Portsmouth Herald

HOLLYWOOD ENDINGS

- BY GARY LARSON, EDITED BY PATTI VAROL AND JOYCE NICHOLS LEWIS

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 120 Outback 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

104 Baja 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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