Chicago Tribune (Sunday)

THE PROTECTORS: People and things

- By Billie Truitt | Edited by Stanley Newman (stanxwords.com) © 2022 Creators Syndicate. All rights reserved.

Across

1 Temp worker 4 Bugler’s melody 8 “We’ll see” 13 Spinoff groups

18 __ fide

19 Bright thought 20 “__ goes well …” 21 Eraser’s target 22 Flee, so to speak 23 Capital in the Alps 24 Pool table bounce 25 Video gaming

pioneer 26 Protectors of kids

walking to school 29 Choose (to)

30 Lion King queen 31 NHL tiebreaker­s 32 Title like 48 Down 34 Garden pond carp 36 Spider-Man director 38 Remote in manner 40 Protectors of closet

clothing

42 Official emblem 44 Guitar guys, slangily 46 Within easy reach 47 Protectors of players behind the plate

50 Samsung rival 52 Danson or Koppel 53 Most recent 55 Residence 59 Sweater woe 63 Cotton Bowl city 65 A matter of choice 68 Protectors of auto

buyers 70 Protectors of chefs 72 “No food for me,

thanks”

73 The Antarctic, e.g. 74 Slangy “Got that?” 75 Scrooge persona 76 Sports setback 79 Antismuggl­ing agcy. 81 Hwys. with tolls 84 Protectors of the

First Family 90 Starch in sushi 93 Hawaii senator

Mazie

95 Cry of discovery 96 Protectors of those

in the rain 98 Bulldozed

101 Caterer’s gig 102 Morning Edition

network

103 Halfway through

the day

104 Archaeolog­ical site 105 Tusked beast 106 Coffeehous­e order 108 Protectors of kids

against improper ingestion

115 Pitching scout’s tool 116 The good dishes 117 Unwitting

accomplice

118 Lay __ thick

119 Biscotti flavoring 120 “My goodness!” 121 Eve’s first home 122 Communicat­e 123 Stir up, as a fire 124 Districts

125 Philosophe­r

Descartes

126 Couture monogram

Down

1 Fly sky-high 2 Teamster, for

instance 3 Vinegar variety 4 Shinbone 5 Mideast’s Gulf of __ 6 Vine-covered

walkways 7 Serenaded 8 Layered mineral 9 Miles off 10 Cloth measure 11 Begin to flourish 12 Street often near

Maple 13 Aquanaut’s base 14 Art Deco designer 15 Fireplace sound 16 Largest of the British Virgin Islands 17 __ Lanka 18 Network on the

telly Minimal GI show sponsor “Culture” prefix GPS calculatio­ns US ally since ’48 Ocasek of the Cars

Santa __, CA Broadcast time Eats nothing Disarrange

Last week’s answers can be found in today’s “Puzzle Island Solutions.” “Who has an answer?” 59 Exercise in water “You __ have 60 Avatar race worried”

61 Belligeren­t Classic Jaguar

Olympian Fr. miss

Some clock 62 Employee at an batteries entrance Protector of a toe 64 Soprano managed Convention by Barnum giveaway 66 Put into words A person’s 67 Walk unsteadily Be bold 69 Group for seniors

Besides that 70 Apple relative 27 28 29 33 35 36 37 38 39 40 41

43

45 48

49

51 54

56 57 58 71 “Bone” starter 73 Room design 77 Those: Sp. 78 Marshy area 80 Without

82 A Kardashian 83 Grain tower 85 What successful

people make 86 Liveliness 87 Goes over again

88 NL Central team 89 Superlativ­e suffix 90 Become a

candidate

91 Fix firmly 92 Long-haul

trucker’s device 94 Cattle raiser 97 Access granted

99 Tally up

100 Sleeping bag

part

105 Good: Fr. 107 Work assignment 109 Bring on board 110 Ancient Andean 111 Sets, as a trap 112 Actor Wilson 113 Straw vote

114 NBC satirical

series

115 Dorm mentors:

Abbr.

116 Nashville awards

org.

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