2019 MAMMOTH CROSSWORD
In 2019, we said goodbye to celebs such as Doris Day, Eddie Money and Luke Perry, while saying hello to Harry and Meghan’s new little prince. It’s been 50 years since we met the Brady Bunch, strolled down Sesame Street and saw man walk on the moon. The year also saw a college admissions scandal, controversy at the Kentucky Derby and one of the world’s richest men get divorced. These are just a few of the events that inspired clues in this puzzle from crossword creator Monica Zurowski. Check your answers on Dec. 27. ACROSS
1. Epic fantasy TV drama ended after 8 seasons (4, 2, 7) 8. Overcrowding on this mountain led to near-record deaths (7) 12. TV show about this Central Perk gang debuted 25 years ago (7) 16. Blended family sitcom hit the air 50 years ago (3, 5, 5) 23. George Gershwin’s bro (3) 24. FIFA Women’s World Cup champs (3) 25. Aspirin ingredient (3) 26. The 1st _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ flight (with stops) occurred 100 years ago (13) 27. A bug infected this social media channel in Jan. (7) 28. Queen’s Brian May is defending these animals (7) 29. Rhoda actress passed away at age 80 (7, 6) 30. _ _ _ and outs (3) 32. Net run rate, abbr. (3) 34. Johnny Cash recorded A Boy Named _ _ _ 50 years ago (3) 36. In October, the Pope declared five holy people as these (6) 40. Having the ability to do something (7) 43. Brooklyn-born comic & mega sitcom star turned 65 (5, 8) 45. A gift (7) 47. A varied mixture (6) 50. Company, abbr. (2) 52. Fran Drescher discussed a potential reboot of The _ _ _ _ _ (5) 54. Expected (3) 56. _ _ _ the season to be jolly (3) 57. Internet code for Saudi Arabia (2) 58. Super Bowl winners (8) 60. _ _ _ Haw 1st debuted on TV 50 years ago (3) 62. An opposite opinion (7) 66. A modern expression of disinterest (3) 69. He won 1st Oscar, for Blackkklansman (5, 3) 73. Pirates’ cry (2) 74. Vogue editor _ _ _ _ Wintour turned 70 (4) 77. Rocker killed in plane crash 60 years ago (5, 5) 80. She split from husband Liam Hemsworth (5, 5) 83. Lass (3) 84. Slippery (3) 85. Curtains (6) 89. At the summit of (4) 91. Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy _ _ _ _ turned 75 (4) 92. A frozen dessert, creamier than sorbet (7) 94. She lost to Bianca in tennis at US Open (6) 95. World Series winners (9) 98. Absorbed, as a cost (3) 99. Nile viper (3) 101. Hi-_ _ _ photos (3) 103. Minimal (5) 105. A replacement (3) 106. And so forth (3) 108. _ _ _ we there yet? (3) 110. Stimpy’s cartoon pal (3) 111. Dissenting vote (3) 113. _ _ Chapter Two released, based on Stephen King’s book (2) 115. A set of principles (5) 117. Street, abbr. (2) 118. No _ _ _, ands or buts (3) 120. A person admired for courage (4) 123. Health resort (3) 124. 75th anniversary of this WWII Allied invasion (1-3) 126. Level of seating in a stadium (4) 128. NW’S opposite (2) 129. Apple sold its 1st _ _ _ computer 35 years ago (3) 131. Average; _ _-so (2) 132. Books of maps (7) 136. _ _ _ _ She Sweet? (4) 137. Furniture piece for storing china (7) 140. Competed for (4) 142. Internet code for the Netherlands (2) 143. Watering hole (3) 144. Group that helps compulsive eaters (2) 146. _ _ _ _ Spelling rebooted BH 90210 (4) 148. System of record, abbr. (3) 149. Hard to find (6) 151. Oscar’s best song (7) 152. Withdraw gradually (4) 153. Kung Fu Panda’s _ _ _ _ Black turned 50 (4) 155. This group of people convicted drug lord El Chapo (4) 156. _ _ _ _ _ Dame