The los angeles times
ACROSS
1 “God bless us, __
one!”
6 Cola choice
11 __ pudding:
Christmas treat 15 Org. with Falcons
and Ravens 18 Stimulates, as
curiosity
20 Mr. T’s outfit 21 Syllables from
Santa
22 ISP pioneer 23 Snow-covered home in many
Hallmark Christmas greetings? 25 Soon, long
ago
26 Overly
27 Most wee
28 Task of untangling last year’s outdoor Christmas decorations? 30 “Sounder” Best Actress Oscar nominee Cicely 31 Cap brims 34 Dog-__
35 Ryder Cup org. 37 Loudness
measure 40 Chef’s workload 41 Rude way to describe shopping mall Santas? 47 Completely
updated
48 “Well, shoot” 49 Air France hub 50 Wok, for one 53 Coffee cup
insulators
55 TV series based on a Coen brothers film 57 Noted secondplace finisher 58 Dodger great
Reese
61 Slender
stemware 62 Went up a size 63 “Waterloo”
quartet 66 Like a decorated Christmas tree, usually?
69 Word with wind
and Wing 70 Armoire part 71 Oscar winner
Hunt
72 Build up
74 Go up against 75 Parlor piece 76 Shows age, as
newspaper 80 Yoga roll
81 Make a bundle? 82 Meyers of latenight TV
86 British fish
dish
87 Like the contents of a gift-wrapped pet carrier,
hopefully? 91 With good
judgment 94 Perfect example 95 Game console
letters
96 Perfect
97 Tell
99 Puts at ease
103 Career preparing gifts for those on Santa’s “naughty” list? 105 Proclaim loudly 108 Actress Basinger 109 “Start talking” 110 Portraying Comet’s sleighpulling partner in the Christmas pageant?
114 College domain 115 Jump
116 Dispatch
117 Wonderland host who says, “It’s always tea-time” 118 Tres menos uno 119 “NASCAR on NBC” analyst Earnhardt Jr.
120 Figures (out)
121 Flowering shrub,
in gardener slang
DOWN
1 NT book before
Philippians 2 Baroque stringed
instrument 3 Evenhanded
4 Out of practice 5 Throws away
quickly, in slang 6 Busy orgs. during
campaigns 7 Coup d’__ 8 According to 9 Despondent 10 Online chats,
briefly
11 “Exile in
Guyville” singer Liz
12 Yearns (for)
13 “I don’t like the
sound of that” 14 __ Jack cheese 15 Essence 16 Header’s
opposite 17 London
insurance giant 19 Flight school
hurdle
24 Italian fashion house known for leather goods 28 Hang around
lazily
29 Some parents 31 “La Dolce __” 32 “Yeah, right” 33 Min. fraction 35 Free TV spots 36 Noisy shorebird 38 Wrap up 39 Mercury or
Saturn 40 Norwegian
capital
42 Words in a
cocktail recipe 43 Nice dream? 44 Geeky type
45 __ valve: heart
part
46 Pressing need 50 Cut (down) 51 War god
52 Small
amphibian 54 African
language
55 Ala. neighbor 56 Luminous glow 57 “The Time
Machine” author 59 Telepathic girl in “Stranger
Things”
60 Jazz great
Fitzgerald 61 Marshy area 63 “House of Gucci”
actor Driver 64 “The Book of __
Fett”
65 Boxing match 67 Actor Kingsley 68 “The Whole
Woman” writer Germaine 73 Peter Fonda title
role
75 Crockett of
folklore 77 Confides in 78 Sangria
ingredient
79 Gels
81 Wallet
82 Tizzy
83 Kin of -kin 84 Howe’er 85 Garment border 87 “Dreamgirls”
actress Sharon 88 Fix, as a horse 89 Brewery letters 90 Praline nut 91 Musical set in Oz 92 Eager reply to “Who wants dessert?”
93 Irish poet
Heaney
97 Fit for a queen 98 Skip the formalities, in a way
100 Cry of frustration 101 Aptly named
Renault
102 Impudence
104 Superstore with wordless assembly instructions
105 Information unit 106 Baloney
107 Seven up, e.g. 110 Letters from
school
111 Asian language 112 Egyptian viper 113 Like some
humor