The Hamilton Spectator

WEEKLY CROSSWORD: Shh!

- By Gary Larson & Amy Ensz Edited by Patti Varol and Joyce Nichols Lewis

Across

1 Fairy tale brute 5 Bamako's country 9 Lethargy 15 Bygone Swedish car company 19 Maggie Smith's “Good Bones,” e.g. 20 Agenda

21 Oat Milk Blend shampoo maker 22 Combustibl­e pile 23 Startling revelation for a couch potato? 25 Menu of familysize­d KFC options? 27 Just-in-case item 28 “Let Me Love You” R&B singer 30 Like many a safari cat

31 Water cooler sound

33 Had to have 35 Apex predators of

the ocean 39 Rowan Atkinson character 42 Butters up, perhaps 44 Religious residence

45 Not theirs 46 More oozy 48 Makes jigsaw puzzles, perhaps 49 Brief “If you ask me” 50 Full-time employee at a corn processing plant?

54 Tiny criticism 55 Kanga's kid 56 Credit __: Zurich bank 57 Director Reitman and tennis great Lendl

58 Golf bag item 59 Fred of “Schmigadoo­n!”

61 __ now and then

62 Heat unit

64 Sp. titles 65 12-Down and 50-Down, maybe 68 Pride sound 69 Command to a guard dog 71 Bits

72 Feels like

75 “I hate it” 76 Chat with online 77 Fine 80 Hornswoggl­ed 81 “On the other hand ... ”

82 Did too much heavy lifting? 84 Med. condition with repetitive behavior 85 Bistro VIP 87 Paged 88 Garden center bagful

89 Ruler divisions 90 Mexican market 93 Like an overtired child, maybe 95 Co-star of Nimoy and Shatner 96 Type of canoe 97 Russian refusal 98 Derek's ex-wife on “Grey's Anatomy” 100 Sushi bar drink 103 Wall recess 107 Really, really

cheap liquor? 111 Ruse for crashing family reunions? 113 Genre for some Tokyo-based bands

114 Does the job

perfectly

115 Costa __

116 Blob's lack 117 Small tastes 118 __ out of: slyly avoided 119 Particle accelerato­r particle

120 Jedi Council

leader

Down

1 Backs (out) 2 Ascend

3 “For My Broken Heart” singer McEntire 4 Surfaces 5 Radar gun reading: Abbr. 6 Parallel to 7 Shoestring 8 Blue Pac-Man ghost

9 Can opener 10 Small eggs 11 Flow back 12 Aromatic Sri Lankan exports 13 Upturned, as a box

14 Naan alternativ­e 15 Ball-shaped 16 Sailor's affirmativ­e 17 Equal 18 Exacta or trifecta 24 Actress Ward 26 Dormitory annoyance 29 Cyclops feature 32 Separates, in a way

34 Mouse hat feature 36 Food Network production featuring a chef's work surface? 37 More chichi 38 Modus operandi 39 Catherine's “Schitt's Creek” role

40 Buzz 41 Sweeping segment of a prop comic's act? 42 Mercury and Mars 43 River inlets 44 Pizzeria output 47 Actor/director Ken 48 Fashion letters 50 Aromatic Indian export

51 Busy place

52 Iris layer 53 Roller coaster parts

60 Wrath

61 Some Spielberg movie collectibl­es 62 In shape 63 Sombrero, e.g. 65 Icy coating 66 Elevator name 67 Soft mineral 68 Zoomed past 69 Turn in 70 Large lizard with dewlaps 71 Chatted with online, for short 72 Moist towelette

73 Implied 74 “Strange to say ... ” 76 Nights before 77 Some athletic shoes

78 Listen to 79 Research on a political rival, briefly 82 Frozen fries maker 83 Howard or Alcorn, for short

86 Tour de France mountains 88 Hit the spot 90 Iditarod driver 91 Narcissist's problem

92 “Be My Baby” memoirist Spector 94 Actress Russo 96 Hustle genre 97 Maker of sweet wafers 99 Sketch 101 Preternatu­ral glow 102 Make a scarf, say 104 Jimmy __: fashion brand known for expensive shoes 105 Difficult

106 Actress

Thompson

107 Pros using

mixers, for short 108 Nail polish brand 109 Cut (off)

110 Takeoff approx. 112 Hasty escape

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