Annual mammoth crossword puzzle

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1 Queen of Soul passed at age 76 (6,8) 9 Dramatic cave rescue occurred in this country (8) 14 Drinking devices that started being banned (6) 17 She married a prince (6,6) 24 Large brass instrument (4) 26 Trendy antioxidant-rich berry (4) 28 Common text acronym when something is funny (3) 29 She dumped SNL's Pete Davidson (6,6) 31 This Jerry, Elaine & George sitcom ended 20 yrs ago (8) 33 87 million profiles were compromised on this social site (8) 36 Popular line of stuffies turned 25 (6,6) 37 Chandelier singer (3) 39 Initials of 4th largest credit card co. (2) 42 Enameled fabrics (9) 43 Stones guitarist turns 75 this year (5,8) 46 Stones lead singer hits 75, too (4,6) 50 An outdoor stand of seats (8) 51 Third person pronoun (2) 53 King Henry __ (4) 54 Lithuania's Internet code (2) 55 Black gold (3) 56 Someone anxious to do well or please (6) 60 Bring together (5) 62 These small screens number at least 1.4 billion globally (3) 63 Cruised around on a masted ship (6) 68 Group to help drinkers (2) 73 Running speed, for a horse (9) 74 Barley brew (3) 76 Stage of sleep discovered 65 yrs ago (3) 77 Adversaries (7) 81 Rock band __ Zeppelin turned 50 (3) 82 Odd Couple playwright passed at 91 (4,5) 83 Life is full of __ and downs (3) 85 To look at something (3) 88 Electric fish (3) 89 Often-pierced body part (3) 92 NBA champs (8) 93 NHL Stanley Cup winners (8) 95 50th anniversary of Beatles' greatest LP (5,5) 96 Started, created (10) 99 Preposition expressing place (2) 101 Intense anger (3) 103 Support staff (5) 105 Sadder, more depressed (5) 107 __ and behold (2) 108 Spy vs. Spy magazine (3) 110 Vegas NHL club that made the finals (6,7) 111 Rocker __ Benatar turned 65 (3) 113 He got his 1st PGA win in five years (5,5) 115 Went bad (6) 116 Middle of a cherry or plum (3) 117 New biography released of __ Clapton (4) 119 Nut-filled pie (5) 121 Hi-__ photo (3) 122 Auction unit (3) 123 Vista (4) 125 Additionally (3) 127 This crime drama ran 15 seasons (3) 130 200 million of these food items recalled (4) 132 A sport with 18 holes (4) 134 Feel sorry for (4) 136 Actor __ Pullman became a senior citizen (4) 139 Its 747 had first flight 50 yrs ago (6) 141 Fancy party (4) 143 Tarzan of the __ first released 100 yrs ago (4) 146 Mystery-drama The __ shot second season (2) 149 Albany's the capital of this state, abbr. (2) 150 Dorm for men and women (2-2) 151 NASA launched new mission to this planet (4) 152 The modern fortune __ turned 100 (6) 153 Golf ball support (3) 155 1st lady Barbara __ died at 92 (4) 157 Wheat or cotton bundle (4) 159 German car co. said no more diesel (7) 163 1st lady Betty __ born 100 yrs ago (4) 164 50 yrs ago it launched Apollo 7 (4) 166 Substance that provides nourishment (8) 168 Airplane chair (4) 170 Defence alliance for N.A. and Europe (4) 172 Deadly (5) 173 Religious leader who denounced death penalty (4) 174 Apple leftover (4) 175 Relating to an entire country (8) 177 Billy __ Williams said he'd return to Star Wars (3) 179 Doggone it! (4) 181 Emmy's best drama: __ of Thrones (4) 183 Jewel (3) 184 Unsubstantial and