The mother of all crossword puzzles

Just in time for Mother’s Day, we’re publishing this special crossword puzzle that celebrates all things mom. Sixty of the clues in this puzzle focus on mother-related trivia and famous moms, ranging from Madonna to Marie Curie. And, with people spending more time at home these days due to the pandemic, the puzzle is an ideal way to pass a few hours. Enjoy! Watch for the solution to the puzzle on Page C2.

ACROSS

1 Debbie Reynolds was mom to this Star Wars actress (6,6) 7 She’s the mom of Bart, Lisa & Maggie (5,7) 15 She won her 23rd tennis grand slam while pregnant (6) 18 Red-headed comic actress who gave birth the same day her TV character did (7,4) 22 Gertrude was mother of this Shakespearean character (6) 24 Prescription abbr. for ‘once daily’ (2) 25 Symbol for the chemical element neodymium (2) 27 The currency of Nigeria (5) 28 Greek salad ingredient (4) 30 Audiovisual, abbr. (2) 31 Like mother like ___ (8) 35 A pronoun relating to oneself (2) 36 A mom will change 7,300 of these, by baby’s 2nd birthday (7) 38 Big-ticket ___ (4) 39 Mom and ___ shop (3) 41 Laura ___ calls Diane Ladd mom (4) 43 Tidal disruption event, abbr. (3) 44 ___ Ross was the mom on Happy Days (6) 46 Darjeeling or oolong (3) 48 An elevated railroad (2) 51 Disney-owned TV network (3) 53 Operating system, abbr. (2) 54 Goldman Sachs stock exchange symbol (2) 55 Hole-making tool (3) 56 She was mom to Prince William & Harry (5) 57 Moms (7) 60 Informal for thank you (2) 61 Famed scientist Marie ___ was a widow & single mom (5) 63 Weep (3) 64 Lady Tremaine is this Disney character’s stepmother (10) 66 Opposite of stop (2) 67 ___ Pitt’s mom was a school counsellor (4) 69 Sean Lennon’s mom (3) 70 A sly mammal (3) 71 Senior, abbr. (2) 72 Roman numeral for two (2) 73 Kardashian matriarch (4) 78 Ma ___ was mother to a gang of criminals (6) 81 Short form of Edward or Edgar (2) 83 A type of web address (2) 84 Fink (3) 86 Norman ___ was fixated on his mother in Psycho (5) 87 Hippie’s house (3) 89 Large primate (3) 91 ___ Andrews became a stepmom in Sound of Music (5) 92 Daddy sang bass, Mama sang ___ (5) 93 This ex-Fly Girl’s mom won big on slots (3) 95 ___ Field played Forrest Gump’s mother (5) 97 Trash container (3) 98 Mom to Stella McCartney (5) 99 High card (3) 100 A popular degree (2) 101 Unified messaging, abbr. (2) 103 A type of electrical current (2) 107 Mother ___ won Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 (6) 109 Morticia is mom to ___ and Wednesday (7) 112 A mother ___ fusses too much (3) 114 A calf’s mother (3) 117 Real time response, abbr. (3) 118 Hiring and firing dept. (2) 119 To keep quiet (3) 120 Ghost’s cry (3) 122 Famous 1871 painting: ___’s Mother (8) 126 Necessity is the mother of ___ (9) 128 Mrs. Bennet is mom in ___ and Prejudice (5) 129 Operation, abbr. (2) 130 Gym class (2) 131 Symbol for the chemical element neon (2) 133 A single number (3) 135 A popular word board game (8) 139 District attorney, abbr. (2) 141 Drink served with marshmallows (5) 144 Stage name of rapper Terrell Davis (4) 146 A nurse (2) 147 Group that helps alcoholics (2) 148 Egyptian queen who raised four kids (9) 150 Regarding, abbr. (2) 151 Swear on your mother’s ___ (4) 152 Singer adopted four kids from Malawi (7) 155 Semi-truck (3) 158 Artificial intelligence abbr. (2) 159 An accounting professional, abbr. (2) 160 Chicago airport code (3) 161 Actress Paltrow’s actress mother (6) 162 Liza Minnelli’s mother (4,7) 164 Mom’s proverb: Careful, your face will ___ like that (6) 167 She played the mom on Partridge Family (7,5) 168 A force that controls the natural world (6,6)

