Chicago Tribune (Sunday)

KEEP IT SHORT: Vowel-wise

- By Mark McClain | Edited by Stanley Newman (stanxwords.com)

Across

1 Vaccine

inoculatio­ns 5 Either Apple

founder

10 Raucous fight 15 Band’s booking 18 Author Wiesel 19 Get dinner delivered 20 Popped up 21 Wax-covered

cheese

23 Federal funding for

local projects 25 Establishm­ents

near Interstate­s 27 Occasional­ly 28 Clicked on a row of

stars

30 Desert havens 31 Heedless speed 32 Went speedily 33 Foolish

35 Delight greatly 38 Disappoint­ed look 39 2016 Olympics city 42 Felonious robbery 46 Unlimited funds 49 San ___ (Italian

Riviera city) 50 Energy bar morsel 51 Sci-fi beings 52 Bassoon cousin 53 “Let me give you a

hand”

56 Lacking the tools 57 Put up with 58 Praline morsel 59 Put to work

60 Prize for 18 Across 61 Come out even 62 Workshop

holemaker

66 They flew on pirate

ships 71 Actor McKellen 72 French toast word 74 Deteriorat­e

75 Title like Mme.

76 Worshiped ones 79 Higher-ranking 80 Added gratis 82 Wine tour region 83 “No fighting!” 84 Debtor’s note 85 Ingot shaper 86 Henhouse chitchat 88 Completely

motionless

91 __ Holiness the

Pope 92 Ottawa-based

force: Abbr. 93 Made of clay 94 Shuttle agency 95 Topped with froth 97 Raring to go

101 Type of pear 104 Los Angeles’ San __

Bay

105 Scold gently

107 Source of

pheromones

110 Alpine coin

113 What some veggie

chips are made of 114 Fractions of a

pound

115 “We __ please” 116 Blissful locale 117 Elev.

118 Daisy relative 119 Dutch master Jan 120 Stitched together

Down

1 Brother of George

W.

2 Koran’s Creator 3 Flora + fauna 4 Splinter groups 5 Portion

6 Deli scale button 7 LAX postings 8 Auto’s ID

9 One in a contest 10 Unshiny photo

finish

11 Dropped the ball 12 Garishly colorful 13 PC exit key 14 Cartoon scream 15 Annoy no end 16 Chapel vows 17 Stare in amazement 22 Writers’

submission­s: Abbr. 24 Falsified, as a check 26 What “certain”

starts with 29 Successful

legislatio­n 32 Whitewater craft 33 Shakespear­e

contempora­ry 34 Puffin cousins 36 Angry state 37 Whole lot 38 Spanish seafood

dish

39 McEntire of music 40 Clickable image 41 Went along with 42 Arduous task 43 Happen again 44 Stradivari’s teacher 45 René’s refusal 46 Idle talk 47 Defamatory writing 48 High-rise lodging 51 “I’ll take that as __!” 54 Storytelli­ng dances 55 SportsCent­er airer 56 Free, as a jammed

window

57 Searches (through) 61 Certain bout

enders

63 Shade of purple 64 Stabilize

65 Of audible waves 67 Hunker down 68 “Me too!” 69 Outdoor cooker 70 IRA offerer

73 Fish eggs 76 Rainfall measure

77 Spanish surrealist 78 Musical work 79 Film about Dr.

King’s march 80 Tugboat sound 81 FD employee 83 Loops in via email 84 Modest response to

praise

87 Hot dog topper 88 South Asian

turnovers

89 Perseveres

90 Wolf (down) 93 Aural organ

94 Trio tripled 95 Field separator 96 More peculiar 98 ’90s Second Family 99 Get out of

100 Freshen up

101 Pose a riddle 102 March Madness

org.

103 Solidify 104 Huff and puff 105

__ of the Ancient Mariner

106 Where el sol

rises

108 School transcript

no.

109 French article 111 Comical skill 112 24/7 TV news

pioneer

 ?? ?? Last week’s answers can be found in today’s “Puzzle Island Solutions.” © 2023 Creators Syndicate. All rights reserved.
Last week’s answers can be found in today’s “Puzzle Island Solutions.” © 2023 Creators Syndicate. All rights reserved.

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