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 teatime"
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
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