68 GAMES WORLD^ OF PUZZLES | december 2019
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1 Blood liquid
7 Replies to
14 Prefix with mentioned
19 Hertz rival
23 More wealthy
24 Anti-aging vitamin
25 Less naughty
26 Bumper blemish
27 Do an usher’s work
28 English playwright
Christopher
29 Animal bred to pull heavy
loads: 2 wds.
31 Put in the hold
32 Restrained
33 Nose or ear, e.g.: 2 wds.
34 Poet’s inspiration
35 Electrical units, briefly
36 Slugger Sammy
37 “ evil”: 2 wds.
38 “Li’l Abner” creator
40 Golfer Palmer, to fans
42 Seemingly boundless
45 State of the Union speeches
48 of beans
49 Young fellows
50 Clementine’s father, e.g.
51 Fill with cargo
52 False names
54 Strawberry-topped dessert
57 Leave a hot pie on a windowsill,
say: Hyph.
63 Motorist’s stop: 2 wds.
65 Enters stealthily: 2 wds.
66 Coincidentally: 2 wds.
67 Ulysses star Milo
68 Attended
70 Stadium level
72 Soothing drink: 2 wds.
73 WWII air campaign over
England: 3 wds.
80 Plastic wrap
81 Tank Girl star Petty
85 Fencing tool
86 The X-
87 Garbage boat
89 “What’s your sign?” is one
90 Bakery need
91 Actress Hathaway
92 a time: 2 wds.
93 Kipling’s “Rikki-Tikki-”
94 Set of socks
95 Baseball team based in
Queens, NY
96 Latvia’s capital
97 Georgia fruit
98 Some exec. degrees,
for short
99 “What a shame!”
100 Plait
102 Establish a monopoly: 3 wds.
106 Reebok rival
108 -friendly
109 Actress Lollobrigida
110 Black key above G: 2 wds.
115 Removed from
consideration: 2 wds.
117 Political extremist
121 Sincerely sorry
124 Sweet tooth satisfier
125 Inspires to act
127 Cake decoration
128 “Forbidden” perfume
130 Totally absurd
131 Pulitzer-winning
columnist Herb
133 Send out
134 Tropical headgear: 2 wds.
139 Daughter of Eugene O’Neill
140 Music for cool cats
141 “No ___ luck!”
142 “___ having fun yet?”: 2 wds.
143 In stitches
145 Cause of misery
146 Drinks like a dog
148 She played Anita in West Side
Story: 2 wds.
151 Political power structure
154 Baltimore Colts great Johnny
157 Star studier
158 Stay on the ball: 2 wds.
159 In the worst way
160 Feat
161 “None for me, thanks”: 2 wds.
162 Number two wood
163 Inventor Thomas
164 Ceases
165 Jittery
166 Machine that adds
carbonation
167 Small sofaDOWN
1 Title for FDR or JFK
2 Shopper’s aid
3 Realize, as a goal
4 Arrive after the bell: 3 wds.
5 Marseille moms
6 One who buys and sells
paintings: 2 wds.
7 It’s tied on a sleeve
8 Close call: 2 wds.
9 Skunk feature
10 Desolate areas
11 Carbon compound
12 T. ___ Price (investment firm)
13 Vehicle for winter fun
14 “___ it goes”: 2 wds.
15 Big-discount event: 2 wds.
16 Anthem up north: 2 wds.
17 Sports officials, informally
18 Famed Art Deco designer
19 Thinks the world of
20 Touches (on)
21 Bonkers
22 Shorthand pros
30 Hydrant hookup
36 Biblical description of a narrow
entrance: 4 wds.
38 Xavier Cugat’s flamboyant
ex-wife39 Former Fox News CEO Roger
41 Demolish, in Devon
42 N. Car. neighbor: Abbr.
43 Chip in chips
44 “Just a few ___”
46 Allied invasion date: Hyph.
47 The Rise and Fall of the Third ___
50 The way one does things: 3 wds.
53 Swedish auto
55 Blood pigment
56 Work with yarn
58 Pi followers
59 Tree with heart-shaped leaves
60 Facing a judge: 2 wds.
61 South Pacific island region
62 Some horseshoes tosses
64 Behaving badly: 2 wds.
66 Curio-cabinet filler: Hyph.
69 Listening attentively: 2 wds.
71 Photography pioneer George
74 Many miles away
75 Vodka go-with
76 More exquisite
77 Lamb’s sound
78 Get through to
79 Picnic actress Kim
81 1930s actress Carole
82 Late, as a library book
83 Sells to consumers
84 Parts not visible
88 Like Solomon
101 Florida’s Miami-___ County
103 Infamous Roman emperor
104 5,280 feet
105 Skin designs, for short
107 Kinda
111 Nonconformist: 2 wds.
112 Sole deciding factor: 2 wds.
113 Top floor
114 Canines and incisors
116 Salt Lake City’s state
118 Flintstone family pet
119 Lendl of tennis
120 Water-to-wine town
122 Classic Nabisco cookie
123 Dumbfounds
125 Absence of speech
126 Plot outline
129 Infield athlete
132 Helper in crime
134 July Fourth event
135 Cropped up
136 Earned after taxes
137 Tony and Oscar
138 Office note
140 Most minimal
144 In sorrier shape
145 Modeler’s wood
147 Positive pole
149 “Don’t bet ___”: 2 wds.
150 Pulley puller
151 “Waterloo” band
152 Papa, in Paris
153 Early TV host Jack
155 Lotion additive
156 “Auld Lang ___”8ǤȨ;ǝǚǠȰƅǙ1ǝǙǘ3ǚǞȨǚǓ'ǚǝǙǙǕǝǚȰ ȱǝǞǘǣǞǗȨȰ)