Crossword
“FILM OPENINGS” By GARY LARSON
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1 DSL provider 4 MSNBC rival 7 Living room piece 12 Tennyson poem that begins, “I waited for the train at Coventry” 18 Extreme degree 19 Sushi topping 20 Saudi neighbor 21 Turkey’s highest peak 22 Review of a 2013 Disney musical? 25 Small shooter 27 Green-winged night flier 28 Sudden air movement 30 Olympic skater Baiul 31 Singer with numerically named albums 32 Vocalist Kitt 35 Job for an actor 37 Hanoi holiday 38 Place for a béret 39 1:58 for the duration of a 2016 Amy Adams sci-fi flick? 41 QB’s stat 42 Inventor Otis 44 Macho guy 45 Reduce bit by bit 47 U.S. Army medal 48 Spoke at length 51 George who was VP for both Jefferson and Madison 53 Three-time Oscar-winning director 54 Stand-in 57 Closes securely 60 How some stock is sold 63 Leader in a beret 65 Hammock rests 68 Star NFL player 69 Great, in slang 70 Author of a 1990 Swayze/ Moore fantasy romance? 73 Many ages 74 Prefix with currency or zoology 76 Tool for a duel 77 Pretentious talk 78 Pretentious 79 Events with tea, perhaps 81 Word on a dipstick 83 Book IDs 85 Not easily able 88 Expired 90 Cassis aperitif 93 Performed with brilliance 95 High-spirited horse 98 Diva Dion 100 __ mentality 101 Box-office receipts for a 1988 Tom Hanks comedy? 104 Sugar bowl marchers 105 Professional org. since 1847 106 Sans accomplice 107 California wine valley 108 Titled rapper 109 Immortal NBA first name 111 Go yachting 113 By birth, what Professor Jones wasn’t, surprisingly 115 West African country 117 First draft of a 1995 De Niro/ Pacino thriller? 120 Bordeaux wine 121 Houston player 122 Host’s invitation 123 Perceive 124 Conger catchers 125 Secondstringers 126 General on a menu 127 Benchmark: Abbr.
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1 Blew up 2 Pastries from the German for “whirlpool” 3 Like the spelling “kuh-zin” for “cousin,” e.g. 4 Oreo filling 5 Laying-downthe-law item 6 More orderly 7 Holliday title 8 Texting qualifier 9 Jazz singer Sarah 10 Yearbooks, say 11 Tiny complaints 12 School of whales 13 Brightly plumed songbird 14 German thanks 15 Tennessee state flower 16 TV commercial for a 1983 Chevy Chase comedy? 17 Finished 23 “The Diamond Store” 24 Blacken 26 Not a shiny finish 29 Courtroom event 33 Winter coat 34 Super Bowl highlights? 36 Old Dodges 39 Group lobbying for lower drug prices 40 HBO competitor 43 Winter coat 45 Series-ending abbr. 46 Painting aids 49 St. Louis landmark 50 Western resort 52 Within reach 53 Sea in two continents 55 Single 56 Tavern 58 Footed vases 59 Ring-around-the-rosy bouquet 60 Beginner’s class material 61 Corrida opponent 62 Pretentious chatter about a 1960 Hitchcock thriller? 64 Debatable ability 66 Orwell’s Napoleon, for one 67 Unwanted spot 70 Medal for 30-Across 71 Wonderland drink 72 Canadian tank filler 75 Container weight 78 Chip in chips 80 New World colonizer 82 Exhaust 84 Pittsburgh Pirates nickname 86 Prods 87 Keyboard key 89 __ Domini 90 Subject of some random acts 91 Private info-sharing system 92 Begrudged 93 Wee 94 Hockey advantage 96 Most hectic 97 Quarantine 99 West Coast NFLer 101 More scrawny 102 Qatari leader 103 Least out there 106 Mr. Moto portrayer 108 “Same here” 110 Honest-to-goodness 112 Queequeg’s captain 114 Speaker’s spot 116 @ signs 118 Musical syllable 119 Cruise, for one