Portsmouth Herald

THAT’S AMORE

- BY GARY LARSON & AMY ENSZ, EDITED BY PATTI VAROL

ACROSS

1 Refrigerat­or handle 6 Rideshare updates, for short

10 Pencils that are hard to sharpen

15 In need of resupply, maybe

19 Asperity

20 TV producer Spencer 21 Put forward

22 Lacking a paper trail 23 About to explode 24 Blondie drummer Burke

25 Bit of support on the job?

27 Blues legend James 28 Partridge family member

30 Dune plants

31 Scottish herders, informally

33 Noble gas that’s roughly 1% of the atmosphere

35 __ gin fizz

36 Arboreal marsupial 37 Hypoallerg­enic makeup brand

39 Bouillon __

42 Leave everyone amazed?

47 Farm female 49 Glissade garb

50 Sushi roll topper 51 Tristan and __

52 Like much of Montana 54 Dworshak structure 55 Gets a move on 57 Legal term that means “guilty mind”

60 Greets silently

62 See 58-Down

64 Broke off from a group 66 Supermodel Banks 67 In-house water source? 71 From Perth to Sydney 75 Sanctimoni­ous sort 78 Southern staple 81 Goes after 84 Woodstock sextet 88 Being

89 Sleep cycle

90 Not quite foggy 92 Goodyear offering 94 “__-in-the-Mist”: novel by Hope Mirrlees 95 Purple bloom 97 Post-dubbing title 98 Collect music publishing copyrights? 101 Like 101 courses 103 “Honest” 105 Light cigar

106 Letter-shaped beam 108 Sealy rival

110 County officers 113 Daughter of Cronus and Rhea

116 One well-versed in competitio­n?

118 Balder’s father

119 Legislativ­e branch that is mindful and introspect­ive?

121 Bent

122 “Middle Child” rapper 123 “Being the Ricardos” role

124 Basilica areas

125 Almond shade 126 “Shucks!”

127 Labor agcy.

128 Vegetarian source of protein

129 Coarse file

130 Conquers

DOWN

1 Astrologic­al ram 2 Jollity

3 Rock collector?

4 Very little

5 “Blessed __ the meek” 6 Stingy sort 7 Chronicles

8 Length x width, for a rectangle

9 Kafka protagonis­t 10 Sequin

11 Snareless drum 12 Make the most of 13 Google alternativ­e 14 Rating units

15 Steps aside

16 Stood up as friends? 17 Scarce

18 Group with lodges 26 Mineral replaced by cornstarch in most cosmetic powders 28 Adds criticism to criticism

29 North __ Sea: Kazakh lake

32 Island of French Polynesia known for black-sand beaches 34 Language of central Mexico

38 “Programs! Git __ programs here!” 40 Nouveau-Mexique, par exemple 41 Japanese wrestling 42 Buddhist who has attained nirvana 43 Buzz Lightyear’s pal 44 Shade tree 45 Laudatory poem 46 Cross product

48 Tech startup? 52 Actress Russo 53 “hehe”

56 Smacks

58 With 62-Across, barbershop standard 59 DVR button

61 “All the Light We Cannot See” novelist Anthony

63 Ring bearer, maybe 65 Camera type, briefly 68 Casual cafes 69 Anthem opener

70 TV room

72 Row in Petco?

73 Use elbow grease on 74 Cares for

76 Alter, in a way 77 Clearance rack caveat 79 Shoulder ornament 80 California beach town with a historic racetrack 81 Nursery piece 82 Daughter of Cronus and Rhea

83 Mixture for a Pennsylvan­ia Dutch brewer?

85 Longtime Notre Dame coach Parseghian

86 “If I Ruled the World” rapper

87 Infomercia­ls, e.g. 91 Gluttony, e.g. 93 Creeps

96 Risk territory

98 Close 99 Self-referentia­l 100 Eggy bun

102 “Tár” Oscar nominee Blanchett

104 Abate

107 Get-well program, briefly

109 “Waves of grain” color 110 Takes off

111 Boneless cut 112 Bygone blades 113 Carpentry slot 114 Farm females 115 Tire swing holder 117 12-point type

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