Hartford Courant (Sunday)

’Tis the season

- By Gary Larson & Amy Ensz

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 second-place 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 late-night 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 sleigh-pulling 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

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

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