Chicago Tribune (Sunday)

It’s a Mouse!

- By Brad Wiegmann Edited by Patti Varol and Joyce Nichols Lewis

Across

1 Unwelcome

omens

9 Sussed (out) 14 WWII sea threat 19 Pollution

legislatio­n goal 20 NutraSweet

developer 21 Bankrolls

22 One who’s a really

big fan of promos and trailers? 24 Store employee 25 Walk heavily 26 Untruth

27 “Your guide to a

better future” site 29 Best of the best,

initially

30 Balance sheet abbr. 32 Styling aid 34 Weighs on

36 Main squeeze

39 Go along with

harsh criticism of an ancient

Athenian?

43 Like granita and

42-Down

44 Plum kin 45 Completely

overhauled 46 Annual stint at a Buckingham Palace timeshare? 51 Attributed

56 Leaf under a petal 57 Fat used in baking 58 Lyft alternativ­e 59 Lyft offer

60 Apple device that might have a Smart Cover

62 Mauna __ 63 Minecraft

resources

65 Sea eagles

66 Story about a Disney girl who climbs Mount Everest?

72 Brazos River city 73 Fellows

74 Trail mix morsel 75 Harbor, perhaps 76 Hardly __: rarely 77 Lily of France

garment

78 Periods often

named for leaders 80 Seal sounds 83 “1984” superstate 86 Expensive block for a woodworkin­g apprentice? 89 Gershwin classic 91 “Sunday Night Baseball” analyst, familiarly

92 Oscar winner

Mahershala 93 Poultry dish served in a Punjabi restaurant?

100 Study

101 State of rest

102 Didn’t work out 103 “Not buying it” 106 Aloha Tower island 107 Dog who visits Oz

110 NFL scores

111 Springs

115 Embellish

117 Shop selling gold

earrings and bandanas?

122 Mozart’s “Così fan

__”

123 Buck horn

124 Words said with an

eyeroll

125 Informal “What if

... ”

126 Surgical beam 127 Jazz headliners?

Down

1 Confidenti­ally

informs

2 Often

3 Trial version 4 Hagar of Van

Halen

5 Bumbling 6 Needlefish

7 Actor Cage,

informally

8 __ Lanka

9 Take down

10 Lock insert

11 Pave the way for 12 Panache

13 Feint on the ice 14 Mixed martial arts

org.

15 Tabbouleh wheat 16 Low tie

17 Cost for an online

pop-up, e.g. 18 “Shame on you!” 20 Goo made at home with glue, food coloring, and saline solution

23 Lotion additive 28 Scottish feudal lord 31 “The Voice” host

Carson

32 Green shampoo 33 Nerdy sort

35 Like much brandy 36 Routine parts 37 Tylenol target 38 See-through

devices? 40 Smallest state in

India

41 Security

checkpoint request 42 Granita kin 44 Pool-heating option 47 Bond that promotes easy communicat­ion 48 Polish Solidarity

hero Lech 49 Mythical

matchmaker

50 Lou Grant player 52 “To reiterate ... ” 53 Goodyear surface 54 Novelist O’Brien 55 Workstatio­n 58 Claritin rival 61 Archaeolog­ical site 64 __ cha beef: stir-fry

dish 66 Oh-so-precious 67 “__ Nagila” 68 Africa’s __ Desert: eastern region of the Sahara

69 2021 title role for

Peter Dinklage 70 Vibe

71 Died down 79 Unflappabl­e 81 Leaves in

smoothies

82 Hide

84 Makes a request 85 Like dessert wines 86 Fur-protesting gp. 87 Irritate 88 Sportscast­er Linda 90 Sincere attempts 93 Dalmatians, e.g. 94 Be in charge of 95 Old Apple app for

pics

96 Woos

97 Player who doesn’t mind making bloopers? 98 Church leader 99 Brief meeting? 104 Singers below

mezzo-sopranos 105 “Money __”:

Spanish TV drama 108 Fall birthstone 109 Fey of “Mean Girls” 112 Bluish hue

113 Copy cats?

114 Spots

116 Once named

118 Blonde __

119 Recycling __

120 Govt. fiscal monitor 121 Mex. neighbor

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