany city 41 Blues singer
James
42 FedEx rival 44 Like one caught
in a storm? 45 Brown in a Croce
song 46 Opines, for
instance 49 Beehive, e.g. 50 Peak in an
Eastwood movie 51 Fight with foils 54 Coming-out 57 Lawn tool 61 Commonly injured
knee part, briefly 62 Trouble
65 Where embryos
grow
66 Annual coll. hoops
competition 68 Dried chili pepper 70 Budgetary excess 71 Family-friendly
rating
72 __ cuisine 73 Dimethyl sulfate,
e.g. 74 “Politically
Incorrect” host 75 Virile
78 Throws off 79 Technical details 80 New Age pianist
John
82 Walking __ 83 Heat meas. 84 Talk show host in the National Women’s Hall of Fame
85 Metric weight 86 Bankrupts, with
“out”
89 Spruce up 91 Magic org. 95 Rock’s __
Fighters
96 Old Opry network 97 More crude,
language-wise 100 Stable color 103 Rigg co-star on
“The Avengers” 105 Long hikes 106 Muesli morsel 109 Longtime NYC
punk rock club 110 Sub
111 “If __ a Hammer” 113 The “Gee” in
Bee Gees 114 Water, in some
pistols
116 Purina rival 117 Goat quote 118 Table scrap 120 Sleepy cohort? 121 Ref’s ruling 122 Slop slurper 123 Fleecy one 124 Ukr., once