South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Sunday)
THE FINAL FRONTIER
By Gary Larson and Amy Ensz
ACROSS
1 Country that’s about 24 times longer than its average width
6 Vendor’s wagon
14 Online access cos.
18 Nixon’s older daughter
19 It established Congress
20 PDQ, in the ER
21 Satisfied with one’s work in the transporter room?
23 Miles’ “Sideways” love interest
24 NFL official
25 Conger catchers
26 Daring deed
28 Informer
29 Setting for searches
31 Black
34 Big mess
36 Title book in a classic computer game
37 Brezhnev of the USSR
40 One who gets in
42 Detain Dr. McCoy?
47 Sends, in a way
48 Cover letters?
51 One may be painted
52 Fancy topping
54 Mangy mutt
55 Apple product
56 Opening tempo of Dvorák’s “New World Symphony”
58 __ gratia artis: MGM motto
61 End of a warning
63 Weave
66 “Be silent,” in music
68 Arch type
69 Phaser, slangily?
73 Tiny
74 Katniss’ ally in “The Hunger Games”
76 Surpasses
77 Forward pass
79 No. with two dashes
80 Ski weekend destination
82 Pluck
84 Flamenco shout
85 Heineken brand named for a Mexican city
87 Recurring
90 Actor Beatty
91 Warm sign-off
93 DNA sample from Kirk’s chief engineering officer?
97 Beverly Cleary title dog
99 Defrauded, say, with “on”
18-wheeler Frontier home Either Zimbalist Creme-filled Drake’s cake
111 Bobby of the Bruins
112 Contents of some banks Gloomy Wedding promise Newton, e.g. Masseuse trained in massage techniques from Spock’s home planet? Fabled loch Observing lions in the wild, maybe Sign up
De Matteo of “The Sopranos” Uncalled-for Candy mogul H.B. __
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1 Makes with skill
2 Gender-specific pronoun
3 Less cordial
4 Flax fabric
5 High nester
6 “Easy to Be Hard” musical
7 Song and dance
8 Unnamed degree
9 Cocktail party staple
10 “Bad Moon Rising” band, briefly
11 Adjust in a garage
12 Flight by night
13 Connections
14 School of thought
15 Allure of boldly going where no man has gone before?
16 Pony up the service charge, say
17 Museum pieces
18 Wee
21 Cup part
22 Bayou, perhaps
27 Poet who used the name Old Possum
30 Abbr. often after a comma
31 Carbon compound
32 Storage spot
33 Horatian work
35 Sports org. name since 1910
38 Historic time
39 It’s a wrap
41 Big name in jeans
43 Elevator name
44 Runs easily
45 Grazing area
46 Barely enough
48 News exclusives
49 Clears of data, as aPC
50 Happy Meal toy replica of Captain Kirk’s ship?
53 “A Death in the Family” author James
56 Wonderstruck
57 “Buenos __”
59 Flea market deal
60 Did salon work
62 Allow
63 Latin “behold”
64 Bygone depilatory brand
65 First word in all but one “Seinfeld” episode title
67 Cause of inflation
70 Everglades deposit
71 Wheel connectors
72 Play delayers
75 Gave in (to)
78 Start of a classic accusation
81 Fabled racer
82 Flapjack cooker
83 Dorm overseers, for short
86 Wilcox daughter in “Howards End”
87 Tabloid couple
88 Sign-off letters before L
89 Nice season
91 Blow away
92 “Ambition should be made of __ stuff”: “Julius Caesar” EMT skill
It’s found in banks Immigrant’s subj. Tighten the strings of, maybe
Safe to have Example Composer Stravinsky Bogus Church official Nemo’s creator Habituate Makeup line Galahad et al. Action movie weapons Screening org. Heel
CIO partner Dundee denial NYY rival
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