Our Saturday Special Puzzle
See answer to today’s puzzle in tomorrow’s Sunday Trentonian
OH, THAT CHANGES THINGS!” By GARY LARSON
ACROSS
1 Gretchen of “Boardwalk Empire”
4 Takes steps 8 Takes time
drinking
14 Tiff
18 Dr. __ Skoda, J.K. Simmons’ “Law & Order” role
20 Dory, e.g. 21 Pricing word 22 Whiskey cocktail 23 “Must-see” review 24 Cheese with an edible rind 25 Sketching an infamous emperor? 27 Outdoor barbecue area for wings? 30 Loses it 31 Yemen’s capital 32 Conger catchers 33 Georgia et al., once
34 More coarse, as sandpaper 36 Named time span
38 Big brand in card collections 43 Stubborn equine 45 Albany is its cap.
46 Brave opponent 48 iPad, iPod and iPhone? 51 More relaxed 53 “Word on the street is ... ” 55 Funny Fey 56 Shirt named for a game 57 Land 61 Grassy plain 63 Admit, with “to” 64 Never again 66 Ragout, e.g. 69 Leaves alone 71 Theme park beast, perhaps? 75 Actress Woodard 78 Spot in the Senate 79 Tattoo target 82 Road sign caution 83 Great Lakes’ __ Canals 86 More inclined 88 Gym site 90 Scarlett’s plantation 92 Windpipe 95 Woodlouse, e.g.
97 Intoxicated to the point at which getting a tattoo sounds like a good idea?
99 Blog feed letters 101 Simple sack 102 Play for a sap 103 Martini go-with? 104 Cries of pain 106 Former New Mexico senator with an Uncle Mo
109 Chowder morsel 112 Iced pastry 114 Dukes seen in
fights
117 Paradise 121 100 centavos? 123 Twin peaks? 126 Genetic lab
samples
127 Support beam 128 Stallion’s mate 129 Indy racing family 130 Notes after fa 131 Tabloid fodder 132 Start to build a pot
133 Navy builder 134 __ child 135 WWII spy org.
DOWN
1 Former Ford autos, briefly 2 City on the Missouri 3 On one’s own? 4 French cleric 5 Trumpet kin 6 Where Chiang ruled from 1950 on
7 Thief
8 Rock bottom 9 Revolted 10 Coastal inlet 11 Work on a seam, say 12 Vaping products, briefly 13 Man of La Mancha
14 IRS ID’s 15 Hardy work 16 Certain something 17 Walked over 19 Aptly named Renault
26 Chansons de __: medieval French poems 28 Clinton running mate 29 Revered Mother 33 Weakens 35 Coup target, perhaps 37 Charlotte of “The Facts of Life” 39 Six-time N.L. home run champ 40 Number on a tag 41 __ noir
42 Bars not for drinking 43 Swiss peak
44 In a bit
47 One watching a shepherd, say 49 Amigo 50 Cleaning chemical 52 Renewable energy choice 54 Physical opening 58 Some Hollywood FX 59 Court arbiters
60 Toledo’s lake 62 Snakes in hieroglyphics 65 Valuable rocks 67 River to the North Sea 68 Hard-hitting sound 70 Ginza locale 72 Wallet contents 73 Wrath 74 J.R.R. Tolkien feature
75 Up 76 Peruvian plain 77 Travelers’ decision points 80 Spur-of-themoment Tinder profile? 81 Sgts. and such 84 Plains tribe 85 Leftover morsel 87 California locale where “Maria Maria” fell in love, in a Santana hit 89 Vitamin C source 91 Six-pack contents?
93 Speck 94 Legendary fire starter 96 Office group 98 Permissible 100 Son-of-a-gun 101 It makes everything better, purportedly 105 Safe and sound
107 Filet __
108 Fat, say 110 Hawaiian feasts 111 Nitrogen compound 113 Selected 115 Rulers before the Bolsheviks 116 Gets ready to file
117 Jane Austen novel 118 Student __ 119 Mongolian tent 120 “The Mikado” weapon, briefly 122 Anthem opener 124 Eavesdropping org. 125 Young socialite