Deck the halls

Use the letters highlighted in the finished puzzle to spell Christmas décor you can hang by the chimney

ACROSS

1 Auction cry 5 Applications 9 Final notice? 13 Start of something big 17 Hardly — (rarely) 18 Brad of Ocean’s Eleven 19 Secret message 20 Walk in water 21 Bowling alley 22 Asterisk 23 Old furnace fuel 24 Strongly advise 25 News bulletins 27 — de toilette 29 Kind of tube 30 Parked oneself 31 Selling down the river 35 Played on stage 38 Cast a ballot 39 Head honcho 40 World — II 43 Put down, as tiles 44 Pubs 45 Unfair? 46 Relative of an ostrich 47 “Bravo!” in Madrid 48 Go bad 49 — away in the kitchen 51 Ship’s record 52 Very senior? 54 Make a touchdown 55 Converses 57 Bird’s beak 58 Out in front 59 Hit the jackpot 60 Joy’s partner 63 City in Michigan 64 Type of wage 68 Piña colada ingredient 69 Spot for a Band-aid 71 Sacred 72 Gasteyer of Mean Girls 73 Inventor Whitney 74 Couple’s pronoun 75 Not fake 76 Wheel of Fortune choice 77 “Are we there —?” 78 Svelte 79 Forest growth 80 Prices 81 Scary sounds in a dark alley 83 Ewe’s mate 84 Pet store buys 87 The Catcher in the — 88 Julia of Pretty Woman 92 Field measure 93 10 C-notes 96 Perched on 98 “Funny!” 99 Diamond of note 100 Contented sighs 101 Use a stopwatch 102 Face-to-face exam 103 Cough syrup amts. 104 “Check this out!” 105 Pampering places 106 Departed

DOWN

1 “To thine own — be true” 2 Elliptical 3 Olin of Chocolat 4 Clad 5 Unexpected sports outcome 6 Uses a chair 7 In-flight info, for short 8 D and C, in DC 9 Happen 10 Ghostly sound 11 Neighbor of Wyo. 12 — Aviv 13 Tried to hit a baseball 14 Make, as money 15 Slight advantage 16 Lots of bucks 26 “We’ve been —!” 28 Consumed 29 — and outs 31 “I wasn’t — yesterday!” 32 On the train 33 “— Got a Friend” 34 — of Capri 35 — vera 36 Telephone 37 Even 38 “Results may —” 40 Healthy 41 Run — (go wild) 42 Carpets 44 Tulip-to-be 45 Root beer — 48 Attempts 49 Part of a play 50 Expressionless 53 Conclude 54 Harbor sights 56 Blackbird 58 Warnings 59 Actor Smith or Ferrell 60 Hunter’s quarry 61 Occupy the throne 62 Not genuine: abbr. 63 Apple and banana 64 “Oh, my aching head!,” e.g. 65 Atlas pages 66 Army group 67 Staffs 70 Boulder’s home: abbr. 71 Half a matched set 75 Second go-rounds 76 By hook or by crook 78 “Help!” 79 30 Rock’s Tina 80 Taxi 81 Touches 82 Have faith in 83 Knows the — 84 Is unable to 85 Air force heroes 86 Hold tightly 88 Capital of Italia 89 Pink, as a steak 90 “Better late — never” 91 Ice melter 93 Kind of dance 94 Owns 95 Circus cries 97 Gratuity

“We’re from your Secret Santa!”