light (4) 185 Flying mammals (4) 186 Coffee and cocoa flavor (5) 189 Sacred hymn (5) 191 High school grad dance (4) 193 __ _ good example (3,1) 195 Decorated, as a cake (4) 196 Detective's assignment (4) 197 Chemist's workplace (3) 198 A heart test (3) 201 Reality star Kylie __ turned 21 (6) 202 The largest organ of the body (4) 204 Darjeeling and oolong (4) 206 Turner, King Cole and others (4) 208 Sen. __ McCain died at age 81 (4) 209 Skateboarder Tony __ turned 50 (4) 210 Super Bowl champs (6) 212 A former grad (4) 214 A paid notice in a newspaper (2) 215 Rink surface (3) 217 A solar day on Mars (3) 219 Window ledge (4) 221 An unspecified person (7) 223 Mobile phone (4) 224 Large decorative fish (3) 225 Early anesthetic (5) 227 Prefix meaning two (2) 228 Divided country that entered Olympics together (5) 230 Crooner __ Damone died in Feb. (3) 231 Not far (4) 233 Butterfly-like insects (5) 234 Shopping plaza (4) 235 Prohibit (3) 237 Scoundrel (3) 239 Footnote note (4) 240 Not dry (3) 242 Passed away (4) 244 Global Network Navigator, abbr. (3) 245 Walk unevenly (4) 246 Emergency __ (3) 247 The Spanish __ became pandemic 100 yrs ago (3) 248 As a result (4) 249 Consumed (3) 250 A desert sanctuary (5) 252 WW II turning point (1-3) 254 Of sound mind (4) 255 Chomps (5) 256 Morning moisture (3) 257 Feud continued for 50 Cent and __ Rule (2) 260 Japanese city known for its Phoenix Hall (3) 261 Fifth month of the year (3) 262 Small songbird (4) 263 Ballet skirt (4) 264 __ Brady made his 8th Super Bowl appearance (3) 265 A type of whiskey (3) 266 Flower stalk (4) 267 Made available (7) 269 Taxi (3) 271 Female deer, pl. (4) 273 Gambles (4) 275 Borderline personality disorder, abbr. (3) 276 Roswell sighting (3) 277 Strait-laced (4) 278 Eccentric (3) 279 Aries' animal (3) 280 Car part covering engine (4) 281 Dog, cat or gerbil (3) 283 Nevada city (4) 285 By way of (3) 286 A cow's sound (3) 287 Grizzly or polar (4) 290 Balloon filler (3) 291 Compensated (4) 292 Eagle's claw (5) 294 Cries (4) 296 Poetic tribute (3) 298 Walmart founder __ Walton born 100 yrs ago (3) 300 Called someone names, disparaged (8) 303 Apple or banana cream (3) 304 To lease (4) 305 Social media site's shares went public 5 yrs ago (7) 307 Actor/rapper __ Smith hit 50 (4) 309 Conclude (3) 311 Opener (5) 313 An electrical current (2) 314 Prefix meaning three (3) 315 Iron, silver or nickel (5) 317 Wrestler __ Hogan turned 65 (4) 318 Aluminum wrap (4)

319 Caribbean and Baltic (4) 321 Plug away (4) 323 Search engine giant turned 20 (6) 325 Greenish blue (4) 326 Internet code for Palau (2) 327 Interlocking fastener on clothes (6) 328 Fair-skinned (4) 329 Laundry fuzz (4) 331 Singer Celine __ turned 50 (4) 333 Arab ruler (4) 335 The rank below sergeant, abbr. (3) 336 Remote field testing, abbr. (3) 338 Regional flora and fauna (5) 340 Unit of delivery, abbr. (3) 341 Hard to find (4) 342 __ Oldman won best actor Oscar (4) 343 Historical period (3) 345 D major, in German (1,3) 347 Passable (4) 349 Send help! (3) 353 __ Redford appeared in his 56th film (6) 355 Fishing item (4) 357 Day of Allied war victory in 1945 (2) 358 Will & __ 1st debuted 20 yrs ago (5) 