The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

CROSSWORD LOS ANGELES TIMES

- ELECTRONIC GAMES By Gary Larson

ACROSS

1 Immense 9 Spurred (on) 14 Starts of many

names 18 Procedure enforced locally 20 Magician’s cry 21 Certain something 22 Unlikely getaway car alternativ­e? 24 Time left in an online auction? 26 Utmost degree 27 River-to-sea connection 29 Policy that includes higher menu prices 30 Stitches 33 Meadow mom 34 Zest

36 Civil rights legislatio­n? 41 Many a Middle East native 44 Craved 45 Bowling ball material 47 Hood’s weapon 49 Where to get down 50 World view, perhaps 52 Serengeti stampede? 55 Multidisci­plinary strength-training program 57 Guitarist Paul 60 Tell a thing or two 61 B’way need 62 Under pressure 66 “The Plough and the Stars” playwright 67 Three-hanky films?

70 Red choice 73 Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb, e.g. 74 Single circuit 77 Supremely spooky

79 Bit of legal advice 80 Promise that

one will

83 Bong for special

occasions? 86 Beast of burden 87 Shower 88 Certain house

mem.

89 Emmy-winning creator of “Six Feet Under” 93 Solvent 94 Thames academy 97 Big place to fool around in? 100 “Take Me Home, Country __”: John Denver hit 102 Simple sack 103 Court figs. 104 Take the heat off? 107 Early Yankee nickname 109 “Rhoda” production co. 112 Eve? 115 Midnight sail? 119 Auto race signal 120 Pried (into) 121 Glues

122 Daly of “Judging Amy”

123 “The Teflon Don” 124 Climbing plant features

DOWN

1 Word spoken during pouring 2 Throng

3 Bad pun response 4 Ad about being green, briefly 5 Zip

6 Wrath

7 “Cat Scratch Fever” musician 8 Shiny print 9 Boston suburb 10 Elapse 11 Supermodel Carangi 12 Nevada copper town

13 “The light __!” 14 Synagogue singer 15 Quattro maker 16 Support, with “up” 17 Words of wisdom 19 Down 23 16th-century English architectu­ral style

25 Whit

28 Top of the line 30 Takes out

31 A and O, but not E, I or U 32 Relieve (of) 34 Soccer game highlight

35 Long bones 36 Campaign sign word 37 Idiosyncra­sy 38 FAA overseer 39 Stanley of the NHL?

40 MLB scoreboard letters 42 Mexican waters 43 Sew with temporary stitches

46 Sign on the back 48 Nonbinary gender pronoun 50 Perfect, as a collectibl­e coin 51 Web site

53 Il __: Mussolini 54 Some appliances 56 Place to soothe the sole? 57 Horne and Dunham

58 “College Football Live” channel 59 Item on a rack

63 Sob syllable 64 Scot’s “Crikey!” 65 Features of some ’Vettes 67 2000 title role for Julia 68 Happen upon 69 Results of Googling 70 Cuckoo clock quartet 71 Bank constructi­on 72 Ain’t like it oughta be? 74 “Vive __!”

75 “I did not think to shed __”: “Henry VIII”

76 Freighters’ destinatio­ns 78 Like some floors 81 “Portrayer” of Duck Dodgers 82 Southweste­rn lizards 84 Screen or bomb 85 Rhinitistr­eating M.D. 86 South American greeting 90 Owner of Grey Goose and Dewar’s 91 Speck 92 Leave alone 93 Timeina personal ad 95 Anaheim’s county 96 Result that’s expected

98 Spread apart, as police during a search 99 Hospital stat? 101 Surrounded by 104 Slick 105 Without serious thought 106 Penn name 107 Root often pickled 108 Tech giant based in Armonk, N.Y. 109 Star followers 110 Neutrogena shampoo brand 111 Jumble 113 Excessivel­y 114 V-J Day president 116 Beaujolais, par exemple 117 From the past, as a story 118 Pirate’s cry

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© 2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC. 12/29/19

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