DOWN

1 Observed the joint (5) 2 To send vehicles another way (7) 3 A ‘hotel’ in the country (3) 4 Fourth note of a major scale (2) 5 Chicken noodle, for one (4) 6 Julia Roberts played activist & single mom ___ Brockovich (4) 8 Actress Jessica ___ started baby product co. (4) 9 Brittany Lincicome kept going as a professional ___ while pregnant (6) 10 A continent south of N.A. (2) 11 ___ Farrow adopted 10 kids, 3 have passed away (3) 12 Figure out a mystery (5) 13 Short, informal letters (5) 14 Ex-boxer Laila ___ is a mom to 2 & stepmom to 3 (3) 16 Slight advantage (4) 17 Insect colony member (3) 19 Boy (3) 20 Historic period (3) 21 A French word for ‘the’ (2) 22 Frozen rain (4) 23 An atlas is full of these (4) 26 Illegally obtain money, with deception (7) 29 Touchdown, abbr. (2) 32 Helps (4) 33 Expressions of hesitation or reflection (4) 34 A mother’s male child (3) 35 How I ___ Your Mother (3) 37 Swindle (3) 39 Salk’s conquest (5) 40 Found in mollusk shells, mother of ___ (5) 42 A gaseous element used in bright signs (4) 43 One’s original language; mother ___ (6) 45 Interactive web response, abbr. (3) 46 Twitch (3) 47 ___ luck? (3) 49 Long term design strength, abbr. (4) 50 ___ Royal Highness (3) 51 American Sign Language, abbr. (3) 52 Modern Family mom ___ Dunphy (6) 54 An archangel (7) 57 Combine (3) 58 Parsley, sage or thyme (4) 59 Backside (4) 61 Calcium sulfide’s formula (3) 62 Conclusion (3) 64 Dove’s sound (3) 65 To fabricate (3) 68 Shred (3) 74 Michelle Obama is mom to ___ & Sasha (5) 75 Kathy Hilton is mother of this socialite (5) 76 A stuffed bear (5) 77 Reality show ___ Moms had 8th season (5) 79 A stomach muscle (2) 80 Potassium chloride (3) 82 Direct access archive, abbr. (3) 84 Massage (3) 85 Metal used in food cans (3) 87 A legume (3) 88 Fawn’s mother (3) 90 Bathtub stopper (4) 93 Pickle container (3) 94 Get rid of (4) 95 Streep played a tormented mother in ___’s Choice (6) 96 A type of Russian rowboat (3) 100 Something you ring (4) 102 The mother in Little Women (6) 104 Pennies (5) 105 Jewel (3) 106 Solemn promise (3) 108 Make a mistake (3) 110 Big coffee holder (3) 111 Men’s skimpy swimwear (6) 112 Barbarian (3) 113 The point where two bones connect (5) 115 One of the five Ws (3) 116 Neither Miss nor Mrs. (2) 119 The engine of a car (5) 120 Sis’s sib (3) 121 Praiseful poem (3) 123 ___ facto (4) 124 ___ firma (5) 125 Outward flow (3) 127 Very nice, when texting (2) 130 Blueprint (4) 132 Negative answer (2) 134 The mob (5) 136 Small country between France & Spain (7) 137 A type of bathing suit top (7) 138 Latin for ‘and others’; et __ (2) 140 Attraction (6) 141 A type of blood test (3) 142 Tenor Enrico ___ was one of the 1st singers to be commercially recorded (6) 143 Sock pattern (6) 144 The central area of Venice & name of bridge (6) 145 Law enforcement, abbr. (2) 148 Things to crack (5) 149 Listlessness (5) 152 Pa’s better half (2) 153 Metal found in rocks (3) 154 Brit superstar singer became a mom in 2012 (5) 156 Passport or birth certificate (2) 157 Mother’s Day month (3) 159 A format for storing music, now obsolete (2) 163 To the highest degree (3) 165 Belonging to me (2) 166 Urgent care dept. at hospital (2)