Toronto Star

SUNDAY CROSSWORD

CHRISTMAS CAROLS: And Karol, Caroline, etc.

- by S.N.

1 Ethereal instrument­s 6 Minor falling-out 10 Very cold 15 Statistica­l collection 19 Second word of Gone With the Wind 20 Cantina order 21 In unison 22 Uttered 23 Carole who cowrote “Nobody Does It Better” 25 What the Carolina Hurricanes won in 2006 27 Something in the way 28 Command to a canine 30 Robin Hood beverage 31 Mideast airline 32 Jurassic World menaces 33 Sunset Boulevard star 37 Wrongdoer 40 Keel over 41 As compared to 42 Distinctiv­e period 43 Lasso loop 44 Two-time honor for Joyce Carol Oates 46 Pal of Frodo 47 Concerning 48 One of Canada’s First Nations 49 A bit 50 Social outing 51 Barbecue spot 52 Sitcom where Carroll O’Connor was Helen Hunt’s dad 56 Bit of hearsay 57 Vessel to sail on or drink from 59 Dress carefully 60 Ones in a hurry 61 One of a carol’s 11 62 Tilted 63 Job bonuses 64 Not as fresh 66 The Very Hungry Caterpilla­r author 67 Evade 70 Steps off 71 Singer of Carole King’s “You’ve Got a Friend” 73 Old-school cheer 74 In the course of 75 __ enscène (stage setting) 76 Golf course teachers 77 Kilo- times 1,000 78 UK defence arm 79 A Christmas Carol clerk 83 Bakers’ implements 84 Yale student 85 Brainchild 86 Educator Montessori 87 Chin adornment 88 Slices of a century 90 Gave seconds to 91 Hoodlum 92 Direction opposite norte 93 Christmas VIP 94 Flute, for instance 98 Karol Wojtyla’s betterknow­n name 102 Half of a Lewis Carroll twosome 104 Desert plant 105 Believe in 106 No longer happening 107 Pompeo of Grey’s Anatomy 108 Keg contents 109 Felipe VI, to his subjects 110 Performs hip-hop 111 Classic Christmas gifts for kids DOWN 1 “Knight of the road” 2 Ishmael’s captain 3 Tampa Bay baseballer­s 4 False show 5 Mrs. Smith’s rival 6 Procrastin­ate 7 Signal via beeper 8 One-spot 9 Act of twisting 10 Historical French region 11 Bass-baritone Simon 12 Rich soil 13 Cozy retreat 14 Where Biden was senator 15 Senior member 16 Shape of a rainbow 17 Sigma follower 18 Chalet spot 24 Lasting mark 26 Spiral-horned antelope 29 “Coming __ going out?” 32 Twerp 33 Sea World orca 34 Where Caroll Spinney has been a Bird and a Grouch 35 Spellbindi­ng speaker 36 Finger pointers 37 Uses scissors 38 Greek column type 39 Where the Caroline Islands are 40 Use scissors 41 __ the aisle (theater ticket request) 44 Purchase authorizat­ion 45 Up to now 48 Weaver in rattan 50 Stoops suddenly 52 Is downcast 53 __ citato (footnote phrase) 54 Range of Russia 55 Religious doctrine 56 Not as prevalent 58 No longer squeaking 60 Second attempts 62 Debussy piece 63 Tom Hanks, in Sully 64 Didn’t mind donating 65 Burrito alternativ­e 66 Julius Caesar conspirato­r 67 Aleppo’s land 68 Bird on the back of a buck 69 Transition­al period 71 Conforms (with) 72 Greenhouse pest 75 Become less intense 77 Have good intentions 79 Raise the price of, at auction 80 User-friendly feature 81 Ex-president who swore in Hoover 82 Roddenberr­y, re Star Trek 83 Some balloon animals 87 “I approve!” 89 Seven-Emmy actor 90 Move higher 91 Attendees 93 Speak unclearly 94 Shed tears 95 At leisure 96 Can’t do without 97 Cozy retreats 98 Fast punch 99 World Cup cheer 100Cultiva­ting tool 101 Web page ID 103 St. since 1863

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