360 Running, out of control (4) 362 Peepers (4) 364 Musical opened on Broadway 75 yrs ago (8) 366 __ Aviv (3) 368 An ancient district of Oahu in Hawaii (3) 369 Super Bowl's ntl anthem singer (4) 370 Alessia __ was Grammy's new artist (4) 372 Thoroughbred that won Triple Crown (7) 374 Farm building (4) 376 Lead actor in a movie (4) 378 Bourg-en-Bresse is capital of this French region (3) 379 Thus far (2,4) 380 Coin opening (4) 381 After-dinner drink (4) 382 __, Adrian (2) 383 An energy unit in atomic physics, abbr. (2) 385 __ John letter (4) 387 Part of the eye (4) 389 Frowns, glowers at (6) 390 Singer Chaka __ turned 65 (4) 391 A dollar (4) 392 Rock musical hit Broadway 50 yrs ago (4) 395 Horror film Rosemary's __ released 50 yrs ago (4) 397 Hang around (4) 399 Signs a deal (4) 401 Lion's sound (4) 403 Mideast's Gulf of ___ (4) 404 Actor Robert De __ hit 75 (4) 405 A popular university degree (2) 406 Country with most medals at 2018 Olympics (6) 409 Where you go to sleep (3) 411 Hammer's target (4) 413 Caesar, Vicious and others (4) 415 Lift co. wants flying taxis (4) 417 A long way (3) 418 Combine (3) 419 A raised platform for performances (5) 421 Tartan skirts (5) 423 Streaming service with 125 million subscribers (7) 425 Nimble and quick (5) 427 Plant-derived protein (3) 428 Single sign-on, abbr. (3) 429 Symbol for chemical element lawrencium (2) 432 __ and flow (3) 434 State-owned enterprise, abbr. (3) 436 Popular breakfast juice (2) 437 Predecessor to the UN (2) 439 Inventor Whitney (3) 442 Plural, abbr. (2) 443 Night court judge Harry __ died in April (8) 444 Make into law (5) 445 Coffee giant lost its exec chairman (9) 449 __ __ singer O'Riordan died at 46 (3,11) 453 New satellite sent to this, our closest star (3) 455 Archaeological find (5) 457 Dog breed: Lhasa __ (4) 459 Common era, abbr. (2) 461 Word-based board game turned 80 (8) 462 The word for the 14th letter (2) 464 Exploding star (4) 465 Known associate, abbr. (2) 467 Actor __ Van Dyke, Dick's bro, died at 86 (5) 469 Algebra or trig (4) 471 Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous host died at 76 (5,5) 472 Australia's island state, abbr. (3) 474 Diamond Head's island (4) 476 1st U.S. co. to be worth $1 trillion (5) 478 Lincoln's nickname (3) 480 Male children (4) 486 Workplace (6) 489 Set-top box, abbr. (3) 492 Millilitre, abbr. (2) 498 Those who study living things & environments (10) 499 This moldable egg-shaped toy turned 75 (5,5) 502 He three-peated in Olympic halfpipe (5,5) 504 A strategy to discourage an action (10) 506 The compass opposite of NNE (3) 508 Allocate, dole out (4) 510 Jackie Kennedy married him 50 yrs ago (9,7) 514 He won 1st Emmy, decades after being The Fonz (5,7) 517 Anti-apartheid leader born 100 yrs ago (6,7) 518 Hip bones (4) 519 Miley Cyrus famously did this 'dance' 5 yrs ago (5) 521 Main arteries (6) 523 Smokey & Deliverance star died at age 82 (4,8) 524 65 yrs ago: Disney film about boy who never grows up (5,3) 525 This shade of mauve was a color of the year (8) 526 Lois Lane actress died at age 69 (6,6)

