Chicago Tribune (Sunday)

Building Vocabulary

- By Gary Larson Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

Embarrassm­ent Multi-purpose cotton wad Knack Metric weights Baba ghanoush bread

Pals Low-tech iCloud precursor Supreme effort Like some wells Kind of case or law Batman and Robin, e.g.

27 Loses it

31 Savvy

35 Dignify

39 Because of 42 Historic trail

terminus: Abbr. 43 Boot camp bigwig 46 Game whose “Discover the Secrets” version includes a baseball bat and a dumbbell Half of ASAP Voyaging Obstructed the progress of Literally, Latin for “it follows” Org. concerned with alleys Late bloomers Shell for a crew Mount once called Tacoma Stimulant

Org. with a lot of baggage? Billowy attire named for an early rapper Friend of TV’s Sheldon Entangle ... or disentangl­e, oddly Welcomed at the door

74 VP before Gerald 76 “Blue” or “Red”

cattle dog 78 Uncertain sounds 79 Bygone data entry

method

81 Seat sometimes

spun

83 Crunchy salad bit 86 Try to influence 87 Novel of the South Seas ’60s-’70s NBC News White House correspond­ent 92 Icky stuff 93 Dawdles

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65 67 70 73 88 94 Dabs with a towel 98 Recorded

102 Like original

Matchbox cars 104 Dorm VIPs 105 Cause __: icon 108 Material used to

make cans

112 Flier’s concern 115 Manicurist’s item 118 Air

119 Green Gables girl 120 Tee off

121 Blue

122 Big name in little

trains

123 Eye drops

1

Winter resort feature

Big name in hotels Toward the sheltered side Hang-around-thehouse footwear Morales of “NYPD Blue” Willpower Prevail Scarfed down Cave dweller Did a takeoff on Upgrade, as a dirt driveway Levels Muhammad’s religion Drum with a sitar Parisian article They’re allowed Rough no. Wither away Deli bread Projecting shelf Canine found in cats Turn partner Popeye’s __’Pea Juan’s “Look!” Place to spin your wheels

More accurate Ranked tournament players Two-time N.L. batting champ Lefty 37 Swelter

38 Buildup in a trap 40 Triumphant cry 41 Indivisibl­e

44 QB Jared Goff, e.g. 45 Snares

46 Ticket

47 Second in command: Abbr. “Just a few __” One of two for a positive number

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Venomous snake River through Kazakhstan

Le Pew of toons Bit of finishing hardware Mosque leader Urquhart Castle’s loch

Vex

Eric who founded a reader

Subs F-series camera maker

West Coast gas brand

Doe in many films Plus

Review for accuracy Word heard twice in “I’m a Little Teapot” Runs smoothly WarnerMedi­a streaming service recently retired in the U.S. Former Irish leader de Valera Forearm bone Org. with an annual Week Without Violence Muesli morsel Cheese on crackers With, on la carte Hombre’s home Death Row Records co-founder Southernmo­st Great Lake Vision-related Don or Betty on “Mad Men” Top-10 list makers WWI battle river Afflicted with a breakout

100 Tick off

101 Tiny

103 Fifth cen. pope

called “The Great” 106 Effortless­ness 107 Raised

109 Cartograph­er’s

abbr.

110 Chris who plays Kirk in three “Star Trek” films

111 Babe Zaharias is a charter member of its HOF

112 NFL stat

113 Grassy plain

114 City council rep. 115 __ Geo

116 “__ thoughts?” 117 Business mag

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90

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Unscramble the six Jumbles, one letter per square, to form six words. Then arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by this cartoon.

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box in bold borders contains every digit 1to9.

Level:

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