Hartford Courant (Sunday)

Forcing the Issue

- By Gary Larson

1Perfume brand that sounds forbidden

5 Was humbled

12 Resulting (from)

19 It’s known for its bell ringers

20 Only one of Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Songs” not written in English

21 Like Hershey’s Kisses

22 Celebrity magazine employee?

24 Night vis-‡-vis Nacht, e.g.

25 Possessive in a Harry Potter title

26 Using a lifestyle magazine to cool off?

29 Kind of DA

30 1983 Streisand title role

31 Uproar

32 Large seal hunters

36 “What a lousy play!” 39 Furry wrap

41 Catch in the act

42 Found a childreari­ng magazine?

47 Head-turning hiss 49 Levine of Maroon 5

50 Goes too far

53 “Over There” songwriter

57 Jumble

58 Spanish province or its capital

59 Zodiac animal

60 Group mental condition

61 Firewood option ... or destiny

62 Former Russian space station

63 Tired

65 Removed all evidence of

66 Graphic for a personal well-being magazine?

70 Esoteric

73 Challenges

74 They may be blocked

75 Workmanshi­p

78 Pressured, with “on”

79 Legend on the ice 80 Indian wrap

82 Whoop-de-do

83 Three-__ engine

84 Writer with the most combined Oscar and Tony nomination­s

87 Showgirl in a Manilow song

88 Czuchry who played Cary Agos on “The Good Wife”

91 Closing the doors of a financial magazine?

93 French toast need

96 Turkish bread

99 Round-skipping edge

100 Newspaper essays

101 Gift tag word

103 Film that’s barely shown?

105Marlon’s “Godfather” role

108 Shopliftin­g a fitness magazine?

111 Not bright

116 Split

117Kiosk selling a news magazine?

119Nook or Kindle

120Hollywo­od’s Annette

and Peter

121Valhall­a VIP

122Street, in Stuttgart

123Sneaky programs

124Street in New York’s Chinatown

DOWN

1 Bedtime melody

2 Fuel-efficient Chevy

3 Loudmouth

4 Not culturally sensitive, for short

5 A’s, Jays and Rays 6 Records, in a way

7 “The Future of the Movies” co-author

8 Sonatas, say

9 Real estate ad abbr.

10 Symphonic wind

11 In a languid way

12 Highlight

13 Reindeer landing area

14 “Little House” series author Laura __ Wilder

15 __ FŽin

16 Defeatist’s statement

17 Chad, but not Jeremy

18 Two-time Oscar winner Jackson

23 Chow line?

27 “Survivorma­n” creator Stroud

28 Whipped cream

serving

32 “Becoming” memoirist Michelle

33 Teases

34 Stay over

35 Mall features

36 Swiss capital

37 Switch positions

38 Baseball’s “Little Giant”

40 Social companions

43 Neatened, as barracks

44 Ward off

45 Vintage auto

46 Features of many fonts

48 Synagogue scroll

51 Way to go

52 Jolly Roger bosun

54 Consumes

55Newcastl­e Brown __

56 “Game of Thrones” patriarch Stark

60 Gin rummy action

62 Twenty Questions category

63 “Super!”

64 Sushi garnish 66 Land in “The Hunger Games”

67 Hokkaido noodle

68 Unusual

69 Yankee manager Boone

70 “... and justice for __”

71 Outdoor gear giant

72 Tom or tabby

75 Do penance

76 Very upset

77 They may be slid into ovens

80 Fries, e.g.

81 Friend in France

82 Sty feed

85 Soft toss

86 Subtle

89 Authority abusers

90 Bridge supports

92 Cow, at times

93 Pond dweller

94 “I, Claudius” author Robert

95 Small racing vehicle

97 Stick (to)

98 “Chandelier” singer

102 Charades player

104 __ salts

105 Fancy home

106 Surmise

107 “__ Were the Days”

109 Hurricane-tracking agcy.

110 Jazzy Jones

111 Team’s burden

112 Either H in H2O

113 “No Angel” singer

114 Release

115 Job for a body shop

118 2015 Verizon acquisitio­n

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