Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Sunday Crossword Puzzle

- Edited by Patti Varrol and Joyce Nichols Lewis

“Shh!” By Gary Larson & Amy Ensz

ACROSS

1 Fairy tale brute

5 Bamako’s country

9 Lethargy

15 Bygone Swedish car company

19 Maggie Smith’s “Good Bones,” e.g.

20 Agenda

21 Oat Milk Blend shampoo maker

22 Combustibl­e pile

23 Startling revelation for a couch potato?

25 Menu of familysize­d KFC options?

27 Just-in-case item

28 “Let Me Love You” R&B singer

30 Like many a safari cat

31 Water cooler sound

33 Had to have

35 Apex predators of the ocean

39 Rowan Atkinson character

42 Butters up, perhaps

44 Religious residence

45 Not theirs

46 More oozy

48 Makes jigsaw puzzles, perhaps

49 Brief “If you ask me”

50 Full-time employee at a corn processing plant?

54 Tiny criticism

55 Kanga’s kid

56 Credit __: Zurich bank

57 Director Reitman and tennis great Lendl

58 Golf bag item

59 Fred of “Schmigadoo­n!”

61 __ now and then

62 Heat unit

64 Sp. titles

65 12-Down and 50-Down, maybe

68 Pride sound

69 Command to a guard dog

71 Bits

72 Feels like

75 “I hate it”

76 Chat with online

77 Fine

80 Hornswoggl­ed

81 “On the other hand ... ”

82 Did too much

heavy lifting?

84 Med. condition with repetitive behavior

85 Bistro VIP

87 Paged

88 Garden center bagful

89 Ruler divisions

90 Mexican market

93 Like an overtired child, maybe

95 Co-star of Nimoy and Shatner

96 Type of canoe

97 Russian refusal

98 Derek’s ex-wife on “Grey’s Anatomy”

100 Sushi bar drink 103 Wall recess

107 Really, really cheap liquor?

111 Ruse for crashing family reunions?

113 Genre for some Tokyobased bands

114 Does the job perfectly

115 Costa __

116 Blob’s lack

117 Small tastes

118 __ out of: slyly avoided

119 Particle accelerato­r particle

120 Jedi Council leader

DOWN

1 Backs (out)

2 Ascend

3 “For My Broken Heart” singer McEntire

4 Surfaces

5 Radar gun reading: Abbr.

6 Parallel to

7 Shoestring

8 Blue Pac-Man ghost

9 Can opener

10 Small eggs

11 Flow back

12 Aromatic Sri

Lankan exports

13 Upturned, as a box 14 Naan alternativ­e

15 Ball-shaped

16 Sailor’s affirmativ­e

17 Equal

18 Exacta or

trifecta

24 Actress Ward

26 Dormitory annoyance

2 9Cyclops feature

32 Separates, in a way

34 Mouse hat feature

36 Food Network production featuring a chef’s work surface?

37 More chichi

38 Modus operandi

39 Catherine’s “Schitt’s Creek” role

40 Buzz

41 Sweeping segment of a prop comic’s act?

42 Mercury and Mars

43 River inlets

44 Pizzeria output

47 Actor/director Ken

48 Fashion letters

50 Aromatic Indian export

51 Busy place

52 Iris layer

53 Roller coaster parts

60 Wrath

61 Some Spielberg movie collectibl­es

62 In shape

63 Sombrero, e.g.

65 Icy coating

66 Elevator name

67 Soft mineral

68 Zoomed past

69 Turn in 70 Large lizard with dewlaps

71 Chatted with

online, for short

72 Moist towelette

73 Implied

74 “Strange to say ... ”

76 Nights before

77 Some athletic shoes

78 Listen to

79 Research on a political rival, briefly

82 Frozen fries maker

83 Howard or Alcorn, for short

86 Tour de France mountains

88 Hit the spot

90 Iditarod driver

91 Narcissist’s problem

92 “Be My Baby” memoirist Spector

94 Actress Russo

96 Hustle genre

97 Maker of sweet wafers

99 Sketch

101 Preternatu­ral glow

102 Make a scarf, say

104 Jimmy __: fashion brand known for expensive shoes

105 Difficult

106 Actress Thompson

107 Pros using mixers, for short

108 Nail polish brand

109 Cut (off)

110 Takeoff approx.

112 Hasty escape

 ?? ?? 6/4/2023
6/4/2023

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