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1 Online giant opened 1st automated grocery store (6) 2 Safe to eat (6) 3 Manage a situation (6) 4 Battles or scraps (6) 5 Accumulating a large number of things (8) 6 Camera co. turned 130 (5) 7 Systems support dept. (2) 8 13th Greek letter, pl. (3) 9 __ chi (martial art) (3) 10 Causes change (7) 11 Soothing songs for babies (9) 12 Our continent (2) 13 Discounted cash flow, abbr. (3) 14 As written (3) 15 Steal from (3) 16 The __'s Roger Daltrey revealed 3 secret kids (3) 17 Unruly crowd (3) 18 This comes after ten (6) 19 Fine tune one's skills (4) 20 Slender tool used in sewing (6) 21 James Cameron is working on sequels to this film (6) 22 Sir Ringo Starr became one (6) 23 Guarantee (6) 25 Where honey is made (7) 27 Common word in a doc's office (3) 30 Symbol for nickel (2) 32 Execute perfectly (4) 34 Devilish (4) 35 Thousand __, Calif. (4) 38 Roman, for three (3) 40 Inactive (4) 41 Get older (3) 44 The night before Xmas (3) 45 Info page at the start of a book (5,4) 46 __ Wallace of 60 Minutes was born 100 yrs ago (4) 47 Alias (3) 48 Unselfishly (10) 49 The __ Baron died 100 yrs ago (3) 52 Seventh note of a major scale (2) 57 Breaking __ debuted 10 yrs ago (3) 58 Plant life in pools and ponds (5) 59 A passerine bird (7) 60 Removing goods from a crate or ship (9) 61 Spigot (3) 64 Similar to VR, it's a fast-growing technology (2) 65 Symbol for lumen (2) 66 America's 'first state,' abbr. (2) 67 Cambodian currency (4) 68 A Stevie Wonder song (2) 69 Remainders (9) 70 Mopped, dusted and picked up (7) 71 Actor __ Phoenix died 25 yrs ago (5) 72 Actor __ Pesci turned 75 (3) 75 Small decorative parts used in jewelry (5) 78 Nada (7) 79 Scantly, minimally (8) 80 Arm joints (6) 81 Sixth note of a scale (2) 83 Taking advantage of (5) 84 Perfumes (6) 85 Sports scores & player data (5) 86 Stately tree (3) 87 For what reason? (3) 89 Expressed, exemplified (8) 90 Between home plate and second (5,4) 91 This 007 spy turned 65 (5,4) 94 Drink slowly (3) 97 In the matter of (2) 98 Brand of toy cars turned 50 (3,6) 100 Black gunk (3) 102 Random key, abbr. (2) 104 Siestas (4) 106 A phone call to a far-away place, abbr. (2) 107 Fabrication (3) 109 The breaking down of food in the body (7) 112 An offensive end position in football, abbr. (2) 113 Symbol for tantalum (2) 114 Gridiron official, for short (3) 116 Choosing (7) 118 Freudian topic (3) 120 Send a copy of an email to someone (2) 124 Shenanigan (5) 126 Apply gently (3) 127 Scoped out (5) 128 The Hawkeye State, abbr. (2) 129 __ bag chair turned 50 (4) 131 A hiatus year between high school and college (3) 133 The loneliest number (3) 134 Tiny opening in the skin (4) 135 Six points in football, abbr. (2) 137 One of the Gershwins (3) 138 Serial killer terrified Calif. 