Chicago Tribune (Sunday)

Reindeer Games

- BY ROBIN STEARS EDITED BY PATTI VAROL

Across

1 Monastery head 6 Unrefined 11 Devilish creatures 15 Like some reports 19 Swap

20 More vast 21 Awkwafina’s real

first name

22 Fried cornbread 23 Men’s clothing

retailer

25 Action in Uno 26 Sicilian volcano 27 2-Down

accompanie­rs 28 Elton John hit with the misheard lyric “Hold me closer, Tony Danza”

30 Not the worst

31 “__ I say more?” 33 Give comfort to 34 Lunch hours, e.g. 37 Messy handwritin­g 41 Teakettle output 44 Hanover Ivy

48 __ alai

49 Fitness method with “a springy, rhythmic way of moving forward” 53 UPC bar code

developer

54 Public persona 56 Cereal grain 57 “Orinoco Flow”

singer 58 Mythologic­al fox destined never to be caught

61 Circle widths 64 Agnus __

65 Org. created by the

1957 Treaty of Rome 66 Suffix akin to -ule 67 Physicist Newton 69 Permanent marks 72 Longtime PBS “Mystery!” host Diana

76 Digital asset: Abbr. 78 Dent or scratch 80 Office supplier 82 Celestial object next visible from Earth in 2061 88 Sign

89 Singer DiFranco 90 “Middlemarc­h”

novelist

91 Polish tennis

champ Swiatek 92 Connie Francis hit

with a rhyming title 95 Wall St. takeover 96 Some errand

runners on a yacht 99 Starts a fresh pot 100 Tungusic people of

northeast China 102 Cat hair, pollen,

dust mites, etc. 106 One held for

questionin­g

110 Plastic shoe wearer 111 __ Bora: Afghan

region

115 Thor’s son in the role-playing game Scion

118 Greeted with a

ceremonial bow 120 Dublin Murder Squad series novelist French 121 “Shining Vale”

actress Sorvino 122 German roadster that once held the world speed record 125 Trains for a

marathon, say 126 U.S. passport holder 127 Flood defense 128 Tank nuisance 129 “What __ can I say?” 130 Turner and Knight 131 Stadium levels 132 Marsh ducks

Down

1 Aramis companion 2 “Great show!” 3 Rum-soaked cakes 4 Tribute in

“Antigone” 5 Hatcher of “Lois &

Clark”

6 Fashion house whose logo is two interlocki­ng C’s 7 Oft-baked potato 8 “That’s gross!” 9 Low grade

10 Make the team’s

blooper reel, perhaps 11 Home to more than

1.4 billion people 12 Eves’ counterpar­ts 13 Appeals to a higher

power

14 Carpentry debris 15 Game 1

16 Campus mil. group 17 Celebrity chef

Burrell

18 King who says to Cordelia, “Nothing can come of nothing” 24 Portuguese title 28 End-of-unit

classroom event 29 Gmail option 32 “Rugrats” mom 33 Go back to Chapter 1 35 Ceremony host 36 Counterpar­t of

fem., in grammar 38 “Stronger than

dirt” brand 39 Payment for labor 40 Property claim 41 Name in fine china 42 Eye color, e.g. 43 Trouble

45 Does impression­s 46 Honor given by HM

King Charles III 47 Actress Thurman 50 Thing

51 Some deli loaves 52 Irene of “Fame” 55 Extremely small 59 __ Moines, Iowa 60 Fit snugly inside 62 __ Park: Edison lab

site

63 Polynesian language 68 Word with sky or spy 70 Upon

71 Malek of

“Oppenheime­r” 73 Hardly appropriat­e 74 “Your wish is my

command” speaker 75 Formula 1 starting

positions

77 Went to collect 79 Fix a worn-out shoe 81 Quechua speaker 82 Command post 83 “Dark Angel” star

Jessica

84 King of the jungle 85 Member of the fam 86 Like the dinos in

“Jurassic Park” 87 Texter’s “I’m out!” 93 Thrift shop condition 94 Not firmly fixed 97 Bygone coin-op

eatery

98 Boxer Max

101 Jewel box

103 List

104 Sugarcoats

105 Vogue rival

107 “Demon Slayer”

genre

108 How Santa dresses,

mostly

109 Approaches

112 Luxury timepiece 113 Kidney-related 114 Carving tools

115 Raison d’__

116 “The Addams

Family” actor Julia 117 Road-trip stops 119 Future dr.’s class 122 Diner fave

123 Luau neckwear 124 “__ seen worse”

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