Cathedral suffered major fire (5) 158. Super Bowl’s losers (4) 160. A Scottish steep bank or hillside (4) 162. Longed for (5) 164. The English language Braille code standard (3) 165. Prince released Purple _ _ _ _ 35 years ago (4) 166. Window glass (4) 167. Tennis star who won US and French Opens (5) 168. Try out (4) 170. _ _ _ _ Chapman passed; wife of Dog the Bounty Hunter (4) 172. He proposed to J.LO (1-3) 174. Desired (7) 177. _ _ _ _ Armstrong walked on moon 50 years ago (4) 178. Opposite of nights (4) 179. Casual clothing chain opened 50 years ago (3) 180. Symbol for chemical element hassium (2) 181. Lennon and _ _ _ staged 1st bed-in, 50 years ago (3) 182. _ _ _ Arnold split from his 4th wife (3) 184. Consisting of two parts or two aspects (4) 186. Rein in (4) 188. NYC declared health emergency due to this (7) 189. _ _ _ _ Bezos and wife Mackenzie split (4) 190. Short test (4) 191. Diamond measure (5) 193. Nanotesla, abbr. (2) 195. _ _ _ Conway, from Carol Burnett show, died at 85 (3) 197. Partiality (4) 199. Sing the praises of (4) 201. Removed moisture (5) 202. Words of disapproval: _ _ _ _ & hisses (4) 203. Took to court (4) 204. Dust remover (3) 205. Not far (4) 207. Beatles 1st appeared on _ _ Sullivan show 55 years ago (2) 209. A time standard based on the earth’s rotation (2) 211. _ _ _ Leppard was inducted into R&R Hall of Fame (3) 213. The _ _ _ _ Ranger premiered on TV 70 years ago (4) 215. Very sad (4) 217. Safety data sheet, abbr. (3) 218. Bank claim (4) 219. The revived Let’s Make a _ _ _ _ turned 10 (4) 220. Monopoly token (3) 222. National Board Exam, abbr. (3) 223. The Mod Squad’s Peggy _ _ _ _ _ _ passed at 72 (6) 225. _ _ _ Majors hit TV as $6 Million Man 45 years ago (3) 227. Pepper’s partner (4) 229. A fire on a diving _ _ _ _ killed 34 (4) 231. Actress _ _ _ _ Garland died 50 years ago of overdose (4) 232. The Grateful _ _ _ _ formed 54 years ago (4) 233. _ _ _ Halladay inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame (3) 234. Jan. blizzards hit this Hellenic Republic (6) 235. Symbol for the element lawrencium (2) 236. British slang for sailors (4) 238. Golfer Ernie _ _ _ turned 50 (3) 240. God’s _ _ _ _ was Grammy’s best rap song (4) 242. Lancelot and Mix-a-lot, for two (4) 244. Roll call reply (4) 245. Adolescent (4) 246. Happy Days’ _ _ _ Howard turned 65 (3) 247. FX show about motorbike club; shortened form (3) 248. Now hear _ _ _ _! (4) 250. Reality show Love _ _ _ _ _ _ hit North America (6) 253. Reunion attendee (4) 255. An official order to do something (7) 257. Nickelback’s _ _ _ _ Kroeger became a Trump meme (4) 258. Actress who split from Jamie Foxx (5, 6) 263. Ton-force, abbr. (2) 265. Tidy (4) 267. And others, Latin (2, 2) 269. Twosomes (5) 270. Goatee site (4) 271. A form of Chinese lyric poetry (2) 272. Wrapped up (5) 273. _ _ _ _ Kendrick did ads for Hilton hotels (4) 275. 50th anniversary of Beatles’ 11th studio album (5, 4) 278. Make money (4) 280. Musher’s transport (4) 282. Figured out (3) 283. Small songbird (4) 284. Singer Diana _ _ _ _ turned 75 (4) 286. Shortened name of Goo Goo Dolls (3) 288. Freight weight (3) 289. _ _ infinity & beyond; Toy Story 4 was released (2) 290. Internet code for Greece (2) 291. _ _ _ rang? (3) 293. Canvas cover (4) 295. Decor retailer _ _ _ _ 1 Imports closed stores (4) 296. Growing method that keeps shrubs tiny (6) 298. Much _ _ _ about nothing (3) 300. Prefix for cycle with two wheels (2) 301. Maximum _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ was disqualified at Kentucky Derby (8) 305. Country _ _ _ _ _ won Kentucky (5) 306. Dirt (4) 307. Oscar’s best foreign film (4) 308. _ _ _ _ _ Springsteen turned 70; released new album & film (5) 309. Sport first televised 80 years ago (8) 313. Call of Duty developers; initials (2) 315. Creator of about 2,900 poems, _ _ cummings (2) 316. The point a spacecraft in lunar orbit is furthest from moon (7) 318. Larry _ _ _ _ filed for divorce from 7th wife (4) 320. Doing something wrong: _ _ _ _ no good (2, 2) 322. Short musical piece, used to develop a skill (5) 324. Atlanta-based rapper _ _ started a podcast (2) 325. End user licence terms, abbr. (4) 326. Nuclear disaster site became focus of miniseries (9) 329. Symbol for the element tennessine (2) 330. Hill of sand (4) 331. _ _ _, humbug! (3) 333. Calendar span (4) 335. Where ambulances take patients (2) 336. Oscar’s best film of the year (5, 4) 339. Lock opener (3) 340. Double-reed instrument (4) 342. Ex-one Direction member turned 25; initials (2) 343. Giant ice_ _ _ _ D28 broke off Antarctic shelf (4) 344. Simone _ _ _ _ _ broke record for world gymnastic medals (5) 346. Justin Bieber launched this clothing line (4) 348. California’s Big _ _ _ sees ‘overtourism’ (3) 350. Reproductive cells (3) 351. European barcode (3) 353. Prefix meaning new (3) 354. Born Ellas Otha Bates, he became _ _ Diddley (2) 355. Popular bread in India (4) 357. Jacket (4) 358. Oprah _ _ _ _ _ _ _ turned 65 (7) 360. Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, abbr. (4) 362. Most popular dog name of the year (5)
364. Pits that collect liquids, esp. in pumps (5) 367. Abhor (4) 369. Leader of the wildly popular boy band BTS (2) 370. Roseanne _ _ _ _ sitcom continued without her (4) 371. Horse feed (4) 372. Falling flakes (4) 374. Slipped (4) 376. _ _ Turner publicly talked about his dementia (3) 377. Bluetooth, abbr. (2) 378. _ _ _ _ Rogen appeared on The Price Is Right (4) 380. E-commerce giant turned 25 (6) 381. Emmy’s best variety sketch series (3) 383. Stop or yield is common wording on this (4) 384. Truth or _ _ _ _ (slumber party game) (4) 386. Coloured Easter eggs (4) 388. _ _ _ Loughlin was one celeb caught in admissions scandal (4) 390. Most popular cat name of the year (6) 392. Norma _ _ _ was released 40 years ago (3) 394. Soccer icon scored his 1,000th goal 50 years ago (4) 395. Soap star Kristoff St. _ _ _ _ died at 52 (4) 396. Veteran actor _ _ _ Torn died at 88 (3) 398. Dollar bills, singles (4) 400. Fizzy drink (4) 402. The Tin Man, Lion & _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ took to the screen 80 years ago (9) 403. Temporary places to stay (8) 404. Designer _ _ _ _ Lagerfeld left money to his cat (4) 405. Ballet attire (4) 406. _ _ _ _ _ Crews became host of America’s Got Talent (5) 408. Darjeeling and oolong (4) 410. Beckham wed this Spice Girl 20 years ago (4) 412. Lose steam (4) 413. Zig _ _ _ (3) 414. This Lady got Oscar nom. for acting (4) 415. Space image of a black _ _ _ _ was released in April (4) 416. 