50 yrs ago (6) 140 Gosh! (3) 142 Last unit standing, abbr. (3) 144 Kids' fave sandwich: __ & J (2) 145 Smelting waste (4) 147 Use a trawl (4) 148 Con game (4) 150 Duplicate (4) 151 Bruno __ won Grammy for record of yr (4) 154 Breaks off (4) 156 Angelic instrument (4) 158 End of Train Air System, abbr. (4) 160 Short preposition (2) 161 A one-pot dish of meat and vegetables (4) 162 Half-life, abbr. (2) 163 Car co. introduced Torino 50 yrs ago (4) 164 Post-it (4) 165 Anatomical pouch (3) 167 Poke fun at (5) 169 Small pastry (4) 171 Harbinger (4) 173 Hammer's end (4) 174 Wine holder (4) 175 Majestic (5) 176 Oscar's best film of the year (3,5,2,5) 178 Caribou kin (3) 180 At the end of your feet (4) 182 Approximate flight arrival times (4) 184 Be in pain (4) 185 Sob (4) 186 A periodical (3) 187 Nourished (3) 188 Historical hair net (5) 189 90210's Jason __ turns 50 next year (9) 190 Management information system, abbr. (3) 192 Common street name (4) 194 Proton's place (4) 195 Charged particles (4) 196 Dial up (4) 197 Love Story composer Francis (3) 199 Long-jawed fish (3) 200 A young bear (3) 201 Iconic female rocker would've turned 75 (5,6) 203 The 11th month, abbr. (3) 205 Toboggan (4) 207 Urban haze (4) 208 Singer __ Denver would also be 75 (4) 209 Assistance (4) 210 Long, long time (3) 211 And so on (3) 213 Pageant dropped swimsuit competition (4,7) 216 Calcium's symbol (2) 218 Elvis daughter turned 50 (4,5) 220 Placed (4) 222 Sicilian volcano sliding into the sea (4) 223 Arrived (4) 224 This fashion icon died in June (4,5) 226 Grammy for best pop solo: __ Sheeran (2) 228 White wine aperitif (3) 229 Billboard's No. 1 song 50 yrs ago, by The Beatles (3,4) 232 Park protecting this giant tree turned 50 (7) 234 TV show 60 __ turned 50 (7) 235 A tiny part in a movie (3) 236 Hefner 1st published this mag 65 yrs ago (7) 238 Billboard's No. 1 singer, 25 yrs ago: __ Houston (7) 241 __ (the Tool Man) Allen turned 75 (3) 243 Challenged someone to do something (5) 245 Not now (5) 246 Actress __ Basinger became a senior citizen (3) 251 Perched (3) 253 Affirmative (3) 254 A temporary teacher (3) 255 Ghost's cry (3) 258 Applicable federal rate, abbr. (3) 259 Skirt's edge (3) 268 Global conflict ended 100 yrs ago (5,5,3) 270 Tavern (3) 271 Nike's Just __ __ turned 30 (2,2) 272 Item to hold up pants (4) 274 Falling flakes (4) 275 Life story, in brief (3) 280 Singer __ Williams died 65 yrs ago (4) 281 Bucket (4) 282 Preschoolers (4) 284 Death announcement (4) 288 She became Queen 65 yrs ago (9) 289 A fried Japanese dish (7) 290 Be bedridden (3) 291 Brazilian soccer legend (4) 292 Twerp (4) 293 Have to have (4) 295 Gin flavor (4) 297 Chang's Siamese twin (3) 298 Emmy's best variety sketch series (3) 299 The partner of Mrs. (2) 301 A Sumerian city-state in Mesopotamia (2) 302 Train stop (5) 303 Golfer's goal (3) 304 Preside over (4) 305 __ Bennett won his 20th Grammy (4) 306 Surprise attack (4) 308 This stretch car crashed, killing 20 in NY (4) 310 A Disney dwarf (3) 311 Shelter made of ice (5) 312 Bran source (3) 313 Batman and Robin, for example (3) 316 CNN founder __ Turner turned 80 (3) 317 Rabbit (4) 318 Blaze (4) 320 Fizzy drink (4) 322 Admire (4) 324 Photo __ (media events) (3) 326 A mathematical constant equal to 3.14... (2) 328 Jurassic __ debuted 25 yrs ago (4) 329 It spewed from Kilauea (4) 330 Badly behaved kid (4) 332 Unfeeling (4) 334 Beams of sunshine (4) 337 Country that won its 2nd soccer World Cup (6) 338 A kid beat Phelps' 100-metre record in __ (9) 339 Word that sounds the same as two and too (2) 341 Litter's littlest (4) 343 Gaelic language (4) 344 Battery fluid (4) 346 Highway (4) 348 Abominable Snowman (4) 350 Cousin of reggae (3) 351 Spiders' homes, when dusty (7) 352 A one-dish dinner (9) 354 Female sheep (3) 355 King of the jungle (4) 356 Opposite of light (4) 358 Guam's postal abbreviation (2) 359 Word for the 6th letter of our alphabet (2) 361 Hip hop dance group (4) 363 Hindu garment (4) 365 Fleur-de-__ (3) 367 Closed Disney attraction: Captain __ (2) 369 Detailed proposals for doing something (5) 370 Oscar winner for best animated film (4) 371 Retweet, abbr. (2) 372 Signs up for something (5) 373 Nay's opposite (3) 375 Indian bread (4) 377 Wash cycle (5) 380 Female pronoun (3) 381 Unadulterated (4) 382 __hoo! (2) 384 Very best buddies forever, abbr. (4) 386 Trade organization for recording industry (4) 388 Hit the slopes (3) 390 Knowledge discovery in databases, abbr. (3) 391 London clock gone silent for repairs (3,3) 392 Angel's headwear (4) 393 Romania's Internet code (2) 394 Ouch! (2) 395 Adios (3) 396 Shout (4) 398 A striped big cat (5) 400 Safety data sheet, abbr. (3) 402 Paddle (3) 403 The parts of speech that modify verbs and more (7) 404 Capture (3) 405 Casual eatery (6) 407 Egyptian sun god (2) 408 Korean term for food consumed with alcohol (4) 410 Similar to dents (5) 412 Purple flowering shrub (5) 414 Flying high (7) 416 Sixth sense, for short (3) 420 Tightens up (6) 422 Electric car co. sold its first autos 10 yrs ago (5) 424 Thai town on the Ping River (3) 426 Luxurious ocean ships (6) 430 Move stealthily (5) 431 A tiny island (5) 433 TV chef Rachael __ turned 50 (3) 435 Large cash prize in a lottery (7) 436 Kimono sash (3) 438 Symbol for helium (2) 440 Parsley, sage & rosemary (5) 441 Stephenie __'s Twilight hit theaters 10 yrs ago (5) 446 Rapper __ arrested for disorderly conduct (2) 447 Stage signal (3) 448 Search and rescue, abbr. (3) 450 Where the heart is (4) 451 Felines (4) 452 The highest card (3) 454 Global org. issued new climate change report (2) 456 __ Longoria had 1st child (3) 458 A monetary unit in Burma (3) 460 Halloween's month, abbr. (3) 463 Members of the mafia (7) 464 The middles of cells (6) 466 U.S.-based news agency (2) 467 French word for I (2) 468 Moreno or Wilson (4) 470 Root, root, root for the __ __ (4,4) 473 One of the 1st styles of modern architecture (3,4) 474 Out for signature, abbr. (3) 475 Actress/singer Duff's nickname (3) 477 A record album (2) 479 A type of whale (7) 481 Netherlands' Internet code (2) 482 Smear with a sticky substance (6) 483 Comparative adjective form of bony (6) 484 Physician (6) 485 Dirty (6) 487 One of the big four accounting firms, abbr. (2) 488 Dog sled driver (6) 489 Famous female percussionist __ E. (6) 490 Belt fastener (6) 491 Singer __ Croce born 75 yrs ago (3) 493 Be part of (6) 494 Sanction (6) 495 Tiny nation on Borneo (6) 496 Have in mind (6) 497 Fix (6) 500 An added postscript at the end of a letter (2) 501 Pipsqueak (5) 503 Camping gear (4) 505 Novelist Bagnold (4) 507 A place for exercising (3) 509 A queen in Frozen (4) 511 Capone and Gore (3) 512 Tree juice (3) 513 Speech To Text, abbr. (3) 515 Now known as, abbr. (3) 516 Caviar (3) 520 You and me (2) 522 Railroad, abbr. (2)