SUNDAY CROSSWORD II
NOVEL CHARACTERS
ACROSS
1 Genius “Family Guy” baby 7 Badger
13 Tsai Ing-wen’s country
19 Corn product for grits 20 Korean War site (old spelling) 21 Acting like a total hog? 22 *Tiny Tim, to Bob Cratchit 24 Crescent-shaped window
25 Sin city?
26 *Like the children shown by the Ghost of Christmas Present
28 Hawks, on scoreboards
31 BLT part
33 Pushover
34 “Here comes trouble!”
36 “Nailed It!” disaster
37 New Mexico art haven 38 Pokemon with magical ability 42 Vaudeville offerings
44 SEA letters
46 One-fourth of a 4x400
47 Drums tuned with tuning
paste
49 Cali chica
50 “Come over the top,” in
poker
52 ___ of Strength (Festivus
tradition)
53 Desmond of “Sunset Boulevard” 56 Dutch banking giant
57 Chase film?
59 Photo file type
61 *Getting a boss like Mr. Fezziwig
vs. one like Scrooge, e.g.
66 Some WBA ends
68 Gut call?
69 Period of work
70 “___ words were never
spoken”
71 Shout to a keeper
72 Cuup offering
73 *The ghost of Jacob Marley, e.g.
76 Casbah covers 77 Cuneiform tool 79 Palindromic antipoverty agcy.
80 Poet Thomas 82 “Gesundheit!” preceder 83 Ready to get down
87 Vinyl half
90 Israeli currency
92 “Gnarly, dude!”
93 “For shame!”
94 Eminem hit
95 ___ and now
96 Keatsian
98 Hindu god
100 Like horses’ hooves
101 Cry attributed to Archimedes 103 Devoted, and then some 105 Attempt
106 *Many a sound from Scrooge at the end of “A Christmas Carol” 111 Treatments for one’s dogs? 113 Bodies of work 114 Description of snowflakes ... and the letters within each of the answers to the starred clues
119 Marks in a con game 120 French dramatist Antonin 121 Capture one’s heart 122 Makes glitzy
123 Pants named for an island
124 It’s the talk of the town!
DOWN
1 Hardly a company person? 2 “___ bad, so sad!” 3 Australian bird
4 Prevails
5 Unit inside Fort Knox
6 They make you read the fine print, for short
7 Prolific musician 8 Mandela’s party (Abbr.) 9 Bonehead
10 Actor LaBeouf
11 Kicks up one’s feet 12 Academic addenda
13 Lonely Planet reader, often 14 Golfer Palmer, to fans
15 Seals a victory
16 “___ pleasure!”
17 Some chips, often 18 Pressing requirement 21 Former planet
23 3x3x3 puzzle cube
27 Having to do “adulting” 28 Ghostly glow
29 Agender pronoun
30 *Bob Cratchit, to Tiny Tim 32 Place for a beret or toque 35 Sci-fi award
38 Be on the lookout, perhaps 39 *Backdrop for when the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come appears 40 Dirty quarters
41 Rotter
43 Noble title
45 It’s all washed up! 46 Politician Lori
48 Some
51 Colonial soldier?
54 Dragon in “Mulan”
55 Do the job of 57 Psychoanalyst Sigmund
58 Bird of old Celtic lore
59 “You had one ___ to do!”
60 911 producer
62 Rock or Cudi of music
63 Artist Yoko
64 Asmaran’s IOC code
65 Did some holey work? 67 Utters, in slang
73 Gin fizz flavorer
74 “___ out!”
75 Idris of “The Suicide Squad” 78 Join up, in a way 81 “Raiders of the Lost Ark” danger 82 Vesuvius spew
83 Toon who collects human detritus
84 Lake Huron island
85 Ivan Drago’s country
86 Track regions that test cornering
88 “Monty Hall Problem” prop 89 Swirl
91 Crescendos
94 Was ingrained
97 Little black ___
99 Don’t stay in your lane?
101 Actor Zac
102 Greek area in a common phobia
103 Clashing
104 Disney princess making beignets
106 Club in a Manilow hit
107 Tara of “Sharknado”
108 Car often derided on “Car Talk” 109 Atop
110 Start of some addresses 112 King or queen’s supporter? 115 “Bien sur!”
116 “TBH ...”
117 Japanese word for “carp” 118 M.D.s’ sites