50 of these preserved bodies newly found in Egypt (7) 418. This colourful singer turned 40 (4) 420. _ _ _ _ Remini finished her Scientology TV series (4) 422. Internet code for Russia (2) 424. Kickoff returner, abbr. (2) 425. Penske Media got all ownership of this rock mag; initials (2) 427. Shipwreck signal (3) 428. SNL’S _ _ _ _ Davidson dated Cindy Crawford’s daughter (4) 429. A small horse (4) 430. _ _ _ _ desert now has snow leopard reserve (4) 431. Whole bunch (4) 433. Brooks & _ _ _ _ inducted into Country Music Hall of Fame (4) 435. _ _ _ _ 51 was the subject of a joke raid (4) 437. A mayor in this country was stabbed on stage (6) 440. European country with 4th election in 4 years (5) 442. A pump or loafer (4) 443. Oscar’s best actor _ _ _ _ Malek (4) 444. Ice cream holder (4) 445. She lost her sheep (2-4) 447. Well-behaved (4) 449. Reduce, as expenses (4) 451. Challenges (5) 452. Threadbare (4) 453. A nanny; au _ _ _ _ (4) 454. _ _ _ _ Chappelle won Grammy for comedy album (4) 455. Hardwood, tile and carpet cover these (6) 456. Get cozy (6) 457. Dungeness, king or snow (4) 459. Phases of deep sleep (4) 461. River deposit (4) 462. Lithium _ _ _ battery creators won Nobel Chemistry prize (3) 463. Chair part (3) 464. A dog’s warning sound (5) 466. A short river in Wiltshire, U.K. (2) 468. Tellurium’s symbol (2) 469. Everything is fine (2) 470. Sleeveless garment worn over a shirt (4) 472. Loud noise (3) 474. Barley brew (3) 475. The computer key often beside Ctrl (2) 476. Hustlers star turned 50 & saw net worth hit $400 million (3) 477. You and me (2) 478. Openly (7) 480. Related to hip hop (3) 482. Popular legumes (4) 484. 007, for one (3) 486. A language spoken in northeastern Spain (7) 488. The elder of Jr. (2) 489. Per annum, abbr. (2) 490. Breakfast, lunch and dinner (5) 492. Balanced (4) 493. Masculine pronoun (2) 494. Plastic wrap (5) 496. Interest rate, abbr. (2) 498. Rosetta Stone’s stock market symbol (3) 499. SNL boss _ _ _ _ _ Michaels turned 75 (5) 501. This game turned 90; under the B (5) 503. Donald _ _ _ _ 1st appeared in cartoon 85 years ago (4) 505. Text to speech, abbr. (3) 507. Hid oneself (4, 3) 509. To do surgery (7) 511. The Who released this rock opera 50 years ago (5) 513. The Joker, born in _ _ Comics, got another movie (2) 515. Sculptures and paintings (3) 516. Christmas month (3) 517. Phonetic spelling of the 19th letter of alphabet (2) 519. Also (3) 520. Shucks! (4) 521. Perfect (5) 523. Deadly (6) 526. A short laugh (2) 528. 90 years ago, U.S. & Canada agreed to protect _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Falls (7) 531. Charlie’s _ _ _ _ _ _ was remade, again (6) 534. No Doubt singer _ _ _ _ Stefani turned 50 (4) 536. Good times (3) 537. Social media giant turned 15, abbr. (2) 538. Travels here and there; wanders (5) 540. High cards (4) 542. Comet’s path (5) 544. A flash drive (3) 545. One of the biggest American gaming companies; abbr. (2) 546. Actress Doris _ _ _ died at age 97 (3) 547. A long time _ _ _ (3) 549. A small, round spot (3) 552. A medical prescription (2) 553. A sleeveless top (4) 554. A short preposition (2) 556. Years and years (3) 557. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Cumberbatch reprised a role for Avengers: Endgame (8) 561. NBA champs (7) 563. Reflects (7) 565. This Augusta tournament turned 85 (7) 568. Carrie Underwood created this type of beach clothing (8) 572. Pioneer Woman _ _ _ Drummond turned 50 (3) 573. Tight end, abbr. (2) 574. S. Korean island with botanical garden (4) 575. The Sunshine State (2) 576. Symbol for the element silver (2) 578. Opposite of stop (2) 579. Scottish term for sweetheart (2) 580. Not recognized (12) 581. He took on the role of Mister Rogers (3, 5) 583. Galaxy discovered to be twisted, not flat (5, 3) 586. Tim Berners-lee invented this global info system 30 years ago (5, 4, 3) 588. The H1N1 _ _ _ was circulating again this year (3) 589. A golf ball sits on this (3) 590. It fills the tank in your car (3) 591. Kids’ TV show debuted 50 years ago; home to Big Bird (6, 6) 592. Movie that inspired Disney’s new theme areas (4, 4) 593. Sci-fi TV series that got its 1st movie 40 years ago (4, 4) 594. Titanic director turned 65 (5, 7)
