LOS ANGELES TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE
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 tea-time”
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