Reindeer Games
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”