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1. Microsoft founder celebrated 25 years of marriage (5) 2. Florida city where Jonas Brothers recorded Cool video (5) 3. The start of something (5) 4. UK gallery that announced Warhol exhibition (4) 5. It’s 30 years since he was U.S. president (6) 6. Viewership surged for _ _ _ _ _ _ Fillion’s The Rookie (6) 165. Game officials (4) 166. Gave money to (4) 167. No apparent reason, texting abbr. (3) 169. Tyke (3) 171. Pellets of frozen rain (4) 173. Pulling something, with difficulty (4) 175. Parenthetical comment (5) 176. Beatty, of Deliverance (3) 177. Sign gas (4) 178. A battle between two people (4) 179. A laugh-provoking remark or act (3) 183. Prefix with night or day (3) 185. Asian country building new railway to China (4) 187. Light _ _ _ _ or flower _ _ _ _ (4) 189. NSYNC’S _ _ _ _ Fatone filed for divorce (4) 190. Thigh muscle (4) 191. Famous feline Grumpy _ _ _ died (3) 192. Multi-occupancy building, sometimes run down (8) 194. _ _ _ _ _-frutti (5) 196. Documentary being made of funnyman _ _ _ Brooks (3) 198. Rice Krispies sound (4) 200. Pairs (4) 202. Wait patiently, _ _ _ _ one’s time (4) 203. _ _ _ _ Combs changed his name, again (4) 204. Fast food guru _ _ _ Kroc died 35 years ago (3) 206. The start of our alphabet (3) 208. Gossip (4) 210. Comfortably warm (6) 212. Touch (4) 214. _ _ _ _ Fitzgerald was big winner at 1st Grammys, 60 years ago (4) 216. Injure (4) 218. Artificial bait (4) 219. A legal document, esp. for property ownership (4) 220. Refining a skill (6) 221. Spoken rather than written (4) 224. Not rated, abbr. (2) 226. Distinctive flair (4) 228. Story (4) 230. Snare (4) 231. N.Y. team that beat Colts in Super Bowl 50 years ago (4) 232. ‘Rebel’ actor James _ _ _ _ to be digitally resurrected in film (4) 233. A repetitive learning method (4) 234. Everything’s OK; all _ _ _ _ (4) 237. Sports mag turned 65; initials (2) 239. Curl one’s lip (5) 241. Cashews and almonds (4) 243. Glitch (4) 244. Comedian Kevin _ _ _ _ was hurt in car crash (4) 245. Skinny (4) 246. The symbol for radium (2) 247. Small building for storing tools (4) 249. To _ _ _nob, or mix with a higher social class (3) 251. A Hindu religious teacher (5) 252. Data access arrangement, abbr. (3) 254. Brewer’s need (4) 256. Superstar songstress Celine _ _ _ _ started world tour (4) 257. She separated from Sonny 45 years ago (4) 258. Smooched (6) 259. The borders of an object, like a desk or lawn (5) 260. Octavia Spencer’s horror film (2) 261. Nose-in-the-air type (4) 262. This Swayze passed away 10 years ago (7) 264. Title for a German-speaking woman (4) 266. Competitions to get on a team (7) 268. Renting (7) 270. Brought something into existence (7) 271. Agrees (7) 274. Friends’ Jennifer _ _ _ _ _ _ _ turned 50 & got new Appletv+ role (7) 276. _ _ & Luke Duke 1st appeared on TV 40 years ago (2) 277. Mideast V.I.P. (5) 279. People, places and things (5) 281. Sales grew of this remote-controlled flying device (5) 283. Diary of a _ _ _ _ _ Kid turned 15 (5) 284. Plan dropped to rename part of _ _ _ 66 after Trump (5) 285. Australian state home to Kangaroo Island, abbr. (2) 287. Oversees drug and food supply in the U.S. (3) 290. Swindle (3) 292. Take advantage of (3) 294. It was year of this animal in Chinese zodiac (3) 295. A virtual pet game featuring an alien (3) 296. One of the sunniest spots in Switzerland, Monte _ _ _ (3) 297. International Baccalaureate, abbr. (2) 298. Month of newly ripened grain, in Exodus (4) 299. Another name for margarine (4) 302. Penny (4) 303. Restart a computer (6) 304. Eagle’s claw (5) 305. Hectolitre, abbr. (2) 310. Ancient (3, 3) 311. Italy’s Mount _ _ _ _ erupted (4) 312. Beverly Hills 90210 star died at 52, of stroke (4, 5) 314. A question of timing (4) 317. A domesticated bovine animal (2) 318. Nirvana’s _ _ _ _ Cobain died 25 years ago (4) 319. A baby cow or elephant (4) 321. Paddles (4) 323. White heron (5) 327. Something that is superficially attractive (3, 5) 328. Symbol for the element ytterbium (2) 330. Beloved (4) 331. Receptacles (4) 332. His and _ _ _ _ (4) 334. Numbers of times a gym weight is lifted (4) 337. _ _ _ Longoria produced new TV show Grand Hotel (3) 338. American Samoa’s paradise islands: _ _ _-Olosega (3) 341. Nobleman (4) 342. A system that identifies Royal Doulton figurines (2) 343. _ _ _ _ in the U.S.A. album released 35 years ago (4) 344. To chomp into (4) 345. Dispatch (4) 347. Pink Floyd released The _ _ _ _ 40 years ago (4) 349. A class of German submarines (2) 352. Enzyme found in the liver (3) 354. Cavendish, burro and plantains (7) 356. Morning (2) 357. Actor Nicolas _ _ _ _ got married for four days (4) 358. Caution someone (4) 359. Stringed toy introduced commercially 90 years ago (2-2) 361. Profiles of people (4) 363. _ _ _ Dicaprio turned 45 (3) 364. Foot strap attached to saddle (7) 365. Millisecond, abbr. (4) 366. She turned 30 and released 7th album, Lover (6, 5) 367. Where the earth and sky meet (7) 368. Internet country code for Spain (2) 370. _ _ _ _ Hader won Emmy for best comedy actor (4) 371. This island’s Kailua Beach was ranked No. 1 (4) 373. Hit the road (4) 375. Let go of (4) 377. The _ _ _ _ _ Witch Project turned 20 (5) 379. Radio’s bad boy turned 65 (6, 5) 382. Negatory (2) 383. Song: Que _ _ _ Sera (4) 384. To lavish affection on (4) 385. Not soft, esp. with a mattress (4) 387. Bottomless (4) 389. American _ _ _ _ was renewed for its 18th season (4) 390. Halloween’s month (3) 391. Flying geese formation (3) 393. Breakfast food (3) 394. Old school: To call someone on a beeper (4) 395. This month became the hottest ever recorded (4) 396. A Belgic people of northeastern Gaul (4) 397. Jail (6) 399. Stated (4) 401. Drifting on the ocean (4) 404. _ _ _ _ Hudson launched a gluten-free vodka (4) 405. Literary giant _ _ _ _ Morrison died at age 88 (4) 406. Potatoes and yams are two examples of these (6) 407. Gave a short, sharp cry (6) 409. Like a bug in a rug (4) 411. Heavenly instrument (4) 414. Star Wars creator turned 75 (6, 5) 415. Main web page (4) 416. The kissing disease (4) 417. Perceives with the eyes (4) 419. Raps on a door (6) 421. Actor Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) suffered this (5, 6) 423. Word of regret (4) 424. Sounds of a bell, esp. at a funeral (6) 426. Belongs in a trio with knife & fork (5) 427. Wrongdoing (3) 428. Fraternity letter (3) 429. A meringue-based dessert named after a ballerina (7) 