Chicago Tribune (Sunday)

LAND LINES: A down-to-earth puzzle

- By Gary M. Larson | Edited by Stanley Newman (stanxwords.com)

Across

1 Hostile parties 5 Assessed

10 Quite __ off (rather

distant)

15 Croft of video

game fame 19 Othello villain 20 Writer Zola

21 Got together 22 Very devoted 23 Burger, essentiall­y 25 Robin Williams

doctor role 27 Midday restorativ­e

rest

29 Fine point 30 Reddi-__ (dessert

topping brand) 33 Title for Churchill 34 Subtle radiance 36 Vehicle for desserts 37 Nowhere nearby 40 The Deer Hunter

Oscar winner 42 Mid-February

sentiment

44 Cop portrayed by

Pacino (1973) 46 Tile installer 48 City on Tampa Bay,

for short 50 Bailiwicks

51 Half a Wagnerian

title pair 53 Long-tailed rodents 55 Eyelashes, to

anatomists 56 German industrial

city

58 Minor arguments 61 With aroma added 63 Put a new price on 64 What some

margins are for 66 Ropes on a ranch 68 Support for glasses 69 With arms and legs

outstretch­ed 73 Cost of

membership 75 Superman nemesis 78 Disney Dalmatians

dad

79 Sheltered harbors 81 Restaurant freebies

for tots 84 Substantia­l 86 Archaeolog­ical site 87 Malodorous 89 Ingot shaper 91 Springstee­n

nickname

93 Dutch Caribbean

island

94 Hair-care

concoction

97 Piece of a grapefruit 100 Melted cheese +

toast

103 Office fill-in 104 Composer

Ferruccio

105 Suffix for languages 106 Egyptian goddess 108 Bath bar

110 “Send help!”

111 Forget-me-__ 112 Immediatel­y

114 Pot pie morsel 117 Renamed government-run

shipping option 121 T-bone alternativ­e 125 Very often

126 The __ Lama

127 Chip away at 128 Winged drone, e.g. 129 First claim,

informally

130 Provide with a trait 131 Stair’s vertical

piece

132 Stick around

Down

1 Fruit from Turkey 2 Blade in a

boathouse 3 Self-image 4 Metaphor for fog 5 Burgundy and

Beaujolais 6 Color of honey 7 Stadium level 8 Justice Kagan 9 Factory setting 10 Intensify, with “up” 11 Withdraw gradually 12 Storage area of a

sort 13 Desert plants 14 Sun or moon 15 __ Godiva 16 Director DuVernay 17 Edge of a hoop 18 Pop-ups on

monitors 24 What a bull may be wearing 26 Lures in 28 Stage-play accessory 30 Org. with a panda logo 31 Ending for adverb 32 Story arc 35 State with confidence 37 All you can see 38 Berry flavor for yogurt 39 Civil rights icon Parks 41 M*A*S*H setting 43 Timetable stats. 45 Asks too many

questions 47 ACLU concerns 48 Catch by trickery

49 And more: Abbr. 52 Copycat 54 Auction off, say 56 Before, in verse 57 Naval commando 59 Catch by trickery 60 Genesis city 62 Scottish denial 65 Philosophe­r Descartes 67 Witnessed 69 Faux cheese ingredient 70 Dance in a gym 71 Geode mineral 72 Black-clad teen,

often

74 Dollar sign shape 76 Extended family 77 Consumed

something

79 Bulbs that bloom

in the spring 80 Boots out

82 __ de plume 83 Space on a schedule 85 “Sure”

87 Cabbie’s client

88 Spans of history 90 Club costs 92 Certain jazz fan 95 Skyline haze 96 Less abundant 98 Sean __ Lennon 99 Little quibble 101 Half a Wagnerian

title pair

102 Harsh-sounding 107 Chew out

109 Lab dish inventor 110 Scornful 112 Parts of a circus

schedule

113 Old Testament

twin

115 Cupid alias 116 S&L dispensers 117 Launching place 118 __ Baba

119 Burglarize

120 Plastic bag closer 122 Munch on

123 __ carte menu 124 Crucial

 ?? Last week’s answers can be found in today’s “Puzzle Island Solutions.” © 2022 Creators Syndicate. All rights reserved. ??
Last week’s answers can be found in today’s “Puzzle Island Solutions.” © 2022 Creators Syndicate. All rights reserved.

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