Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Sunday Crossword Puzzle

- Edited by Patti Varol and Joyce Nichols Lewis “HOLLYWOOD ENDINGS” By GARY LARSON

ACROSS

1 Native Nebraskans

6 Relishes

12 Speck

15 First word for some babies

19 Spare place 20 Footnote notation

21 French article

22 Grows old

23 Editing scenes from a Wesley Snipes vampire film?

25 Sleep stage

26 New Rochelle school with an award-winning pipe band

27 Nth, for one

28 Putting the final touches on an Ed Asner Pixar film?

31 Least risky 33 “Fire away”

36 Dump

37 Big letters in home security

38 On top of everything

41 Four score and ten

43 Fireplace piece

47 Going on a promotiona­l tour for a Sigourney Weaver family film?

51 Faced

52 Wedding dress option

53 Chocolaty cereal brand

54 Like some conclusion­s

56 Withdrawin­g

58 Colorful tee

60 Came out on top

61 Hearth residue

62 Welcomes

63 Hungers

64 Showing the final cut of a Jennifer Lawrence sci-fi film?

71 Winter coaster

72 Deodorant brand

73 Hosp. areas

74 No-goodnik

75 Chuck who broke the sound barrier

76 Many a night owl

82 Gilbert and Sullivan work

84 Envelope 86 Skin care brand

88 Tribal emblems

89 Hiring actors for a Shailene Woodley survival-at-sea film?

91 Govt. security

92 Singer/actress Kazan

94 Word in the names of two MLB teams

95 Island chain?

96 Dig

98 College major that may involve many museum trips

100 Bring in

103 Composing the music for a Tom Hanks fantasy film?

107 Radioactiv­e element named for a planet

110 Facility

111 Santa __ winds

112 Acquiring the rights for a Sandra Bullock action film?

117 Adroit

118 Jump the __

119 Costello partner 120Outback canine

121 Herd noises

122 Place with a trough

123 Dictate

124 Kaitlin of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelph­ia”

DOWN

1 Like aspirin, briefly

2 __TV: reality

show channel 3 At the wrong time

4 Between, in French

5 Loses control on the ice

6 Communicat­e with one’s hands

7 “Fernando” singers 8 Country estate

9 “Ghost” psychic

__ Mae Brown 10 Primary color 11 Small duck

12 Two-time NBA Finals MVP Kevin

13 Like cheap toilet paper

14 Beat

15 Downtown street

16 Eager

17 Drop-down list 18 PDQ

24 Capone cohort

29 Wishes undone

30 “Ditto”

31 Enervates

32 1950s politico Stevenson

34 Haughty one

35 Drug bust unit

39 __ about: circa 40 Brute

42 Drink brand with a green leaf logo

44 Declarer 45 Mortise inserts

46 Paradises

48 Poet __ Manley Hopkins

49 Down source

50 “Isn’t __ bit like you and me?”: Beatles lyric 51 Actor Yul

54 Come clean, with “up”

55 Cartoon canine 57 Queens team 59 “__ only money”

62 ICU worker

63 Formal agreement

64 Apply haphazardl­y 65 Officially give 66 In apple-pie order

67 Swenson of “Benson” 68 U-turn from SSW 69 Liechtenst­ein’s language

70 Coffee machine setting

71 “Sicko Mode” rapper Travis __

75 Omani neighbor

76 Carafe size

77 Frazier opponent

78 Canadian bank notes featuring civil rights activist Viola Desmond

79 Thus

80 Dark signs

81 Allude (to)

83 Pension beneficiar­ies

85 Bhutan locale

87 In a quarrel 89 Big name in banking 90 Chopping

down

92 Wheel securer 93 Hudson River

capital

97 Hose woes 99 Architectu­ral

style

101 Botch

102 Trainee 103 Clothing line 104Baja resort,

familiarly 105 Nobel Institute

city

106 Elated

108 Solemn

ceremony 109 Poker stake 113 Simpsons

grandfathe­r 114 Peacock

network 115 __ trip

116 Get into

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10/15/2023

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