430. Search engine fined $1 billion-plus for EU antitrust (6) 432. Moister (6) 434. A negative conjunction (3) 436. A common verb used with ‘you’ (3) 438. Organization development, abbr. (2) 439. Solo piece in an opera (4) 441. _ _ _ Anderson took on new role with All Elite Wrestling (3) 442. Elliott or Rockwell; both got an Oscar nom. (3) 443. Not cooked (3) 444. Rags (6) 446. Urgent request (4) 448. Jones or Crockett (4) 450. To preserve a body (6) 453. TV teaser (5) 454. Scooby-_ _ _ debuted on TV 50 years ago (3) 458. To _ _ or not to be (2) 460. Strauss opera (6) 463. Weatherman _ _ Roker turned 65 (2) 465. Slowly, in music (5) 467. The space behind a house (4) 471. Self-contained system, abbr. (3) 473. _ _ _ _ J. Blige got a lifetime achievement award (4) 476. First month of year (3) 477. Walk in water (4) 479. May 8, 1945 was _ _ Day (2) 480. The Amazon and Congo _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ suffered fires this year (11) 481. Words that read the same forward and backward (11) 483. Take a little drink (3) 485. Sacred hymn (5) 487. Net neutrality, abbr. (2) 489. Falafel bread (4) 491. This James Bond actor turns 90 in August; initials (2) 494. Specific absorption rate, abbr. (3) 495. An affirmative motion of the head (3) 497. Refinance one’s house (10) 498. Renewable energy target, abbr. (3) 500. _ _ Sheeran released a duet with Justin Bieber (2) 501. Groom’s partner (5) 502. Former Portuguese colony in India (3) 504. Beer barrel (3) 506. Garments in ancient Rome (5) 507. Cat sanctuary on this Hawaiian island turned 15 (5) 508. Horizontal thread in fabric (4) 509. Offensive lineman, abbr. (2) 510. Exams (5) 512. A Spanish cheer (3) 514. This People’s Republic saw a 100-car collision in Feb. (5) 515. Article used when a noun starts with a vowel (2) 516. Common first ‘word’ for a baby (2) 518. Leaked (6) 519. _ _ _ Eliot’s Cats became a movie 520. Stock symbol for John Deere (2) 522. Stomach muscle (2) 524. It’s at the end of your arm (4) 525. Workers on a ship (4) 527. Preposition expressing location (2) 529. Gosh (3) 530. Ratio between net profit & cost of investment (3) 532. Nitrile rubber (3) 533. Tardy (4) 535. The least populated state in the U.S. (2) 539. Tool for chopping wood (3) 541. Female pig (3) 543. This South African conflict started 120 years ago (4, 3) 544. Its capital is Salt Lake City (2) 546. To stop drinking (3, 3) 548. To understand, according to Heinlein (4) 550. Operating system, abbr. (2) 551. Do-re-mi-_ _ (2) 555. Island nation that banned plastic bags (4) 557. St. Louis _ _ _ _ _ won their 1st Stanley Cup (5) 558. Manicurist’s concern (5) 559. What you do when you sleep (5) 560. Mentions (5) 562. Excellence of any kind, Greek origin (5) 563. _ _ _ culpa (3) 564. To consume too much, especially drugs (2) 565. Civil rights leader _ _ _ Jr., born 90 years ago (3) 566. Wood-cutting tool (3) 567. The Ocean State (2) 568. Turf (3) 569. It converts digital signals (5) 570. 5th anniversary of death of comic genius _ _ _ _ _ Williams (5) 571. At a distance (4) 573. In Avengers: Endgame, Hemsworth plays this character (4) 575. Pest for dogs (4) 577. This animated explorer got her own live-action movie (4) 578. TV series about high school singers debuted 10 years ago (4) 581. Transport layer security, abbr. (3) 582. A confidentiality agreement, abbr. (3) 584. Are we there _ _ _? (3) 585. A Tibetan ox (3) 587. WWII female branch of army (3)